The Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know

Two former high-ranking policy experts from the Bush Administration say the U.S. has been gearing up for a war with Iran for years, despite claiming otherwise. It'll be Iraq all over again.

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann worked at the highest levels of the Bush administration as Middle East policy experts for the National Security Council. They conducted secret negotiations with Iran, traveled with Powell and advised Rice. They each played crucial roles in formulating policy for the region leading up to the war in Iraq.

Now after they left the White House, they have revealed that not only was the Bush administration headed straight for war with Iran, it had been the plan for years.

It was just like Iraq, when the White House was so eager for war it couldn't wait for the UN inspectors. It has been the same for Iran movingl in the same direction. And now we are getting closer and closer to the tripline, they say.

The engagement strategy was never serious or sincere and was designed to fail, they say. Rice has been saying she would talk to "anybody, anywhere, anytime," but not to the Iranians unless they stopped enriching uranium first. That's not a serious approach to diplomacy, Mann says. Diplomacy is about talking to your enemies. That's how conflicts are averted.

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