Gosh, with the war in Iraq going so well, isn’t it time for our next war?

CNN reports that the U.S. is making plans to attack Iran:

The Bush administration has been carrying out secret reconnaissance missions to learn about nuclear, chemical and missile sites in Iran in preparation for possible airstrikes there, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday.

The effort has been under way at least since last summer, Hersh said on CNN’s “Late Edition.”

In an interview on the same program, White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett said the story was “riddled with inaccuracies.”

“I don’t believe that some of the conclusions he’s drawing are based on fact,” Bartlett said.

When I hear the Bush White House deny a story about war planning, I can’t help remembering how, during the run-up to the Iraq War, Bush repeatedly said, “There are no war plans on my desk.”

I don’t need to parse the exact meaning of Mr. Bartlett’s words, nor any of the apparent denials that will issue from the White House over the coming days and weeks. I know that this Administration lies constantly. I know that, while each word they say on this matter might be true, they are lying now.