>What is your take? Sanctioned from the highest level or renegade?
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>This is probably an ink blot test here in partisan land. I am hoping for honest reactions.
I'm a little confused. Are you questioning whether contingency planning is sanctioned by the President? Of course it is. What is renegade about the idea of giving the President a lot of options? Do you honestly believe he has completely taken this off the table?
If this stuff was leaked to the Times it is either to send a message to Iran or to undercut the more aggressive policy. Or both (by different leakers). We probably have contingency plans to invade Goa. (do they still call it Goa?).
We've got a stockpile of bunker busters someplace and it is necessary somebody is telling the President what they can and cannot do.
I got kind of a kick out of Ahmadinijhad's bombast - reminiscent of "mother of all battles". If Israel or the US decides to end the Iranian nuclear program he literally will not know what hit him. I hope someone finds a way to derail the program more ... subtly.
Charles Hankey
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