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Those seem like questions that are certainly reasonable to ask.

However, they are hard to answer in a reasonable way. I'm sure that we are working on plans to attack lots of countries - that's only prudent, and it isn't the same thing as planning to attack. Seems to me that Helen Thomas is asking if we're planning to attack Iran, and McClellan is having a hard time answering. If he acknowledges the obvious fact that we would have plans available, it would be easy for other sources to selectively quote and make it look like he said that we are actively planning an invasion. Which we might be doing.

This isn't the first time I've had sympathy for a press secretary. They walk a tough line and often don't have the full story themselves.

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