Adumbration

I tracked down a recent article that summarizes some of the debate in Washington about what they want to do with Iran, including "White House pressure to undertake a military strike against Iran", from the New Yorker.

Here is a CBS news report from June 24 of "Israel prodding US to attack Iran" - "Vice President Cheney is said to favor a strike, but both [Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral] Mullen and Defense Secretary Gates are opposed to an attack which could touch off a third war in the region."

From Foreign Policy magazine: "President Bush will need to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities before leaving office", also referenced in The Washington Note.  The author's bio, Joshua Muravchik, calls him "Member, State Department’s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion, 2007-present"

Here is a Senate resolution that calls for a blockade of Iran to keep it from importing refined oil products (of which Iran apparently imports 40% of it's demand).    On June 30, Justin Raimondo reported "The Senate version has attracted 32 cosponsors, while the House version has 220 cosponsors."

On the more hopeful side, Joe Klein in Time-CNN reports the opposition to this war mongering among top military figures.