Letter from Washington: Bush and what army? Iran war a pipe dream - International Herald Tribune

Letter from Washington: Bush and what army? Iran war a pipe dream - International Herald Tribune: "Thus, the most serious alternative discussed is a massive airstrike by U.S. cruise missiles and jet fighters loaded with 'smart weapons.' They would destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, disrupt the country and perhaps, according to the most optimistic neoconservatives, spark a revolution. If, as some suggest, this is the view of the Cheney camp, here's an inconvenient reminder: It was the vice president who assured Americans, unequivocally and repeatedly, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and was on the verge of having a nuclear weapon, in 2002. Cheney also was the hard-headed geopolitical realist who, according to Robert Draper's semi-authorized book on Bush, assured then-House Republican leader Dick Armey that the Iraqis were 'going to welcome us. It'll be like the American army going through the streets of Paris. They're sitting there ready to form a new government. The people will be so happy with their freedoms that we'll probably back ourselves out of there within a month or two.' That may have been one of the most flawed assessments in U.S. history."