iraq the sequel: nuke iran

The American Conservative breaks the big news in a one-paragraph afterthought that has yet to be picked up (as far as I know) by almost anyone: in the event of another 9/11-style terrorist attack, Iran will be nuked.

"The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. [...] As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States."

Read the full article here (and by "full article" I mean "remaining couple of sentences"); via Fafblog and, in turn, Justin Logan.