Well, he said he wouldn't do it. and it's been thoughly analyzed here too that to pick a war with Iran at this moment would just be plain stupid (sorry I can't find those diaries talking about the Navy buildup in the Gulf, where this was talked about...I'll keep looking and update)
And now it looks as if he's doing it (even moreso)
US officials in Baghdad and Washington are expected to unveil a secret intelligence "dossier" this week detailing evidence of Iran's alleged complicity in attacks on American troops in Iraq. The move, uncomfortably echoing Downing Street's dossier debacle in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, is one more sign that the Bush administration is building a case for war.
sigh...Stupid is as stupid does. More on the flip.
I think the article backpedals away from the headline: Bush 'spoiling for a fight' with Iran But with the super secrecy of Bush's cabal all we have are the clues they drop. Unfunnily, every clue pointing to the worst possible scenario has turned out pretty much dead on.
The case for war will be their 'interference' in Iraq:
CIA and Pentagon officials are also touting intelligence that "Iranians are smuggling into Iraq sophisticated explosive devices, mortars, and detailed plans to wipe out Sunni Arab neighbourhoods," the paper said. Officials would make a "comprehensive case" this week. But President George Bush has already acted on information received. He confirmed yesterday that he has ordered US forces in effect to kill or capture Iranian "agents" targeting Americans in Iraq - as happened earlier this month when five Iranian officials were detained in Irbil.
Because Iran just isn't building nuke weapons fast enough is my guess. They don't want a "no WMDs found" scenario again. Also, I'm certain that by this reasoning, they can technically merge it with the Iraq war and skip our approval. I mean, what the heck, everybody already hates Bush and Cheney, why not go for broke?
Oh, speaking of Dick, you know the Evil One is doing his part:
Unconfirmed reports suggest Vice-President Dick Cheney has cut a deal with Saudi Arabia to keep oil production up even as prices fall, to undercut Iran's main source of foreign currency.
And to make certain Saudi Arabia doesn't get caught up in the quagmire. We don't want our wars to upset our friends...you know, the ones where 15 of the 9/11 terrorists came from, who are making gazillions from our oil consumption, whose rulers are quite intimate with the Bush family.
Hello, Armageddon.