Foregone Meatballs

Key players in the Bush administration think a military confrontation with Iran is unavoidable, leading to stepped up military planning for such a prospect, according to several experts and recently departed senior government officials.

Some of these observers stressed that military strikes against Iran are not imminent and speculated that the escalated war chatter could be a deliberate ploy to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. Still, they made clear, the tone in Washington has changed drastically.

"In recent months I have grown increasingly concerned that the administration has been giving thought to a heavy dose of air strikes against Iran's nuclear sector without giving enough weight to the possible ramifications of such action," said Wayne White, a former deputy director at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

Errrr... Negotiations aren't wanted nor have they ever been on this issue since, in terms of true urgency, it's a non-issue. We just want to seal the grand deal and coalesce Iran into our pax americana blanket of Middle Eastern and Central Asian resource control. Nothing particularly shocking or insightful about that unless you're one of those Kool-Aid quaffers that's green-housing your colon cancer with Wonder Bread and Cheez Whiz. The only ploy in this backshooting town is the pretexting info-op we have been bombarded with for the past 4 months.

Errrr... In recent months? Try in the recent decade, fat azz!. Time to get up and get out and get a new TV Guide and a barium high colonic.