The Iran Plans

Seymour Hersh writes on the administration planning for dealing with Iran militarily. One paragraph stood out to me:

One former defense official, who still deals with sensitive issues for the Bush Administration, told me that the military planning was premised on a belief that “a sustained bombing campaign in Iran will humiliate the religious leadership and lead the public to rise up and overthrow the government.” He added, “I was shocked when I heard it, and asked myself, ‘What are they smoking?’ ”

That's an old one. We attack a country and the people rise up and overthrow the regime. I imagine we would be greeted as liberators, too. As they say, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Scary.

(HT: Brewtown Politico)