On 18 Jan 2007 04:26:51 -0800, xxarag@yahoo.co.uk wrote: >NO CHOICE LATINO EITHER ATTACK IRAN OR TO BE NUKED! NO CHOICE JEW EITHER GO TO 'ISRAEL' OR TO BE EXPELLED! > >torresD wrote: >> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17204.htm >> Attacking Iran: What's In It For Bush? >> >> By Paul Craig Roberts >> >> 01/17/07 >> >> Initially, >> the Bush Regime denied that Bush's >> surge speech on January 10 signaled >> that the Regime intends to attack Iran. >> >> Now a number of Regime officials have >> made it clear that Iran, not Iraq, >> is the focus of the Regime's war >> planning. >> >> Robert Gates, >> the new Defense Secretary and >> member of the Iraq Study Group, >> >> was supposedly brought into the >> Pentagon to de-escalate the war. >> >> Gates now says that Iran is the >> target of US military moves in >> the Persian Gulf >> >> Suddenly the media is full of >> Bush Regime propagandistic >> assertions designed to make >> the American public believe >> that Iran is the enemy that >> is fighting against our >> troops in Iraq. >> >> To facilitate this deception, >> the Bush Regime staged a propaganda >> event by invading an Iranian government >> liaison office in Northern Iraq, >> >> kidnapping the Iranian officials >> and declaring them to be involved >> in plans to kill US troops. >> >> The Bush Regime's latest big lie is >> that the US is not winning in Iraq >> because of Iran. >> >> "The Iranians are acting >> in a very negative way," >> alleges the "moderate" Gates. >> >> Iraq, >> the target for the >> surge in US troop levels, >> has dimmed in importance. >> >> In the few days since Bush's >> "surge" speech, Bush, Cheney, >> Gates, Rice, and national >> security advisor Hadley have >> said far more about Iran than >> about Iraq. >> >> In 2003, >> the same technique was used by the >> Bush Regime to shift the public's >> attention from Osama bin Laden to >> Saddam Hussein. >> >> The technique succeeded to the >> extent that even today a significant >> percentage of Americans believe that >> Saddam Hussein was responsible for >> the 9/11 attacks. >> >> Clearly, the Bush Regime expects >> that it can again deceive the >> American public. >> >> There is no doubt that Iran will be attacked. >> >> The Israeli government and the >> neoconservatives have been demanding it. >> >> The question is: >> >> why is Bush, >> who is confronted with failure in Iraq, >> willing to compound his problems by >> attacking a more powerful Muslim >> state that the US has no prospect >> of being able to occupy? >> >> A former member of the National >> Security Council gave me a possible answer. >> >> Bush can bury his defeat in >> Iraq with a "victory" in Iran. >> >> Here is the victory scenario: >> >> Bush and Cheney will claim that >> their air attack on Iran succeeded >> in destroying Iran's (non-existent) >> nuclear weapons program. >> >> The victory claimed by the Bush >> Regime and the propagandistic US >> media will >> >> "make America safe from nuclear attack." >> >> This will restore Bush's popularity >> and move the US back to a 50-50 political >> split in time for Karl Rove to steal the >> 2008 election with the fraudulent >> electronic voting machines built >> and programmed by Republican operatives. >> >> The former national security official >> believes that Bush will be able to >> claim victory over Iran, >> >> because Iran will avoid >> responding militarily. >> >> Iran will not use its Russian >> missiles to sink our aircraft >> carriers, >> >> to shut down oil facilities >> throughout the Middle East, >> >> or to destroy US headquarters >> in the "green zone" in Baghdad. >> >> Instead, >> Iran will adopt the posture of >> another Muslim victim of US/ >> Israeli aggression and let the >> anger seep throughout the Muslim >> world until no pro-US government >> is safe in the Middle East. >> >> Bush needs a short-run victory, >> and Iran will let him have it in >> order to gain the long-run victory. >> >> The consequences for the US, Israel, >> and the US puppet regimes in the >> Middle East will be catastrophic, >> but they will not occur in the short-run. >> >> This explanation solves the >> dilemma of why Bush would get >> deeper into the quagmire for >> the sake of the Israel Lobby. >> >> A US attack on Iran allows Bush >> both to satisfy the powerful >> Israel Lobby and to claim to >> have destroyed Iran's >> (non-existent) weapons >> of mass destruction. >> >> Some patriotic Americans, >> who believe it is still possible >> to save America from war and >> a police state, >> >> see cause for hope in the >> upcoming trial of "Scooter" Libby, >> >> the former chief operative of VP Cheney. >> >> Libby is accused of lying about >> his role in leaking a covert CIA >> agent's name to the press in an >> effort to discredit damaging >> evidence that Bush had lied >> about Iraq possessing WMD. >> >> The patriots believe that Libby's >> trial will damage the Bush Regime and, >> thereby, reduce the Regime's danger >> to freedom and democracy in America. >> >> At this delicate point in time, >> the Bush Regime would not allow >> the Libby trial to go forward >> unless the Regime had arranged >> with the media shills it uses >> to control the explanation of >> the news (with insider leaks) >> to testify in a manner that >> lets Libby off the hook. >> >> If Libby is exonerated, >> expect Cheney and the neocon >> nazis to attack Joe Wilson as >> a terrorist sympathizer who >> tried to discredit Bush's >> invasion of Iraq and war on terror. >> >> The attack on Wilson will lead >> into an all-out-assault on the >> antiwar movement. >> >> If the Regime overcomes its >> defeat in Iraq with a "victory" >> in Iran, >> >> "you are with us or against us" >> will take on new life, >> >> and we will find out who >> are those intended for the >> Halliburton-built detention >> camps constructed in the US >> at great cost with our tax dollars. >