It’s not just Scott Bell–Andrew Sullivan is worried as well.

He told the German press yesterday that there is no plan to invade on his desk. He said it almost proudly. His military leaders, in a sign of their determination to risk nothing and achieve nothing, are now leaking to the Washington Post that they have all but scotched a serious military option in Iraq.

Well, Andrew, I’ve already pointed out the Clintonian formulation of Bush’s statement. You and I might like him to be more direct, but he didn’t say no plans exist. And consider the possibility that such leaks as are being described are ummmm…disinformation. After all, is it really to our advantage to telegraph our intentions to Saddam? Only if we still hope (futilely, in my opinion) to deter him.

I’m willing to wait for a while longer. And of course, the alternative (that Andrew is justified in his pessimism, and we really aren’t going into Iraq) is too depressing to contemplate…