The Iran Game
01 February 2007 5:00 pm by Taylor Marsh
| IRAN VIDEO Bombs are about to start dropping… and Andrea Mitchell fact checks Karballa rumors. |
It\’s the 28th anniversary of the Iranian revolution so why not beat the drums of the dumb war.
On misinformation channel one we\’ve got Tucker talking to Arnaud de Borchgrave,
editor in chief to UPI and editor at large for the Washington Times,
which should tell you where he\’s slanted. Except for the fact that he\’s got
specifics. Watch
it.
Next we have a report from Andrea Mitchell today that clarified a few things,
namely the misinformation on the KarbalLa attack. Every cable network speculated
that it was carried out through the involvement of Iran.
The second official said: \”We believe it\’s possible the executors of
the attack were Iranian or Iranian-trained.\” – CNN
NBC news and Mitchell provide some very rare push back on the White House bluster.
Watch
it.
We don\’t know anything for sure. Oh, except that Mr. Bush has put Admiral Fallon
in charge and sent carrier groups to the Middle East, all to watch Iran. Whether
watching turns to reach out and touch Iran we\’ll have to wait and see. And though
there will be no boots on the ground, everyone is speculating about bombs overhead.
One thing we do know is that the language coming out of the White House sounds
eerily similar to something
we\’ve heard before. Cue the video…
BUSH: The Iraqi people cannot flourish under a dictator that oppresses them—threatens
them.Our struggle is not with the Iranian people. As a matter of fact, we want
them to flourish.Iraq is land rich in culture and resources and talent.
\”Countdown\”
with Keith Olbermann
Fast forward a few years, cue Bush video on Iran…
And the Iranian people are proud people, and they‘ve got a great history
and a great tradition.If we fail to act in the face of danger, the people of Iraq will continue
to live in brutal submission. The regime will remain unstable. The region
will remain unstable, with little hope of freedom and isolated from the progress
of our times.One of the things that the Iranian government is doing is they‘ve begun
to isolate their nation, to the harm of the Iranian people.Hopefully this can be done peacefully.
I believe we can solve our problems peacefully.
All options are on the table.
All options are on the table.
\”Countdown\”
with Keith Olbermann
Now let us compare, with analysis and a little reality, please.
OLBERMANN: The accusations are well known, but does it shock you to hear
just how close the president‘s rhetoric about Iran is compared to his
past rhetoric about Iraq?LEVERETT: No, because in many ways the rhetoric in the run-up to the war
on Iraq worked. The president singled Iraq out to justify military action
there on three particular issues, Iraq‘s links to terrorism, including
what were alleged to be direct links to al Qaeda, its weapons of mass destruction
capabilities, and it‘s regional meddling, that was making the region
unstable.And if you look at the rhetoric on Iran right now, Iran is being singled
out for basically the same things, its links to terrorism. The president basically,
in the State of the Union Addressee, equated Iran as a Shia version of al
Qaeda. Of course, there is the nuclear issue and concern about the Iran‘s
weapons of mass destruction ambitions. And then the president is accusing
Iran of regional meddling, being the principal source of instability in the
region, much as he did with Iraq in the run up to the invasion of Iraq in
2005.\”Countdown\”
with Keith Olbermann
The rhetoric has been unleashed.
The stage
is set. When will the bombing begin?
Congress, you out there? Or can\’t you do two things at once.
