When the Bush admin and its Iran war drum beaters send out their routine messages blaming Iran for all the problems in Iraq, they usually include the accusation that Iran is supplying weapons.
Now, we really have to ask whether the truth is that the US is having its own weapons used against us.
It may not be that we're being fired on by our own weapons. When such huge quantities go missing, you have to assume they are being stolen by the truckload. It would be easy for insurgents to sell the US weapons to raise funds to pay for the kinds of weapons and materials THEY prefer.
They now report that rather than the 14,000 weapons at first reported missing, there are 190,000+ missing weapons. I tend to discount positive claims from this administration and multiply negative claims. So, when they admit to losing 190,000, I don't believe them. If they say 190,000, I figure the real number is closer to a half a million or even a million missing weapons-- enough to arm all the insurgents and terrorists, all the Hamas, Hezbollah, Fatah, Gemayah Islamiya rebels in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Indonesia, as well as Iraq.
As Snuffy Smith, in the old Pogo cartoon used to say, "We have met the enemy, and he is Us." Then again, we've know that about the Bush administration. The problem is, how long will the lamestream, stenographic media continue to sell the BS propaganda that is ginning up a war with Iran.
Why aren't the lamestream media asking what the weapons are being used for?
Why aren't the lamestream media challenging the "It's Iran's fault" claims by Bush's sycophant propaganda-aiding generals?
Shame on them. Again.
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1. When will you be willing to admit that the government is broken... i.e., it doesn't work as the framers intended?
2. When will you admit that the media is broken... i.e., it is not a source of independent journalism.
3. When will you admit that elected Democrats and Republicans are part of the broken system and that unelected Democrats and Republicans are unable to fix the system by working from within the system?
4. When you admit the above, when will you seriously outline, look for, or promote a strategy for returning our government to its rightful owners?
This is not a personal question that I am asking the author of this article... this is a rhetorical question I am asking YOU. We keep identifying evidence of what is not working... what is YOUR strategy for getting us back on track...
Look HERE for "missing" weapons and "missing" millions
The "missing weapons" are likely to be found here --- being used by the Super Secret 'SSB', ("so secret that even Congress is unaware of it") and most likely by small units embedded in the Iraqi population = for agitating and keeping the war stirred up to fit the PNAC agenda !! YES, this administration has proven itself capable of ANYTHING. Please note the article describes 'foreigner mercenaries' chosen for just such work. This probably ALSO accounts for all those "MISSING MILLIONS" we haven't heard much about lately, too!!
GAO Report: 30 Percent Of U.S. Weapons Missing In Iraq []
8/6/2007 12:03:48 PM A report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the U.S. says that the country's defense department could not track record of about 30 percent of the weapons distributed in Iraq over the past three years. TRY LOOKING HERE: ("it's so secret that even Congress is unaware of it")
Secret Unit Expands Rumsfeld's Domain New Espionage Branch Delving Into CIA Territory By Barton Gellman Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 23, 2005; Page A01 The previously undisclosed organization, called the Strategic Support Branch, arose from Rumsfeld's written order to end his "near total dependence on CIA" for what is known as human intelligence. Designed to operate without detection and under the defense secretary's direct control, the Strategic Support Branch deploys small teams of case officers, linguists, interrogators and technical specialists alongside newly empowered special operations forces.
Military and civilian participants said in interviews that the new unit has been operating in secret for two years -- in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places they declined to name. According to an early planning memorandum to Rumsfeld from Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the focus of the intelligence initiative is on "emerging target countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Indonesia, Philippines and Georgia." Myers and his staff declined to be interviewed.
MUCH MUCH MORE IN THIS IMPORTANT hidden-away ARTICLE !! Far too much to copy here - this is truly a MUST READ article - and you won't be finding any more stories about it on MSM - for sure!
Furthermore, Rumsfeld is STILL at the pentagon "concentrating on his projects". How's that grab you?
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mary-ann (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 55 comments)
on Monday, August 6, 2007 at 6:42:19 PM
SO WHAT IS NEW?? over 190,000 weapons lost, AK-47's, M-16-A2's maybe some tanks. Armor Vest's, maybe some Howitzer's. OUR DUM DAM Government. not some time ago they claimed they lost over 20,000,000,000 Billion dollars. missing were pallets of money. (WHAT IS WRONG HERE?) i know our government is one of the most stupid in the world. could it be our military are not far behind? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS GET RIPPED OFF. no wonder we have a TEN TRILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL DEBT. a person who ran for president in 1992. MR. ROSS PERIOT said at that time we have a government that is out of control. our government dont have any accountability. give away billions of tax money to other countries, and never get it back. THEY STEAL AMERICA BLIND. now they very bad part is that like the article above said they use the american made weapons on our very own military. Boy these people who stole these weapons no america is a sucker and they can do what ever they want. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WAKE AMERICA UP. THIS POPULATION HAS BEEN SLEEPING FOR OVER 100 YEARS. dont you americans have a have a backbone. can you see what is going on with our government. WHEN WILL ALL OF YOU EVER IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK. PLEASE RESPOND. WAKE UP ONCE AND FOR ALL. GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR STATE CAPITAL. TELL YOUR STATE WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP.
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vincent passiatore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 168 comments)
on Monday, August 6, 2007 at 9:51:31 PM
The arms were probably 'lost' for the Iraqis to kill each other with.
So some would be used to kill Americans? - Oh, collateral damage, and insignificant in the cause of fragmenting the middle east in Israel's interest.
Eh?
You should see the list of arms that Dov Zackheim 'lost' to Israel during the time that he was taking 2.6 TRILLION USD from the Pentagon, as Rumsfeld knew. And Zackheim is still here, still untouched by 'our' totally infiltrated administration. When will we realize that our government is totally acting for Israel, not for us?
These vermin inflict the fictional drug of finance on the rest of the world just so they can then take something essential from everyone else. - On any pretext, just in order to exercise their sick greed. Such parasites are what the planet can do without. Soon.
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Geraldo (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 105 comments)
on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 1:22:14 AM
You see, the war on terror is phony. Weapons are being handed out, left out for the taking and/or delivered to any and all potential terrorists, whereby, Americans are the biggest heap of terrorists on this planet...by true definition. All the while, our weapons manufacturers are making beaucoup bucks off it all. Do they care for our troops ? Not a bit. Like all other business, they are in it for the money. THAT is the bottom line.
It's an illegal war.
What am I talking about, all war should be illegal !
But don't count on the ICC to come to the rescue. Your chances of finding an open International Call Centre in the Sahara are much larger.
So what does The Congress have to say ? "Well ...uhm, uhm, the lights went out and the Republicans walked out on us....so what can we do ?"
Call your Congressperson today ! Help BIG Telco get richer ad sooth your concious at the same time.
Remember to "Duck & Cover".
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Tony Forest (6 articles, 15 quicklinks, 154 diaries, 1354 comments)
on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 1:44:52 AM
This is the American Arms merchants dreams come true, arming all the opposing forces in Iraq.You've got to be right about the number of weapons being more than 190,000. 1st it was 14,000 and then the leap to 190,000. Should their be an excess profits tax on these arms manufacturers instead of dividends. Just as the military will admit to 700 fraggings in Viet Nam, hell I know of two. These has had to be at least 7,000.
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Swami Bogananda (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments)
on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 8:40:44 AM
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