Readers here may get tired of me talking about and linking to all the stuff about a War on Iran.
Sorry folks, but it is going to happen. Cheney/Bush will attack Iran and they will do so pretty soon. Most likely before April/May, before their British poodle leaves his office.
Robberts asks Why Can’t Americans See What’s Coming?. Well, some see it. But look at the pictures and reports of today’s rinky-dink demonstration in Washington D.C. Any slogans against a war on Iran? Anything in the relevant OpEd’s or in Congress?
Most people’s thoughts and the media attention are about the ongoing war on Iraq. A war on Iran is considered to be an urban legend. Few have even considered what such a totally unjustified war may mean.
Not thinking has consequences.
I am still waiting of some news of another carrier leaving towards the Persian Gulf. Three carriers would allow for a sustained conventional air campaign against Iran. First against air-defense, then against military assets and then on to the real goal – bombing Iranian infrastructure and lives back into the middle-ages.
But if the U.S. goes nuclear, as some assess as likely, two carriers are all that is needed. The other assets, Marines to capture and secure Iranian oil-platforms, mine hunters to clear the street of Hormuz for oil tankers and some "surge" troops in Iraq to protect the bases and to secure logistics are in place.
The "hit" might come anytime now.
Crude oil gained some 10% through the last 10 days, gold some 8%. Lockheed shares did increase by 50% over the last year – ominous signs.
Pat Lang says there are "hundreds of thousands of people from the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and the Revolutionary Guard corps already in Iraq." He knows that realm and he definitly does not argue for a war: "We don’t need any more wars. Wars are really bad."
When the U.S. bombs Iran, its troops in Iraq are toast. That calculated slaughter again will give justification, and a majority, for again introducing a draft and a total war by the U.S. and Israel on about every country in the Middle East.
Consider the original plans, documented four years ago:
Late last month, The Weekly Standard’s Jeffrey Bell reported that the administration has in mind a "world war between the United States and a political wing of Islamic fundamentalism … a war of such reach and magnitude [that] the invasion of Iraq, or the capture of top al Qaeda commanders, should be seen as tactical events in a series of moves and countermoves stretching well into the future.
These plans are still operative. Some tactical problems in Iraq have slowed them down a bit, but the general strategy is firmly in place.
Americans and their Representatives and Senators have either not noticed or are compliant with this strategy.
There may be still a few ways to fight this, please try to do so now.