Adm. Mullen agrees - Cheney is bat shit crazy

Sitting next to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen said that Dick Cheney and his psychopathic neocon cohorts are dangerously insane. OK, that's not exactly what he said but it's not far off the mark.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Looks Beyond Current Wars

The new chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, expressed deep concerns that the long counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have so consumed the military that the Army and Marine Corps may be unprepared for a high-intensity war against a major adversary.

He rejected the counsel of those who might urge immediate attacks inside Iran to destroy nuclear installations or to stop the flow of explosives that end up as powerful roadside bombs in Iraq or Afghanistan, killing American troops.

With America at war in two Muslim countries, he said, attacking a third Islamic nation in the region “has extraordinary challenges and risks associated with it.” The military option, he said, should be a last resort.

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“We’re in a conflict in two countries out there right now,” he added. “We have to be incredibly thoughtful about the potential of in fact getting into a conflict with a third country in that part of the world.