John Howard: disgusting little rodent

my friend kathy sent through this from michael leunig - the little rodent on the left is john howard - he got the most amazing reception in DC this week - i counted at least three fabulous photo ops



the more nervous amongst us wonder whether it may have been a war-cabinet:

"THE US is updating contingency plans for a non-nuclear strike to cripple Iran's atomic weapon programme if international diplomacy fails, Pentagon sources have confirmed.

Strategists are understood to have presented two options for pinpoint strikes using B2 bombers flying directly from bases in Missouri, Guam in the Pacific and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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The main plan calls for a rolling, five-day bombing campaign against 400 key targets in Iran, including 24 nuclear-related sites, 14 military airfields and radar installations, and Revolutionary Guard headquarters." (link)

jeebus

this is the same story that larisa reported last week