Bush isn't going to ask for authorization

* bbc: israel is firing, on average, 150 artillery shells at gaza per day

* tristero:

"The fact that Bush is seriously planning to start a nuclear war must not be permitted to drop out of sight. If it is ignored, chances are we will learn that the first 21st Century nuclear war - but not the last - will have started when we weren't looking. Bush isn't going to ask for authorization to use nuclear weapons. He isn't even going to ask authorization to attack Iran. It is going to happen and if they are very nice, they'll boast about it afterwards to the right reporters. The use of nukes will ooze out, contributing to the anomie and "whatever" attitude that Bush has cultivated towards news about his behavior.

Unless the press holds Bush's feet to the fire and refuse to let this story suffer the same fate as the story about the trailers, we will slouch into Armageddon. It is sheer moral cowardice to ignore this, or minimize its importance. Hersh may be wrong - he's been wrong before. But as far as I know, he's never been wrong about the dangers of the Bush administration. The press must press the question: Does Bush plan to start a nuclear war?"