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Bomb Iran? We know where that came from!
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Debbie Menon
HILLARY Clinton said to Keith Olbermann on ABC, “If Iran were to
become a nuclear power, it could set off an arms race,” and invite
“massive retaliation” against Iran. Of course! One has to be blind
not to see who the aggressors are in the region. There is already an
arms race in the Middle East!
That is why Iran needs to defend itself. That arms race is fuelled
by Israel and its hijacked ally and their hundreds of illegal
nuclear weapons aimed at all of their neighbours. The question
Hillary needs to answer is: Why is it evil for Iran to want to
defend itself, from Israel and its ally after what they’ve done in
its backyard over the past six years?
Hillary’s iniquitous rhetoric, at this juncture, against Iran, is
only because she knows exactly who pulls the strings in the American
political system. It is the Israeli lobby, (AIPAC and its numerous
affiliated PACs in Washington). Hillary’s jingoism helps her win the
support of the PACs, the owners of mass media, it helps her attain
extensive coverage and support from owners of major newspapers and
TV networks and it helps increase money for her presidential
campaign. Simple. Don’t we know where ‘the clout’ lies? Judging from
the campaign rhetoric coming out of both camps, no matter who wins
the Oval Office, whether it is bomb, bomb Iran McCain, or
“obliterate/massive retalia-tion” Clinton, it is clear nothing will
change.
I have felt for quite some time now, from what I have read, that
there is a difference of opin-ion, perhaps even moral conviction,
between the US President, supported by Condoleezza Rice on one side,
and Dick Cheney and his team on the other, about the urgency for, or
even the wisdom of, bombing or Iraqing Iran. This would certainly be
completely an Israeli-inspired war! From where we are, we see the
folly of it all. Those many others who swallow the lies just don’t
know any better, and follow the flag-bearers wherever they lead.
But, those who are in the game are not deceived either, at least it
seems no longer.
It’s been six years now, and no one can ignore the bullets for that
long and not hear the Truth in their sound as they pass overhead,
nor ignore the blood soaked ground they walk in. It is no
coincidence that the nations that have been targeted on fabricated
intelligence are all enemies of Israel. The difference between the
Bush and Cheney camps is that the heat and the pressure raining down
from the “destroy Iran” forces — Israel, AIPAC, the neo-con clique,
(the PNAC gang), vested corporate and business interests, the M-I
complex, etc, is stronger in the Vice-President’s office than in the
Executive. There has never been a more powerful VP office in the US
history.
Cheney, et cie, is more intensely involved in the core aspects of
the game; part of and more deeply embedded in the neocon movement
than Bush, who is essentially a front man who is not a core member
of the movement. In other words, he knows that while he is invited
to the groove and participates in the fun, he is not a “real” member
of, nor sits on the Board of the Bohemian Club or the Bilderberg
Group.
But even he regardless of how daffy he may be, he must have some
degree of awareness of what he is doing, and who is going to pay for
doing it. And if not, he has advisers who also see what is
happening. Condi Rice for one is too deeply in over her head who,
even if she does not understand the intricacies and magnitude of
what is happening, is at least beginning to see the consequences of
it all.
Meanwhile while Bush and Cheney go blundering about, the Military is
busy destroying itself under their command in the field, which after
seven years becomes a problem for the Gener-als. The very existence
of their own petty little empires is being threatened. Although they
would probably not march in and shut down the White House or the
Congress, they are con-cerned, and making a push. After all, nothing
happens without them; and this is not the Wehrmacht where they shoot
recalcitrant Generals. They simply retire them and replace them with
surge commanders.
An election is imminent; a key one which may make more
determinations on the future of the two parties than simply who sits
in which chairs in which houses. This could be a make or break
election for either of the parties, or the entire political system!
So, they have two more vested interests, both with lots of money,
power and influence, caught between these two fac-tions, as are the
military. Decisions involving Iran, and the next election, may well
involve the survival or long-term viability of both the Military and
the political system and they all have good reason to be con-cerned.
The worst calamity which may come out of all this will occur because
the President is not the de facto Head of State, and he has lost, if
he ever really had control of policy in his own of-fice. He does not
control his own cabinet, and I sometimes wonder whether he controls
his own staff. As Commander-in-Chief, he is becoming more titular by
the day, and there will come a time when people in uniform will stop
answering the phone when he calls.
This puts Robert Gates, defence secretary, into a pretty high
saddle, and I am not sure he is the President’s man as much as he is
the Party’s man. So he is not going to do much for his country or
the Services. He will protect the image of the Party. The question
is, as Tom En-gelhardt puts it: “Can the President make it back to
Texas before the bottom falls out in Iraq? And will the General
continue to fall ominously upward?” This is hardball for some of
those guys! Some of them may feel that their survival, or survival
of their life’s work, is at stake. Desperate times, desperate men,
desperate means. A danger-ous brew.
Where they would go from here is anybody’s guess, and I have a
feeling that is why the bus has not already taken a turn down that
dark alley!
—Khaleej Times
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