October 05, 2007
A Stroll Down the Warpath
Senator Robert Byrd had a few pointed words to say to his colleagues about their shocking support of the Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran:
It is deeply troubling to see the U.S. Senate joining the chest-pounding and saber-rattling of the Bush administration. I am no apologist for the Iranian regime, anymore than I was for Saddam Hussein, but I fear that we may become entangled in another bloody quagmire. We have been down this path before. We have seen all too clearly where it leads.
Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker is deeply troubled too, and he's been right about a lot of testosterone saturated secrets in his day. Hersh thinks Bush will invade Iran, in spite of our Stepford Press Automoton's evasively snotty denials. The hero of mainstream media, Keith Olbermann interviewed Hersh on Countdown, and you can watch the movie, if your underwear isn't sufficiently knotted.
Larry Beinhart does a little myth bashing at AlterNet by exposing the warmongering lies that are meant to lead us down the warpath -- this time.
Fog Fact No. 1: The president of Iran is not a dictator. -The position of president used to be a figurehead, but recently it was combined with that of prime minister and now has much real power. However, he does not control the army and the intelligence and security services. He does not have the power to go to war.Fog Fact No. 2: The "appeasement" in the myth is very specific and rather narrow. - It refers to one country taking over the territory -- or the whole -- of another country.....It does not refer to "allowing" one country to posture, threaten, arm or rearm.
Fog Fact No. 3: Sometimes "appeasement" works well; it was American policy for 50 years.
Fog Fact No. 4: Nobody is speaking of what happens after a war with Iran.- The ultimate goal of the strategy of war is the shape of the peace that follows.
More? Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defense Secretary Robert Gates confided to a group of British MPs visiting the Pentagon "I hate Iranians". Although the lady looks like she needs to increase her current dose of estrogen (maybe it's just those fascist fashion choices) -- we must keep in mind that she's immersed in the prevailing consciousness of the Offense Department.
Well, time's growing short for this administration, and George W. could certainly use another feather in his cap so he has something to put in his library.
Photo note: A metaphorophoto -- brilliant white markers along a familiar path -- the flag and its shadow - kindly disregard the peaceful body of water at the end