If Time.com knows this... oh, fuck me...
I was about to ask the obvious question as to who can stop the president. Bush believes he has been given carte blanc by congress to make any military move he deems necessary in the "war on terror" without any further consultation. Rumsfeld will obey/welcome the order. Seconded by Cheney, of course.
If the neocon administration is intent on an attack of Iran, there will be only the military chiefs of staff to block that move. They are pledged to obey the CIC, but first of all to defend the Constitution.
I suspect we are about to learn what "Americans" are made of.
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