Allegedly, Definitely, Whatever - Let's Hope Our Media's Paying Attention This Time
Published by BG on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 11:37 AM.Pokerwolf mentions the "irrefutable proof" that Iran is supplying arms to the Taliban, and is right to be naturally skeptical. This is, after all, the administration who told you mushroom clouds would pop up in Topeka because of aluminum tubes, and that the only thing holding Saddam back from attacking America was their failed attempts to acquire yellow cake.
That was Iraq, and making the case through the press for war. This is Iran, and it's also about making our case for war. That being said, this wouldn't be the first time we weren't playing completely above-board in our Iranian relations, but I'm not talking about the difference in opinion on maritime boundaries. Just to show you that we're a country that will do any damn thing we feel like, and try to pin it on someone else if it's convenient or advantageous to do so, I give you this :
Blackwater The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army : Melbourne Indymedia
I'm not attempting to make a statement about the value of an OBL assassination. I'm just saying that it wouldn't be the first time we've thought about lying to the rest of the world about responsibility in order to accomplish ulterior goals. Stuff like this (which happened during the Clinton years, mind you - if you think I'm a Clinton apologista, you're wrong) is why I'm naturally inclined to distrust a box of guns or an 81MM mortar shell produced at a press conference when it comes to a moral justification for more war.
Demand more proof from your leaders before they throw another 3,000 American bodies on a Middle Eastern funeral pyre.
That was Iraq, and making the case through the press for war. This is Iran, and it's also about making our case for war. That being said, this wouldn't be the first time we weren't playing completely above-board in our Iranian relations, but I'm not talking about the difference in opinion on maritime boundaries. Just to show you that we're a country that will do any damn thing we feel like, and try to pin it on someone else if it's convenient or advantageous to do so, I give you this :
Blackwater The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army : Melbourne Indymedia
(O)ne of (CIA veteran J. Cofer) Black's operatives in Sudan actually cooked up a plot to kill bin Laden and toss his body over the fence at the Iranian embassy to make it seem like the Iranians had killed bin Laden.
I'm not attempting to make a statement about the value of an OBL assassination. I'm just saying that it wouldn't be the first time we've thought about lying to the rest of the world about responsibility in order to accomplish ulterior goals. Stuff like this (which happened during the Clinton years, mind you - if you think I'm a Clinton apologista, you're wrong) is why I'm naturally inclined to distrust a box of guns or an 81MM mortar shell produced at a press conference when it comes to a moral justification for more war.
Demand more proof from your leaders before they throw another 3,000 American bodies on a Middle Eastern funeral pyre.
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