Re: Mr. Hersh’s source(s) feed him with rumor, innuendo, and assertions about meetings that never happened, programs that do not exist, and statements by officials that were never made.<<
So, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
LOL... Oh, but I never called for taking the US media-military complex's smoke and mirrors AT FACE VALUE!! With all due respect, Seymour Hersh belongs to the media-military complex and, accordingly, was fed with rumors and gossip --yet that doesn't mean that another war against Iran is pure fantasy! Let's agree on this: the US is bluffing... but "bluffing" ain't the same as "kidding":
bluff [...]
VERB:
bluffed , bluff·ing , bluffs
VERB:
tr.
1. To mislead or deceive.
2. To impress, deter, or intimidate by a false display of confidence.
3. Games To try to mislead (opponents) in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.
VERB:
intr.
To engage in a false display of strength or confidence.
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I guess the following was aired AFTER you switched off the radio:
Bush won't rule out action against Iran
By Reuters | January 18, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush said yesterday he would not rule out military action against Iran if Tehran is not more forthcoming about its suspected nuclear weapons program.
"I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table," Bush told NBC News, adding that he could act if Iran "continues to stonewall the international community about the existence of its nuclear weapons program."
Iran denies that it has been trying to make nuclear weapons.
Bush's comments followed Pentagon criticism yesterday of a published report that it was mounting reconnaissance missions in Iran to identify potential nuclear and other targets. Pentagon spokesman Lawrence DiRita said Sunday's article in The New Yorker magazine was "so riddled with errors of fundamental fact that the credibility of his entire piece is destroyed."
The report said Bush authorized secret commando groups and other special-forces military units to conduct covert operations against suspected terrorist targets in as many as 10 nations in the Middle East and South Asia. DiRita and other Pentagon officials did not comment on whether military forces had been doing reconnaissance in Iran.
The New York Times reported today the Bush administration imposed penalties on eight Chinese firms it thinks aided Iran in improving ballistic missiles. The State Department did not name the technology allegedly exported. The firms are barred from doing business with the US government.
© Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company.
boston.com
I guess the President's statement overrules any "disclaimer" by some Pentagon underling....
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