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Would Pace Attack Iran if Bush Ordered It? Published on
Thursday, February 22, 2007 by the Minneapolis-St Paul Star
Tribune (Minnesota) Would Pace Attack Iran if Bush Ordered It?
The head of the Joint Chiefs just sent his political masters a
message, and could send another. by Gwynne Dyer  Many people
listen to the White House these days and conclude that a U.S.
attack on Iran is imminent: "To be quite honest, I'm a little
concerned that it's Iraq again," as Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West
Virginia, the new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,
said recently. But if President Bush gives the order, then Gen.
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will face a
big decision.  Some senior U.S. soldiers were worried about the
strategic wisdom and even the legality of invading Iraq, but
nobody resigned over i