Having buried himself in the darkness of deception, the White House occupant forgets that the truth occasionally leaks out and he ‘can’t fool all the people all the time’.  Indeed, in the “Teicher Affidavit: Iraq-Gate” of 1/31/95, it was revealed by former NSC official Howard Teicher  that during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88, the U.S. provided Saddam Hossein with weaponry including anti-armor penetrators –  one of the weaponry Iran is accused of providing to the Iraqis.

During the 8-year war, much of the weapons supplied to Iraq by the United States and its CIA department, was through a cleverly devised program called “Bear Spares”.   The program made sure that spare parts and ammunition for Soviet or Soviet-style weaponry was made available to countries which sought to reduce their dependence on the Soviets for defense needs.  If the "Bear Spares" were manufactured outside the United States, then the United States could arrange for the provision of these weapons to a third country without direct involvement. 

Due to its various wars, Israel has a large stockpile of captured Soviet weaponry and ammunition.   At the suggestion of the United States, the Israelis would transfer the spare parts and weapons to third countries or insurgent movements.  Egypt manufactured weapons and spare parts from Soviet designs and provided these weapons and ammunition to the Iraqis and other countries.  Egypt also served as a supplier for the Bear Spares program. The United States approved, assisted and encouraged Egypt's sale of weaponry, munitions and vehicles to Iraq.[i] 

Mr. Bush’s generals have been told to play politics instead of soldiers.  Neglecting their duty to protect their country, they are obeying a man who is jeopardizing peace in violation of Chapter VII of the United Nations Security Council[ii].   These generals, more versed in lying than in protecting the Americans, as with their commander-in-chief, would have the nation believe that weapons killing Americans are coming from Iran.  America and the CIA, masters of deception, eager to start another war at any cost, even at the cost of American patriots who are dying in Iraq, are hard at work convincing the nation that Iran is arming Iraqis, attempting to make us forget the 190,000 assault rifles and pistols that the Pentagon ‘lost’ (while under the watchful eye of KBR, Mr. Cheney’s old company).   One must wonder what else may be ‘lost’ or otherwise, and blamed on Iran?

In the reality we live in, this Hydra too, has its weakness and its strength.  What empowers and feeds it is apathy.   Its weakness is the collective will of a well-informed nation.  The arrow that will rid that nation of its destructive ways, is the Constitution of the United States.  Failure to do this, will be the destruction of the U.S. as we know it.