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Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran?
By paul roberts (about the author)
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There is no end of "experts" to support the script. For one example among hundreds, we have Gary Sick, appropriately named, who formerly served on the National Security Council and currently teaches at Columbia University:
"If they'd been a little more modest and said Ahmadinejad had won by 51 percent," Sick said, Iranians might have been dubious but more accepting. But the government's assertion that Ahmadinejad won with 62.6 percent of the vote, "is not credible."
"I think," continued Sick, "it does mark a real transition point in the Iranian Revolution, from a position of claiming to have its legitimacy based on the support of the population, to a position that has increasingly relied on repression. The voice of the people is ignored."
The only hard information available is the poll referenced above. The poll found that Ahmadinejad was the favored candidate by a margin of two to one.
But as in everything else having to do with American hegemony over other peoples, facts and truth play no part. Lies and propaganda rule.
Consumed by its passion for hegemony, America is driven to prevail over others, morality and justice be damned. This world-threatening script will play until America bankrupts itself and has so alienated the rest of the world that it is isolated and universally despised.
Become a Fan (260 fans) -- Page 3 of 3 page(s)
"If they'd been a little more modest and said Ahmadinejad had won by 51 percent," Sick said, Iranians might have been dubious but more accepting. But the government's assertion that Ahmadinejad won with 62.6 percent of the vote, "is not credible."
"I think," continued Sick, "it does mark a real transition point in the Iranian Revolution, from a position of claiming to have its legitimacy based on the support of the population, to a position that has increasingly relied on repression. The voice of the people is ignored."
The only hard information available is the poll referenced above. The poll found that Ahmadinejad was the favored candidate by a margin of two to one.
But as in everything else having to do with American hegemony over other peoples, facts and truth play no part. Lies and propaganda rule.
Consumed by its passion for hegemony, America is driven to prevail over others, morality and justice be damned. This world-threatening script will play until America bankrupts itself and has so alienated the rest of the world that it is isolated and universally despised.
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/
Paul Craig Roberts was an editor of the Wall Street Journal and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. His latest book, HOW THE ECONOMY WAS LOST, has just been published by CounterPunch/AK Press. He was awarded the Treasury Department's (more...)
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Finally, Real Information
by wagelaborer on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:36:05 AM
The US plan
by Sister Begonia on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:58:04 PM
Iranian Election Was Stolen
by Mac McKinney on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:44:32 AM
US plan to destabilize Iran reported in mainstream media
by paul craig roberts on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:58:58 PM
US media part of CIA destabilization of Iran campaign
by paul craig roberts on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:16:44 PM
I Don't Buy This - Wake Up to Real Revolution Going ON
by Mac McKinney on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:18:20 PM
Coverage packaged for U.S. consumption
by csnet on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:58:49 PM
credible commentators
by ken on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:58:55 PM
Media or Obama?
by Liberty Bell on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 4:00:52 PM
The Iranian situation
by Sister Begonia on Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:54:21 PM