STOP THE PRESSES! The Increasingly Irrelevant New York Times thinks
it has a scoop today. Get this — and keep this to yourself because it's very hush-hush — the United States is planning to attack Iraq!!! Seriously! Quite the shocker, huh? Actually, the Times is merely reporting the latest version of the ever-changing war plan as leaked by the Pentagon. It's amusing to watch major news organizations rushing to break the latest Pentagon disinformation whisper as a big scoop; a leak from a month or two ago had it that uniformed military advisors convinced President Bush not to attack Iraq. Of course, the Pentagon's skillful disinformation campaign is aimed at keeping the enemy guessing. Given the wildly contradicting news reports of the last six months regarding the Bush Administration's plans for Iraq, I'd say the disinformation effort is going swimmingly.
Now for a little reckless speculation. Disinformation aside, the United States will attack Iraq. And it will happen before September 11, 2002. And it will be done so with overwhelming force. And we will use bases in Turkey, Qatar,
and, yes, Jordan. And we will win in short order.
