Beware An Attack on Iran

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March 26, 2008 at 07:11:35

Beware An Attack on Iran

by Marjorie Cohn (Posted by Joe Parko) Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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Is the Bush administration ramping up for an attack on Iran? The signs seem to point in that direction. On March 11, Navy Adm. William Fallon, commander of the U.S. forces in the Middle East, retired early because of differences with Washington on Iran policy. And now, Dick Cheney's current Middle East tour may be designed to prepare our Arab allies for an imminent "preemptive" war against Iran. Bush and Cheney have long been rattling the sabers in Iran's direction. The disaster they created in Iraq isn't going well, no matter how they spin it. They may feel that engaging the United States militarily in Iran would make it harder to elect anyone other than the seasoned military man, John McCain. The Republican presidential candidate just happens to be touring Iraq with Sen. Joe Lieberman, one of the strongest advocates of a U.S. military strike on Iran. Lieberman is likely on McCain's short list for a vice-presidential running mate. Admiral Fallon took early retirement after making comments that contradicted the Bush administration's aggressive stance on Iran. Fallon told the Arab television station Al Jazeera last fall that a "constant drumbeat of conflict" from the administration against Iran was "not helpful and not useful." After Fallon announced his retirement, the New York Times reported a senior administration official as saying Fallon's comments about U.S. Iran policy "left the perception he had a different foreign policy than the president." If Fallon wants to talk to Iran rather than attack it, then his policy differs from Bush's. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, however, has downplayed the significance of Admiral Fallon's abrupt retirement. Admiral Mullen proclaimed recently, "In my view, this should not be seen as a sign at all towards any kind of conflict with Iran." Perhaps the chairman doth protest too much. The White House has been spewing pugilistic rhetoric toward Iran. In spite of the unanimous conclusion of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran is not developing nukes, Bush immediately declared, "I have said Iran is dangerous, and the NIE estimate doesn't do anything to change my opinion about the danger Iran poses to the world - quite the contrary." (http://marjoriecohn.com/2007/12/bush-still-spinning-nukes-in-iran.html). News reports this morning announced that Dick Cheney is on a surprise weeklong visit to Iraq, Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Turkey. High on Cheney's agenda is the topic of U.S. policy toward Iran. Connect the dots. They paint a very frightening picture.

Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the President of the National Lawyers Guild. She is the author of "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law." Visit her website at www.marjoriecohn.com.

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I don't work in politics, but I am a total news/political junkie, and am really enjoying this '08 election.
Sandy WilliamsI don't work in politics, but I am a total news/political junkie, and am really enjoying this '08 election.

Bombing Iran may not be far off

This is definitley scary stuff, I think we may not be very far from seeing the first bombs being dropped by the US on Iran.

by Sandy Williams (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 10:42:03 AM

Missoula, Montana
taibubbaMissoula, Montana

Sabre Rattling the Bush Administration

It is articles like this that bear some responsibility for "sabre rattling" and "scare tactics". Bush is not threatening to invade Iran -- he has said that "all options are on the table". Instead he is "sabre rattling" the fact that Iran is a very dangerous state sponsor of terror. Which is something everybody should know. The NIE stated "Iran has no nukes" not "Iran does not want nukes". On the contrary, it stated that Iran indeed was attempting (and possibly still is) a nuclear weapons program. So when Iran lashes out at Israel over it's destruction, and then hides the fact about nuclear imbitions by lying about it for the past 20 years -- this is a country that should freely be able to turned a blind eye by the international community? Iran is the only country that demands local rights to industrialized uranium production, and then demands that IEAE inspecters only have limited access on scheduled times. When other countries want to embrace nuclear technologies the -first- thing they do is openly let in IEAE -- why? because -- they want to prove that they have no ill intentions. So why is Iran so scared of the international community verifying it's "innocent" nuclear program if it is not doing anything wrong?

by taibubba (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 11:32:32 AM

I am a chemist and able to contribute to the debate about thermite.
gravity32I am a chemist and able to contribute to the debate about thermite.

putting the brakes on

There is one powerful way to put the brakes on the Bush/Cheney desire to attack Iran. It involves getting greater awareness in the public about the true events of 9/11. There is no doubt that explosives were used to bring down all three towers on that day. So who put them in place?

Relevant to that question is the fact that the admin went to great lengths to conceal the use of explosives, having a $20 million report prepared by NIST which clearly contradicts its own conclusion that fire brought down the buildings. Within the report there is evidence that the steel was never hot enough to collapse.

Also relevant to the question is the fact that the admin hid and destroyed evidence of explosives. The steel was rapidly shipped away for a price far less than the going rate in the US.

The next step is not war with Iraq but a loud call for an independent investigation.

by gravity32 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 146 comments) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 7:25:03 PM

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shirley reeseI am a college graduate, a loyal patriot of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, a person whose convictions and pessimism drive my thought invoking others to think, and enjoy some politcal debate. I like truth even if it doesn't set you "free" in this US of A any longer. I am a liberal.
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I think you have your facts wrong. The countries of Iran and Iraq were combed for 2 yrs(actually longer) for WMD's and uranium enrichments by Scott Ritter and other UN inspectors. Ritter spoke up before the "shock and awe" of Iraq and said, there were NO WMD's and no Uranium enrichment; however, Lil' Bush/cheney refused to listen and went ahead with their bombing in Iraq. It would take Iran TEN years to even get uranium enriched to build even ONE bomb. However, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey, India, and other surrounding countries ALL have nukes. Iran and Iraq sit alone almost in the desert w/o a nuke to be found. I think you listen to too much corpstream media as they just spew the Administration's garble and propaganda.

I too believe Bush will bomb Iran, maybe June, or maybe this next month(April). I do believe it is coming. it could open the door for electing Mad man McCain, the Red button Mac, the tempermental crazy that blows his top at a whim of a hat...yup, he's the one we need with his hand on the button...scary indeed!

by shirley reese (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 213 comments) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 8:15:44 PM