Air Force Col: We're already moving on Iran

It's difficult to understand why the administration is so eager to attack Iraq after botching Afghanistan and Iraq. It's difficult to understand why right-wing pundits are so eager to cheerlead for another military venture that would clearly end in disaster. It would further destabilize the Middle East, further weaken the military at a time when it's already dangerously overstretched, and cement our reputation as an international pariah when many countries already regard us as the greatest threat to international security. Not to mention costing hundreds of billions more dollars and the lives of more US troops when we can ill-afford either.

But according to a retired colonel who taught at the U.S. Army’s National War College, we're already there. His arguments, via Think Progress:

1) The House Committee on Emerging Threats recently called on State and Defense Department officials to testify on whether U.S. forces were in Iran. The officials didn’t come to the hearing.

2) “We have learned from Time magazine today that some U.S. naval forces had been alerted for deployment. That is a major step.”

3) “The plan has gone to the White House. That’s not normal planning. When the plan goes to the White House, that means we’ve gone to a different state.”