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Originally Posted by Flint

I guess that leaves the question: what are we doing there now? Does anybody have a plan, now?

Have you been watching who is where? The real president is Cheney. And he has not changed his agendas. He has no respect for last November's vote as should be obvious at Poor Old Dick. He is visiting leadership where?

Meanwhile, only the foreign press is noting dangerous actions. Massive numbers of Air Force air refueling tankers are moving to the Middle East. First the Eisenhower was surged to the Gulf. Now the Stennis. Truman and Nimitz may be less than a month from deployment; both now in at sea. A Marine Expeditionary force has been suddenly deployed. What is Cheney talking about to leaders in all those adjacent nations?

These are all symptomatic of a one shot strike on Iran.

So what are our plans? Well an attack on Iran could forestall the British withdrawal from Iraq - a need to desperately protect an exposed supply line to American combat units. Cheney - from his "I know what really are threats" attitude - knows the world will not withdrawal support for sanctions against Iran. Appreciate who this man is. He has no regard for American ethical or popularity standings in the world. His attitude is to fix things now; also with contempt even for American voters. He says the presidency does not have enough power - his comtempt for American principles are that great.

If it were anyone else, a one shot and surprise attack on Iran would not be reasonable. But what is reasonable to Cheney means even perverting US intelligence to prove Saddam is a threat. The man sees enemies in terms of black and white. The existence of an enemy justifies anything to destroy that enemy - and that included Amb Wilson and Valery Plame. Cheney has no compulsion about exercising power for his personal agenda.

Well maybe this buildup is because NATO situations in Afghanistan may have become tenuous. That remains a possibility because actions wasted in Iraq mean Afghanistan is also going downward.

So what is our plan? It is not a plan for victory. That would require a plan based in reality such as from the Iraq Study Group. Cheney rejected that before it was released. The one thing we know. What is our plan? Well what is the mindset and political agenda of Dick Cheney? It is that simple. The complicated part is second guessing Cheney.

Have you been watching this sudden deployment of 'one-strike' type weaponry? I have for more than a month now. We are preparing to attack something. Question is what.