From the Folks Who Brought You Iraq…
In the new issue of Vanity Fair, experts in and out of the government report that the groundwork for a war against Iran has already been set. "I've heard from sources at the Pentagon that their impression is that the White House has made a decision that war is going to happen," a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist tells the mag. Related: Check out a video of Bush's disturbing Iraq-Iran parallels
In the new issue of Vanity Fair, experts in and out of the government report that the groundwork for a war against Iran has already been set. “I’ve heard from sources at the Pentagon that their impression is that the White House has made a decision that war is going to happen,” a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist tells the mag.
Wait, before you go…Vanity Fair:
“It is absolutely parallel,” says Philip Giraldi, a former C.I.A. counterterrorism specialist. “They’re using the same dance steps — demonize the bad guys, the pretext of diplomacy, keep out of negotiations, use proxies. It is Iraq redux.”
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