January 15, 2007 at 04:32:47

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USS Maine Foreign Policy for Iran

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Since the Bush administration is full of lying and deceit, we cannot rely on them to be candid about war plans for Iran.

They will not involve Congress or the voters in any decision-making process toward that aim, so we must watch for signs that something is coming.

That sign appeared when their often discordant drones aligned on a single pitch last week, Iran. It was like watching the light from the spaceship in the movie "Independence Day" focus just before it blows a skyscraper into confetti.

The strong language from came from several top Bush Administration officials, but the message, and its framework, were all the same. They amounted to pre-emptive justifications for any incursions into Iran--should they, for just some crazy old reason, happen.

President Bush fired the opening salvo last Wednesday during his speech to the nation. "We will," Bush said, apparently speaking for all of us, "seek out and destroy the [Iranian] networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq."

Condoleeza Rice used similar language to describe a shift in policy toward Iran in and interview with the Times. "There has been a decision to go after these networks," she said.

Bush reiterated his position on Iran in his weekly radio address. "We will," Bush said, using his two favorite words, "address the problem of Iran and Syria allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq."

President Bush's national security advisor Stephen J. Hadly concurred, promising a muscular intervention with Iran for what administration officials say is material support for the insurgency in Iraq.

"We intend to deal with it by interdicting and disrupting activities in Iraq, sponsored by Iran, that are putting our troops and Iraqis at risk," he said.

On Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney joined the chorus, shoving the fear of God down our throats by evoking visions of a nuclear holocaust. Cheney must have liked the results his administration got with "mushroom cloud" when he was pushing for the Iraq War.

In this dysfunctional family, the paternal Bush administration has a funny way of okaying something with Mom and the kids.

Say Bush wanted to go bowling on Junior's birthday, and he knew his old lady would put her foot down.

Instead of engaging her directly, negotiating a compromise and establishing trust and good will, Bush--starting at about 8 pm on Thursday--would simply start saying things like: "Dick's bragging a lot lately; thinks he can beat me. If he challenges me one more time, I'm going to stop whatever I'm doing--I don't care if it's talking to the Pope--and go bowling with him...to prove him wrong."

Then he would say it several more times the next day, and come little Junior's birthday party, Bush would be at the lanes.

That's why we, as concerned citizens, must "read" this administrations actions rather than listen to their words.

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