Truth to Power

Play it again King George

There is no Iranian “defiance.” When news media report “defiance,” they purvey disinformation. The “seals” on Iranian nuclear facilities were placed there voluntarily by the Iranians while they attempted to resolve the false charges brought by the Bush administration.

The “Iran crisis” is entirely the product of the Bush administration’s determination to deprive Iran of its rights as a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty. It is one more demonstration of President Bush’s belief that his policies are not constrained by fact, law and international treaties. </i>

Continue reading Rank Ignorance Reigns by Paul Craig Roberts.

As this article makes clear, on the face of it, it’s madness to attack Iran. So, discounting that perhaps King George and crew are in fact, stupid as a box of hair (they may well be, but not this stupid) there must be a reason behind all this. I have an idea. Since we don’t have the troops to put “boots on the ground” in Iran, the powers that be will stage manage this situation like this:

US forces begin a series of air strikes, designed to take out Iranian nuclear power plants and “secret enrichment facilities”

Which will force the Iranians to strike back at our troops in Iraq, making a horrible situation there even worse

And in our Gulf of Tonkin moment, a missile will strike Israel, who will respond with nukes, making Teheran into a parking lot. It will be widely known that the reaction was done with the full support of the US government.

King George has already proven ignorant of, and untouched (largely) by world opinion, so the notion of nuking a country probably doesn’t faze him at all. And if the bombing escalates the situation there to a breaking point?

Mighty fine by some. See, either way the world loses, and these maniacs win.

Lets gather here in six months and see how close I got, shall we?


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