I want to know who is leaking this information?????
Ping!
Yes!
"The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone.
We couldn't have defeated Germany just by going into the Rhine. We have to tame the entire region.
I question the validity of this "leak"
Its more likely to be either a total fabrication, or a piece of mis-information indented to send a message to the Iranians "we are watching"
If there are teams right now in Iran, and these idiots are flapping their gums about it, am I alone in wishing they were prosecuted for treason?
"This is the last hurrah - we've got four years and want to come out of this saying we won the war on terrorism."
We will always see skirmishing, even when the major regimes are toppled. But it can reach the point where they are so decimated and forced into hiding that we can declare victory in the World War against Terror, either called World War III or possibly World War IV, depending on one's definition of a war. FReegards....
The clock is ticking and the Revolution will soon come full circle one way or another. If this is true and it happens, it will be the death knell of Pat Buchanan and his ilk.
an ex-intelligence official (no name)
one Pentagon adviser (no name)
current and ex-officials (no names)
a Pentagon consultant (no name)
Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) of the House International Relations Committee
defense analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org
4 Deep Throats, a congressman whose statement appears to be used out of context, and some security guard. I'm convinced.
*Turn to page 3 for a list of recent Elvis sitings.
Iran and Syria MUST be taken out before we leave Iraq.
If we don't do it, our sacrifices in Iraq will have all been in vain.
Listen, since the a-holes in Iran kidnapped our embassy personnel in Tehran under that little wimp Carters watch, I think most Americans have been itching for the U.S. to knock the snot out of Iran.
Just do it and do a great job and hit them hard.
Maqke the"mullahs" quiver and make the little bastard asad in Syria hide in fear for then he'd be next. Hey kim il jong, you listening there boy?
"Iraq is just one campaign," the official told investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. "The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we're going to have the Iranian campaign."
I just KNEW I voted for the right man! Go Dubya!
The question being here is: are we deliberately putting out such information (or perhaps mis-information) to make the mullah's look over their shoulder.
OR: Are we suffering from the Clintonista mole problem here. If so, we need a special ops operation within the Pentagon.
Since at least last summer, the U.S. teams have penetrated eastern Iran, reportedly with Pakistan's help, the magazine said.
First, I think that this is disinformation. Ask yourself this: who has zero-credibility domestically (Sy Hersch), but works for a publication (the NYTimes) that guarantees that the story will get picked-up?
Otherwise, all the FBI counter-intel guys have to do is look for spooks who have left the service since last summer, and who might have worked at the Iran 'desk'. Seems pretty easy to track down the source. Given that the NYTimes was allowed to divulge that much to establish the 'credibility' of the report, I return to my first theory.
"an ex-intelligence official" could be some 'hole from the Clinton administration.
But anyway, I don't hold with the idea that "surgical strikes" will bring about an uprising. The way to bring about an uprising is to bring about an uprising -- invade, destroy the Islamofascist guard that meets the invasion, drop leaflets offering rewards for the mullahs who ruin, er, run the place now, and all the while keep an eye on the suspect sites. When anyone tries to move anything in or out, blast it.
Yeah, right. Seymour Hirsch. He has real "sources". He probably hasn't spoken to a Republican in 20 years.
If this is true, the Leftists are going to freak out.
But, if it's not true, the Leftists will still freak out thinking it is a possibility.
As long as they are going to freak out in either case, we may as well do what we have to do - defeat our enemy, and d@mn the borders!
Here is an old Pike and GlobalSecurity citation - note the article also quotes Seymour Hersh.