Strange But True
You can’t throw a stone these days without hitting something that makes mention of the threat posed by Iran. The United States has started the process of building forward operating bases along the Iran-Iraq border so that it can conduct cross-border operations in an attempt to strike militia training camps and bomb factories. Iranian influence and interference in Iraq has become one of the leading justifications for confronting Iran next to its nuclear ambitions, and is an issue that is widely reported on.
My reason for mentioning this? As Dahr Jamail pointed out two days ago, the actions of others are being entirely overlooked…
“Reporting on Iraqi benchmarks in mid-September, Bush and his team of Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker sought to pin some of the blame on Iran. Eschewing diplomatic language during his testimony, Crocker boldly said, “Iran plays a harmful role in Iraq.” Gen. David Petraeus added that Iran is fighting a “proxy war” in Iraq by aiding Shi’ite extremists and providing weapons that are killing American troops.
Anyone doubting that Bush is not serious about taking on Tehran should note his words from last month: “We will confront this danger before it is too late.” On September 17 the Telegraph reported that the Pentagon has already drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 2,000 targets across Iran.
The great irony is that while these accusations towards Tehran are supported by thin evidence, plenty of evidence does exist that another of Iraq’s neighbors, U.S.-ally Saudi Arabia, is supporting resistance groups in Iraq, and intends to continue to do so.”
Didn’t the US just include them in a lucrative ten year, $20 billion dollar arms deal, you ask? Why yes, yes they did.
Funny that.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Christ. Here comes Shock and Awe part II…
September 22nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Seems like they’re just going to end up slowly edging their way into Iran just waiting for an excuse to attack.
Maybe even another ‘retaliatory’ incident under fishy circumstances…I don’t trust them for one minute.
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
This chestnut is getting a little bit old.
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
$5 says that “before it’s too late” is village idiot speak for “just before I leave office”.
I really don’t think that the US military has the manpower to be in Iraq, Afghanistan & Iran….
so….will putting every able-bodied soldier on Stop Loss, higher signing benefits and lower recruiting standards increase the ranks enough? Or will the Selective Service boards be told to start reeling ‘em in?
Anyone want to start a new underground railroad to Canada?
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
[quote]“Reporting on Iraqi benchmarks in mid-September, Bush and his team of Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker sought to pin some of the blame on Iran. Eschewing diplomatic language during his testimony, Crocker boldly said, “Iran plays a harmful role in Iraq.” Gen. David Petraeus added that Iran is fighting a “proxy war” in Iraq by aiding Shi’ite extremists and providing weapons that are killing American troops.[/quote]
Nobody has played a more harmful role in Iraq than the US, the chemical weapons that killed so many Kurds were made from dual purpose ingredients imported from America and fabricated using German technology.
I honestly don’t think these “warheads” even see the hypocracy of their stance.
September 22nd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
[quote comment="26897"]$5 says that “before it’s too late” is village idiot speak for “just before I leave office”.
I really don’t think that the US military has the manpower to be in Iraq, Afghanistan & Iran….
so….will putting every able-bodied soldier on Stop Loss, higher signing benefits and lower recruiting standards increase the ranks enough? Or will the Selective Service boards be told to start reeling ‘em in?
Anyone want to start a new underground railroad to Canada?[/quote]
Yeah, they would go straight for conscription then, wouldn’t they?
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:38 am
I think what Crocker meant to say was “The USA plays a harmful role in Iraq.” Gen. David Petraeus correctly added that the USA is fighting a “proxy war” in Iraq by aiding Sunni militants and providing weapons that are killing more Iraqis.
September 24th, 2007 at 11:56 am
While it wouldn’t exactly accomplish much, if someone were to make a t-shirt that said “Keep American Bombs Out of Iran”, I’d wear it.
They already have two un-winnable wars on their hands… nothing can be gained from attacking Iran. No progress will be made, other than digging their nation further and further down.
September 30th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
they havent even finished their screwed up attempt to fix what they F**ked up in IRAQ now they wanna F**k up in IRAN …………what about brining democracy to BURMA i mean isnt that what they are doing in IRAQ bringing DEMOCRACY?????
OH YA there is no oil in BURMA or DARFUR why arent they interested in bringing democracy to the places that are killing their own…………oh ya i answered my own question NO OIL