The Iran War Is Still on the Agenda
by Jeff Davis
An article in the “American Conservative” magazine notes “There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Quds-run camp that is believed to be training Iraqi militants. The camp that will be targeted is one of several located near Tehran.”
The neocons have been claiming for months that Iran is supplying Iraqi rebels with weapons even though a recent investigation found the complete opposite. The neocons have also claimed that the “Quds Force” part of the Iraqi military is a terrorist organization. There is absolutely zero evidence to believe this, but it seems few -if any- in the Senate have the courage to challenge any of these lies. Attacking a base used by this Iranian military unit would be like Russia bombing the Marines Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Only a criminal regime as insane as the Bush-Cheney-neocon cabal would think of bombing “part” of a country.
The article goes on: “Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was the only senior official urging delay in taking any offensive action. The decision to go ahead with plans to attack Iran is the direct result of concerns being expressed over the deteriorating situation in Lebanon, where Iranian ally Hezbollah appears to have gained the upper hand against government forces and might be able to dominate the fractious political situation.”
Bush has fired and purged from his administration every other general or high official (aside from Gates) who objects to his insane plans to attack a country with four times the land area and twice the population of Iraq. Never mind the fact that we still haven’t been able to subdue Iraq yet. And didn’t they just say the upcoming attack on Iran was due to an alleged camp training “Iraqi militants?” What does that have to do with Lebanon? (more…)