More on Nuking Iran

Jeralynn Merritt at TalkLeft has more on Sy Hersh's New Yorker article and also covers his appearance with Wolf Blitzer on CNN today.

Asked about the administration's plan to use "tactical" nukes in Iran, Hersh replied, "I'm saying that, if this isn't walked back and if the president isn't told that you cannot do it -- and once the chairman of the joint chiefs or some senior members of the military say to the president, let's get this nuclear option off the table, it will be taken off. He will not defy the military in a formal report. Unless something specific is told to the White House that you've got to drop this dream of a nuclear option -- and that's exactly the issue I'm talking about -- people have said to me that they would resign."

When Blitzer asked Hersh for the names of senior brass who said they would resign if Bush employed the "nuclear option," he of course did not reveal them, but added, "... one thing about our military is they're very loyal to the president, but they're getting to the edge. They're getting to the edge with not only Rumsfeld but also with Cheney and the president."