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Craig Unger reports in Vanity Fair magazine that "The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactic -- alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on WMD -- to push for the bombing of Iran. As President Bush ups the pressure on Tehran, is he planning to double his Middle East bet? ... Whatever the administration's master plan may be, parts of it are already under way. ... According to Sam Gardiner, by the end of February the United States will have enough forces in place to mount an assault on Iran. That, in the words of former national-security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, would be 'an act of political folly' so severe that 'the era of American preponderance could come to a premature end.' "
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mim.k replied on Permalink
propaganda campaign
I've noticed a kind of intense propaganda campaign, similar to the kind before we entered Iraq, coming full force onto major network newscasts... hyping us into the war in Iran.... During the last few days, it's been more blatant, intense, frequent and urgent seeming than the earlier hinted messages. This is extremely scary, and I'm wondering whether the public is going to believe the hype.
stephane mot replied on Permalink
Jesus vs Mahdi - coming up soon to a theater near you
Just consider these two points and everything will make sense :
1) The chaos in Iraq and the Middle East, the boom in worldwide terror, the triumph of radical fundamentalists over moderate fundamentalists*, the strengthening of Iran as the only major power facing Israel in the area were not collateral damage of the US invasion (and expected by many observers including French diplomats and Yours truly) but the very aim of the game
2) Up to now, Bush's strategy has not only been very consistent, but also very successful
Sounds farfetched ?
I'm not talking about George W. Bush the President of the United States, who is supposed to act in the interest of his country.
I'm not even talking about George W. Bush the Republican, who is supposed to act in the interest of his party.
I'm talking about George W. Bush the fundamentalist, who has been acting in the interest of fundamentalism.
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As someone said, "Make no mistake" : just like the invasion of Iraq, this potential attack on Iran has nothing to do with the official agenda. Preventing WMD proliferation, getting rid of a dictatorship, and even securing juicy contracts for big corporations... all these are mere alibis, the Bush Administration's usual sales pitch**.
The aim of the game is to accelerate the final showdown between Iran and Israel before the World's most important regime change : Lord Dubya's rule is bound to end by 2008, and this mad crusader has yet to fulfill his most important task ; the so called Bible Prophecy.
If you missed the previous episodes and the intensive internet campaigns, here's the story : Bush believes Jesus Christ's Second Coming will be provoqued by the ultimate war between Israel and Iran. Crazy enough ? There's more : the sect to which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad belongs believes the Mahdi is coming this spring... which means Dubya's favorite philosopher will face another heavyweight messianic figure somewhere between the begining of the MLB season and the NBA finals. This definitely beats Rocky Balboa's return, Jason vs Freddy and even Alien vs Predator !
Both sides consider it The Clash between Good and Evil... without noticing they're talking about the same God. So make that "Good vs Good", or better : "dimwit vs dimwit".
It would be laughable if human lives and nuclear powers weren't involved.
If God does exist, I guess the time has actually come for Him to pay us a visit and wipe all this crap out of the surface of the Earth...
And if democracy did survive in the US, I guess the time has come to impeach both Bush and Cheney. They may not have cheaten their wives in the White House but that doesn't make them ethical role models (forging a case for a war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives, promoting torture, illegal tapings and abductions, fueling hatred and terror across the globe, promoting revisionism in science, deliberately refusing diplomatic openings from Iran, North Korea, Syria...).
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* before the invasion of Iraq, Wahhabism and khomeinism were considered the extremes of islamism in the Sunni and the Shia worlds. Now, they look pretty innocuous compared to the new Bin Laden wannabes. Even Iran becomes a target of terror. As for the moderates, they have been carpetbombed by Weapons of Mass Disinformation from both sides : fundamentalism fuels fundamentalism and the more Bush or Bin Laden speaks, the better for business. They need each other to eradicate the moderates within their own ranks.
** Don't get me wrong : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a bad guy and potentially as dangerous as Saddam, and the Iranian theocracy is as dangerous for World peace as the US theocracy. I'm only warning you like I did four years ago : if you follow Bush on his crusade, you are doomed. And this time, we all could be doomed. The problem is Dubya doesn't even need a full war to get his point. Besides, he knows he cannot fool everybody just like last time, when theocons sold the war to neocons who sold it to SIGs who sold it to the Congress who provided the nod and the commodities (credits, weapons and human lives).
I remember a Newsweek article back in 2002-2003 with oilcos complaining about their pre-war briefings at the White House (interesting talks about business but strange ones with crazy fundamentalists).