Cheney reportedly wants war with Iran

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=284861

A former official on the staff of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, has reportedly confirmed the vice president has been pushing for war with Iran.

David Wurmser, Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs since 2003, according to two knowledgeable sources, told a group of people Cheney was considering having Israel launch missile strikes on the Iranian nuclear site at Natanzto, to provoke Iran into lashing out.

In its October 1 2007 issue, Newsweek magazine says it has corroborated Wurmser's comments, which were first reported last week by Washington foreign-policy blogger Steven Clemons, who described Wurmser as, "one of the Vice President's most dedicated neoconservative spear-carriers."

Newsweek says it approached Cheney's office to speak to Wurmser but was told he had quit his post in July.

Asked to comment on the claims a spokesman for the vice president said Mr. Cheney "supports the president's policy on Iran."

Contacted at home Wurmser's Israeli-born wife, Dr. Meyrav Wurmser, said her husband was unavailable and in any event the allegations were not true.
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I think Iran's Prez put it nicely
"If it was useful, it would have prevented the downfall of the Soviet Union," he said. "If it was useful, it would have resolved the problem the Americans have in Iraq. The time of the bomb is passed."

[gateley]

1. Shockwaves will echo throughout DU. nt

[Timex]

2. Wasn't that also partly the reason for Lebanon's war last year?

[Kelly Rupert]

3. You mean Iranian influence or American influence?

Either way, your answer is "yes."

[lligrd]

4. Cheney Want War, Nooo

I wonder what Iran could have that might interest the Dick?

[Kelly Rupert]

5. Top three:

1. Shi'ites.
2. Regional influence.
3. Nuclear technology.

[Jed Dilligan]

6. I want war with Cheney.

When will Congress do the right thing and declare war on him?

[aquart]

7. Iran's Prez misunderstands the concept.

It's called "mutually assured aggression." Or, you bomb us, we take you out and your little dog, too. The point of the bomb is to have the POSSIBILITY of using it, which makes it possible to never use it.

Seen a World War lately? The bomb worked beautifully.

And then the idiots who slept in class came to power.

Cheney doesn't get it, either. But then, name something he does get, other than money.