"No plans" déjà vu!

Saturday, July 13, 2002

There is a real threat posed by Saddam Hussein, but we don't have current plans for an invasion or attack on Iraq in any form (reported in the Financial Times)

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Nobody's talking about military intervention in respect of Iran but people are increasingly alarmed and concerned at the strategy that they appear to be pursing (reported by BBC News)

The way it works is this: the threat is established; 'experts' and others start to talk-up the case for war; Downing Street and the White House deny any plans for military action while talking-up the threat; anyone drawing attention to the direction we're headed in gets accused of crazy scaremongering, then of appeasement, then of anti-Whateverism.