saved from apocalypse by Admiral Fallon (Edited)

The article is fairly understated, but this is huge news. Todays headlines at Military.com:

Ex-official Says DoD Nixed Iran Attack
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials firmly opposed Vice President Dick Cheney's proposal to strike Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps bases last summer by insisting that the administration make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former Bush administration official.
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At least some Defense Department and military officials suggested that Iran had more and better options for hitting back at the United States than the United States had for hitting Iran, according to one former Bush administration insider.
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Gerson cited two possibilities: "Engaging in hot pursuit against weapon supply lines over the Iranian border or striking explosives factories and staging areas within Iran." But the Pentagon and the military leadership were opposing such options, he reported, because of the fear that Iran has "escalation dominance" in its conflict with the United States.

That meant, according to Gerson, that "in a broadened conflict, the Iranians could complicate our lives in Iraq and the region more than we complicate theirs."

The rest of the article talks about how Cheney tried very hard late last year to launch an unprovoked attack on Iran. Admiral Fallon, then the top US military commander in the region, intentionally stalled it out. He pushed the issue (to the Joint Chiefs) of a lack of contingency plans in the event of Iran escalating/retaliating and refused to take any action until all the involved agencies had a consensus. Such interagency consensus never materialized.

When the first inklings of this story started to break back in March, Fallon resigned to avoid a scandal. His press release at the time said it was for personal reasons and purely his own decision, but the article at Military.com alleges that statement to be false. It indicates instead that Fallon was forced to resign so that Cheney's buddy General Petraeus could take over as CENTCOM commander.

As the article indicates, this means there's an opportunity for Cheney, between now and the end of his term, to initiate an attack on Iran, as the chief opposition (to his previous attempt) has been removed. It is possible there's an October Surprise planned to catch the country in a wave of patriotism in the days leading up to the election. In particular, we must turn a skeptical eye towards activities in and around Iran between now and the election. The potential for a False Flag scenario leading to war in Iran (and thus a McCain presidency if the public falls for it, hook, line and patriotic sinker) is quite high, if elements within the administration were so inclined to take such morally bankrupt actions. The public needs to be aware of this.

EDIT: The other important thing to understand here is that Cheney tried to get Congress to approve military force against Iran. When that failed, Cheney then attempted to go behind the Senate's back and attack Iran anyway (unless I'm completely misunderstanding the article - like I said the Military.com article is really understated and leaves much to the reader to conclude). It would seem he was attempting to cast this attack as part of the Iraq operation when it was truly the opening move of an Iran war - a war that congress had already said "no" to. WHY HASN'T THIS ASSHOLE BEEN IMPEACHED YET?









(EDIT: Lots of blank lines inserted to more clearly separate the above from the untitled post below)