New Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Rejects Pro-War Stance Toward Iran
Irancove @ October 22, 2007 # No Comment Yet
New chairman of JCS, Mike Mullen, discusses how overstretched the military has become and rejects idea of expanding the war into a confrontation with Iran: (link via TPM)
The new chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, expressed deep concerns that the long counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have so consumed the military that the Army and Marine […]
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“Serious Consequences” — Tell-tale Sign of a Cheney Attack?
Irancove @ October 22, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Gregory Djerejian at the Belgravia Dispatch examines Cheney’s speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy where Cheney warns of “serious consequences” for Iran. Djerejian notes:
Make no mistake, Dick Cheney is directly threatening war against Iran. Why do I say this? For perspective, note this is not the first time he uses the […]
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