[Matchett-PI]

It isn't as if we don't have contingency plans for regime change in some more countries, too, unless they decide to stop aiding and abetting the terrorists/barbarians that threaten the security of the civilized world.

[John H K]

Actually, coming up with contigency plans is good training for up-and-coming mid-level officers and what not.

And lets face it; for anyone interested in things military, it's fun sitting down and coming up with a plan for invading a country.

Somewhere in some folder in the Pentagon there's probably a "plan" for invading and taking over Monaco, Brazil, Luxembourg, New Zealand, etc.

Just as some German major drew up plans for a war with the US in 1904 or so...