No, I think that would no longer suffice.
I don't necessarily agree with Gaianne on the casualty count, but it will need to be media-grabbing. Otherwise it will serve little purpose, I think. And you're right- "easy" was a poor choice of words-- but they ARE really, really good at this shit.
Remember, all these things have a major component of perception management. An attack on a US ship, for example, will not suffice for a cover to nuke someone. He's been blowing that rather badly for a while now. As well, right now Bush needs a really loud bang now more than he needs to attack someone--The house is on fire, and a piddling thing won't divert the shmucks enough.
The con wing of the GOP needs McCain in a superman suit, and Bush's twisted psyche needs dead, evil Iranians.
-- two birds--?

I remind you--the intelligence community has sent a clear message- they will not assist in this, and will indeed oppose it. So it's a huge internal struggle still, I think.

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