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One of the Problems with Ideologues Who Are Forever Reliving 1938

Mr Bush and others in the White House view him as a potential Adolf Hitler, a former senior intelligence official told Hersh. “That’s the name they’re using. They say, ‘Will Iran get a strategic weapon and threaten another world war?’ ” Despite America’s public commitment to diplomacy, there is a growing belief in Washington that […]

Mr Bush and others in the White House view him as a potential Adolf Hitler, a former senior intelligence official told Hersh. “That’s the name they’re using. They say, ‘Will Iran get a strategic weapon and threaten another world war?’ ”

Despite America’s public commitment to diplomacy, there is a growing belief in Washington that the only solution to the crisis is regime change. A senior Pentagon consultant said that Mr Bush believes that he must do “what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do,” and “that saving Iran is going to be his legacy”.

Publicly, the US insists it remains committed to diplomacy to solve the crisis. But with Russia apparently intent on vetoing any threat of punitive action at the UN, the Bush administration is also planning for unilateral military action. Hersh repeated his claims that the US has intensified clandestine activities inside Iran, using special forces to identify targets and establish contact with anti-Teheran ethnic-minority groups. ~The Daily Telegraph

Hat tip to Daniel McCarthy

It is also one of the problems with people in power who, like Mr. Bush, have no sense of historical perspective any greater than a regular viewer of The History Channel.

Update: Thanks to Chris Roach for pointing me to this article of his on the neoconservatives and their historical obsessions.

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