White House dismisses report of Iran attack plans

[sabra]

Source: ChicagoTrib SwampPolitics blog

The White House today is dismissing the report of a seasoned journalist that the Bush administration, intent on attacking Iran, has shifted its target from a developing nuclear program in Iran to the supply lines of Iranians reinforcing insurgent fighters inside Iraq.

Writer Seymour Hersh says so in The New Yorker, citing a number of confidential sources.

"Every two months or so, Sy Hersh writes an article in the New Yorker magazine and CNN gives him a forum to talk about his article and all the anonymous sources on it,'' Dana Perino, the White House press serectary, said today, insisting that President Bush still maintains that diplomacy is "the best solution'' for settling differences with Iran.

She declined to address, however, the basic contention that U.S. miltiary planners and intelligence gathers have turned their focus to a "shifting target'' in Iran.

"We don’t discuss such things,'' she said. "What we have said is that we are working toward a diplomatic solution in Iran… What we also have said is that the president, and any commander in chief would, not take any option off the table.


Read more: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/white_house_dismisses_report_o.html

[beberocks]

1. The plans to attack Iran are NOT on *'s desk

They're on Cheney's desk. Stupid f*ckers can't wait to start WWIII.

[grasswire]

2. I have no war plan on my desk.

Is that it, again????????

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. no, under his desk in his shopping bag?

[NanceGreggs]

3. Just like they were working towards ...

... "a diplomatic solution" in Iraq. We now know exactly how much effort went into that, don't we?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Wasn't there an article..

last week that said the Iraq invasion plans were being implemented while Bush & Co were still out there saying "They have no plans" to invade Iraq???

[NanceGreggs]

13. Certainly was ...

There were several threads about it.

[hlthe2b]

4. So says Dana Perino.... The latest paid spokesliar.

Like she would know, anyway...:eyes:

[Botany]

7. Thanx for saying Sy Hirsch is right Dana.

She declined to address, however, the basic contention that U.S. military planners and intelligence
gathers have turned their focus to a "shifting target'' in Iran.

Just like W declined to address if and when he used Cocaine.

[Lerkfish]

8. "She declined to address, however, the basic contention"

that's it in a nutshell

[bdamomma]

9. sure Dana you are nothing but a tool for this disgusting regime.

damn them all for all this murder and immorality.

[lyonn]

10. Hey Perino, how about getting Cheney on CNN?

You don't speak for Cheney but you can speak for Mr. Hersh?

Let Cheney rebut Hersh on CNN. Where the hell is Cheney anyway??

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Just like they had no plans to invade Iraq. It sounds to me like they

are using the same script.

[Magleetis]

12. White House liars

All of them.

[trusty elf]

14. They're not lying, they're disassembling!

[truthisfreedom]

15. Again?

[Megahurtz]

16. Kick.n/t

[uppityperson]

17. "We don’t discuss such things,'' eom

[Mabus]

18. Considering Bush has a history of saying one thing and doing the complete opposite

I'm not comforted by any of this.

[ThomCat]

19. Before we attacked Iraq

didn't we hear nearly endlessly that there was no plan to attack Iraq, that we were pursuing every possible non-military option with Iraq, and that we were crazy to suspect that GWB had already decided to attack?

And then, didn't it turn out that we were right?

I seem to remember this dance.