Coming Soon: Operation Persian Freedom
"Bush is denying reports today that he plans to invade Iran. Oh, we're still going to invade, we just don't have any plans." Jay Leno.
Preparation for America’s next preemptive war, Operation Persian Freedom © is underway. A year ago Seymore Hersh’s The New Yorker report, “The Coming Wars,” produced quite a bit of chatter about an invasion of Iran in Bush’s second term. But it soon died away. American mainstream media, which persists in attempting to understand Bush Administration policy in rational terms, thought war with Iran unlikely because, well, it would be insane. Sanity and good judgment, however, are not hallmarks of this administration and there is little reason to think these will now be factors in formulating policy.
The Iraq invasion story was also buried by the as yet by the Bush Administration's endless stream of iniquities and incompetence. In effect, its fucks-ups distracted the public from its continuing preparations for Preemption II: Iranian Whupass (the miniseries). How many of the anti-regime websites reporting and analyzing factional strife upon the ruling Iranian clerics are tied to, sponsored and/or controlled by US intelligence agencies? Damn if I know. But in truth it doesn’t matter.
Regime Change in Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381075/posts
http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2005/november-2005/ahmadi_41105.shtml
As the Zen master Yogi Berra said: “You can observe a lot just by lookin’. The Bush administration has announced troop draw-downs in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the winding down of reconstruction efforts. Time to declare (if not victory) that we have stayed the course and accomplished the mission however that may be defined this week.
http://www.slate.com/id/2133639/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200370.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010300303.html
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2185.cfm.html
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,392783,00.html http://www.slate.com/id/2099408
And while the Americans breathe a collective sigh of relief as sons and daughters come home, the military will refit and reconfigure for redeployment as the Right Wing media (FOX, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, El Rushbo and the other talk radio WingNuts) hammer away at two talking points—President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is Hitler and Iran is but months (if not hours!!!) away from having nuclear weapons.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11439.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10441.htm
It's likely Bush will launch Operation Persian Freedom in the last 20 months of his term, with or without the UN or EU partners, with Congressional Approval or without it. He will either invoke the War Powers Act or manufacture a crisis that allows him to conduct the war under the current congressional resolution, which currently justifies whatever he deems necessary to protect America from the Evil Doers.
But noooooo! Why marr so bold an act with any shred of legality? Merely assert the inherent powers of the president. Perfect.
Preparation for America’s next preemptive war, Operation Persian Freedom © is underway. A year ago Seymore Hersh’s The New Yorker report, “The Coming Wars,” produced quite a bit of chatter about an invasion of Iran in Bush’s second term. But it soon died away. American mainstream media, which persists in attempting to understand Bush Administration policy in rational terms, thought war with Iran unlikely because, well, it would be insane. Sanity and good judgment, however, are not hallmarks of this administration and there is little reason to think these will now be factors in formulating policy.
The Iraq invasion story was also buried by the as yet by the Bush Administration's endless stream of iniquities and incompetence. In effect, its fucks-ups distracted the public from its continuing preparations for Preemption II: Iranian Whupass (the miniseries). How many of the anti-regime websites reporting and analyzing factional strife upon the ruling Iranian clerics are tied to, sponsored and/or controlled by US intelligence agencies? Damn if I know. But in truth it doesn’t matter.
Regime Change in Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381075/posts
http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2005/november-2005/ahmadi_41105.shtml
As the Zen master Yogi Berra said: “You can observe a lot just by lookin’. The Bush administration has announced troop draw-downs in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the winding down of reconstruction efforts. Time to declare (if not victory) that we have stayed the course and accomplished the mission however that may be defined this week.
http://www.slate.com/id/2133639/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/02/AR2006010200370.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010300303.html
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2185.cfm.html
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,392783,00.html http://www.slate.com/id/2099408
And while the Americans breathe a collective sigh of relief as sons and daughters come home, the military will refit and reconfigure for redeployment as the Right Wing media (FOX, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, El Rushbo and the other talk radio WingNuts) hammer away at two talking points—President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is Hitler and Iran is but months (if not hours!!!) away from having nuclear weapons.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11439.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10441.htm
It's likely Bush will launch Operation Persian Freedom in the last 20 months of his term, with or without the UN or EU partners, with Congressional Approval or without it. He will either invoke the War Powers Act or manufacture a crisis that allows him to conduct the war under the current congressional resolution, which currently justifies whatever he deems necessary to protect America from the Evil Doers.
But noooooo! Why marr so bold an act with any shred of legality? Merely assert the inherent powers of the president. Perfect.
posted by Bill Schell at 2:14 PM
2 Comments:
Hmmm... your blog does not allow anonymous comments. It appears that only bloggers can post -- you might want to change that, and keep the spammers out by using that copy-the-script feature that you have on your other site. Most people are more likely to post if they can be anonymous.
I find your argument that the US will invade Iran compelling, and the scenario you describe to be horrific but entirely too believable. I have a question for you: what IS up with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad? Why is he making such outrageous statements (such as his assertion that the Holocaust didn't happen) when they are guaranteed to inflame western opinion (including Europe) against Iran? If he really wants a confrontation with the US, wouldn't he seek to divide western opinion instead of uniting us against him? Are the hardliners in Iran demanding that he prove his credentials as a hater of all things American/non-Muslim/European? Is he really just an incarnation of evil? Or, is there something else? Help me understand, oh wise Professor...
So, Mr. Poliblog, will it be pollywog season before you post another poliblog? Your fans are getting restless... and, there's so much material out there, just crying out for commentary. After all, somebody needs to remark on the emporer's state of undress!
--Ms.G.H.
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