Anarchore wrote:
> 2 points for naming the ethnic group whose members and sycophants are
> over-represented in the bomb Iran camp.
>
I am afraid you misread what I wrote: NOWHERE did I mention any ethnic
group. I did, however, mention TWO countries whose governments might
benefit from bombing Iran.
V.V.
>
> Viejo Vizcacha wrote:
>
>> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/30/content_8459225.htm
>>
>> Just this week.
>>
>> http://www.newyorker.com/re****ting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh/?yra
>> il
>>
>> But, those who read counterpunch already knew.
>>
>> http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew05022008.html
>>
>> Incidentally, there is also an article (quite long, actually)
>>
>> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21617
>>
>> I will copy and paste the last part of the article, which might help
>> understand why this rush to go to war against Iran.
>>
>> "If the United States is ever to withdraw from Iraq, reaching some
>> accommodation with Iran would seem essential. Trying to make sense of
>> this, I recalled something Toby Dodge had told me: "When the
>> Americans go home, the Iranians will inherit the earth." Iranian
>> hegemony over Iraq: that is the Bush administration's worst
>> nightmare. The Iraq invasion was designed to project American power
>> in the region at Iran's expense; instead, it has done the exact
>> opposite. And so it dawned on me: no matter what happens in Iraq, the
>> Bush administration doesn't want to leave, since if it does, Iran, in
>> one way or another, will take over. That helps explain recent re****ts
>> that Wa****ngton, in negotiating a long-term status of forces
>> agreement with Iraq, is determined to maintain nearly sixty bases
>> there indefinitely—a position the government of Prime Minister
>> al-Maliki is strongly resisting.[8]"
>>
>> What this means is that war is inevitable, and Iranian leaders know
>> it. They know that it matters not what they do, because the US is
>> going to bomb Iran, anyway. Bush knows that he will be leaving the
>> presidency in less than a year, and that the coward Congress will not
>> dare impeach him. So, he follows the example of Hitler when he got
>> bogged down in Russia: when your war is going badly, open another
>> front.
>>
>> Of course, those who are professionals of war are not so enthusiastic
>> about this, as can be surmised by the reactions among commanders.
>>
>> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5244/is_200803/ai_n25232328
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/admiral-resigns-over-iran-discord/200
>> 8/03/12/1205126014170.html
>>
>> Even the air force had some shake up, though the White House would
>> like us to believe that it has nothing to do with Iran.
>>
>> http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123101575
>>
>> And today, this new one.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7486338.stm
>>
>>
>> The USA is going to war again, and not in a very good shape. It does
>> not take a genius to realize that if these high commanders are so
>> opposed to the war that they preferred to resign rather than obbey
>> Bush, it is NOT because they thought that the participants in the war
>> were going to cover themselves in glory. They did it because they
>> KNOW the US is digging its own grave, and they do not want to go down
>> in history as the "Westmorelands" of Iran.
>>
>> Yet, despite all, Bush still has the sup****t of 25 to 33% of the
>> population. This means that one in three or one in four is still
>> behind the worst war criminal of these century, the man that so much
>> damage has done to his own country, let alone the world.
>>
>> Needless to say, oil will hit $300 a barrel, and probably go over,
>> not to mention what is going to do to the value of the US dollar,
>> when the country that cannot pay for its current wars starts another
>> one.
>>
>> Now, when we try to think about who would benefit from this war,
>> Israel immediately comes to mind. However, we should not forget
>> Saudi Arabia. Once the Iranian oil is removed from the market, the
>> profits for the Saudis will be astronomical. I am not suggesting that
>> Bush is doing this war for Israel and Saudi Arabia. But they will
>> benefit from it, so they have no interest in stopping Bush.
>>
>> We have a very small chance to stop this. People all over the world,
>> but mainly in the US, MUST take to the streets and march against the
>> impending war. Many peace organizations are not planning anything
>> because they have not seen any propaganda campaign from the
>> administration trying to convince the people to sup****t this war, so
>> they beleive we are still far from the beginning. The problem with
>> that reasoning is that the administration might not have any plans to
>> lie to the public as they did with Iraq, since Bush does not even
>> care if the public is behind him or not. He knows he has that "25%"
>> sup****ting him, and that might be more than enough for his plans.
>>
>> V.V.
>> V.V.
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