Iran and Syria

Just in order to get the word out: Newsweek has a shot piece on the Bush administration not only thinking about intervention in Iran, but also Syria.

Plans: Next, War on Syria?
Oct. 4 issue - Deep in the Pentagon, admirals and generals are updating plans for possible U.S. military action in Syria and Iran. The Defense Department unit responsible for military planning for the two troublesome countries is “busier than ever,” an administration official says. Some Bush advisers characterize the work as merely an effort to revise routine plans the Pentagon maintains for all contingencies in light of the Iraq war. More skittish bureaucrats say the updates are accompanied by a revived campaign by administration conservatives and neocons for more hard-line U.S. policies toward the countries. link

Not only does this administration not appear to learn from any mistakes they also keep starting new “projects” while the old ones are not finished. If anybody needs an “intervention” it’s the guys that draw up such plans and then turn to the American people to tell them it makes them safer.