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The criminally insane Dick Cheney (who is still convinced of a link between Saddam and 9/11) evidently has been thinking about ways to get the new war he so desperately wants with Iran. Newsweek (via Reuters) has the terrifying details here. Excerpt:

Vice President Dick Cheney had at one point considered asking Israel to launch limited missile strikes at an Iranian nuclear site to provoke a retaliation, Newsweek magazine reported on Sunday.

The news comes amid reports that Israel launched an air strike against Syria this month over a suspected nuclear site.

Citing two unidentified sources, Newsweek said former Cheney Middle East adviser David Wurmser told a small group several months ago that Cheney was considering asking Israel to strike the Iranian nuclear site at Natanz.

A military response by Iran could give Washington an excuse to then launch airstrikes of its own, Newsweek said.

Further, disturbing reports have surfaced that Bush recently met in the White House for 45 minutes with Neocon Godfather Norman Podhoretz, who regularly calls for massive attacks on Iran which would slaughter untold numbers of Iranian civilians. Podhoretz’s fantastically reckless attitude is described in Think Progress:

Podhoretz has argued that “if we were to bomb the Iranians as I hope and pray we will…we’ll unleash a wave of anti-Americanism all over the world that will make the anti-Americanism we’ve experienced so far look like a lovefest.” By enlisting Podhoretz’s advice, President Bush is demonstrating that there isn’t any idea too radical for him to consider.

But then again we already knew that, didn’t we?