(Posted by John.)
So one of the many, many reasons the Bush Administration used to justify the war in Iraq was the idea that, without Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism (!) the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be much easier to solve. This was insane, but it was proposed and believed by the diehards in the Pentagon.
Well, hang on to your hats, because according to Seymour Hersh they've just gotten started:
The main Middle East expert on the Vice-President's staff is David Wurmser, a neoconservative who was a strident advocate for the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Like many in Washington, Wurmser “believes that, so far, there's been no price tag on Iran for its nuclear efforts and for its continuing agitation and intervention inside Iraq,” the consultant said. But, unlike those in the Administration who are calling for limited strikes, Wurmser and others in Cheney's office “want to end the regime,” the consultant said. “They argue that there can be no settlement of the Iraq war without regime change in Iran.”
