Bush Intends to Provoke Iran War?

U.S. sending third carrier strike group to Gulf: Newsweek on “The Hidden War With Iran.”

At least one former White House official contends that some Bush advisers secretly want an excuse to attack Iran. “They intend to be as provocative as possible and make the Iranians do something [America] would be forced to retaliate for,” says Hillary Mann, the administration’s former National Security Council director for Iran and Persian Gulf Affairs. …

A second Navy carrier group is steaming toward the Persian Gulf, and NEWSWEEK has learned that a third carrier will likely follow. Iran shot off a few missiles in those same tense waters last week, in a highly publicized test. With Americans and Iranians jousting on the chaotic battleground of Iraq, the chances of a small incident’s spiraling into a crisis are higher than they’ve been in years.

Now read what Juan Cole has to say about how the NY Times ia passing along completely and obviously dishonest stories about Iran supplying explosives that are killing U.S. troops. Unlike the pseudo-journalists at our "paper of record," Cole actually checks the story against the documented deaths that are being alleged to have been caused by Iran-supplied explosives. Surprise - they don't match up. Feels like deja vu all over again, doesn't it? How much more madness can we take?