On the Upcoming War on Iran
Ominous shit in the news about this. The Pentagon claiming that the sneak attack in Karbala — in which insurgents spoke English, wore American uniforms and drove American SUVs through checkpoints, kidnapped five American soldiers, and killed them — is the work of Iranian agents. To quote the story:
"Two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said Tuesday the Pentagon is investigating whether the attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives.
"People are looking at it seriously," one of the officials said, adding that the Iranian connection was a leading theory in the investigation.
The second official said: "We believe it's possible the executors of the attack were Iranian or Iranian-trained."
The five soldiers were abducted and killed in the sophisticated attack by men wearing American-style uniforms, according to U.S. military reports.
Both officials stressed the Iranian-involvement theory is only a preliminary view, and there is no conclusion. They agreed this possibility is under consideration because of the sophistication of the attack and the level of coordination."
Listening to the news on CNN it seemed that the only reasons the Pentagon had for claiming it was an Iranian attack were that the people spoke English, the attack was well-coordinated, and the people wore American uniforms and drove American vehicles. To which I respond with heavy sarcasm:
1) Yes, clearly, the insurgency would be unable to find a half dozen Iraqis that spoke good English in a nation of millions.
2) Yes, clearly, an insurgency that has had live-fire training for going on five years would never learn to adjust tactics.
3) Yes, clearly, there is nowhere to get American uniforms and SUVs in Iraq, a nation teeming with American soldiers.
This crap is as flimsy as Colin Powell's bullshit WMD speech before the UN on the eve of the Iraq War. And speaking of the Iraq War, why did we invade again? I believe the reasons were alleged ties to terrorists, alleged WMDs and regional meddling, no? And here we are saying the exact same things about Iran.
Optimists will counter that, surely, Bush would not be so stupid and/or insane as to invade Iran. To which I counter that this is a man who, just days ago, laughed maniacally while trying to run down the White House Press Corps with a gigantic tractor. He's clearly "gone 'round the bend" as they say in Great Britain. And speaking of that country, according to its newspapers, quite contrary to wanting to avoid a fight, Bush is actually trying to come up with reasons to invade Iran.
I mean, come on! Just look into the man's eyes! He's freakin' deranged, for God's sake!
How long? How long before the country comes to accept that it is being led by a man who is stupid, crazy or — most likely — stupid-crazy? The realization may come too late.