Ipso facto, if you are saying that Americans who simulate terrorist activity — with the same intention in mind — now find it “necessary more than ever” to conduct a fake terrorist event (in Europe or America) ofgreat magnitude, I think the same argument applies.

In either case, why risk a hell of a lot when the rate of change of others accomplishing your goals is increasing?

“…Pope Benedict XVI of helping in a “new crusade” against Islam and warned of a “severe” reaction to European publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that insulted many Muslims.”
This warning tells us they are probably preparing another pre-emptive strike to increase McCain’s chances for presidency. We should be prepared for another terrorist attack somewhere in Europe; in the US or somewhere else to frighten voters into submission to vote for McCain, the Zionist candidate. They did the same thing in Spain a few years ago to keep the neocon man, Aznar as Prime Minister, but it back lashed. I guess they have more trust in American people’s ability to submit. This terrorist incident, more likely, will take place at the end of the summer to frighten the public, holding al Qaeda, which does not exist, responsible and like in Spain they will find a sack full of documents including telephone notebook contains all names and their telephone numbers for investigation.
I think the US is very lucky because the main job of the terrorists have been, so far, to make available “documents in form of tapes, CD, Tel. No. and …..” helping authorities to capture them soon after their “investigation.”
They said, on the air, it is not clear where this tape, Ben Laden’s latest tape, was made. I suppose everyone knows where this tape was made, the basement of the CIA.
They stop to make videos because Ben Laden was getting younger and younger each time. If they had continued the course we should have been watching Ben Laden in cradle in dipper sucking his pacifier by now.
Doaa El-Bey in “the real holocaust”, Al-Ahram weekly, has complained about Arabs and passive International stand on Palestinian holocaust:
“The Jordanian political independent daily Al-Dostour criticized the Arab and passive international stand on the Israeli practices in Gaza. Its editorial hailed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to cut all political contact with the Israeli government. Although it regarded this as one of the important cards in the hands of the Palestinians, the edit called on the Arab regimes to take more positive steps to support the Palestinians.”
He criticized the population of Egypt for quick reaction against marginal issues:
“Khaled Al-Harroub found the Arab reaction to different issues perplexing. They tend to react in a strange and slow manner to important issues and quick and rampant to marginal subjects. He questioned why the Arab peoples from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arab Gulf rose up against a caricaturist in Denmark but were dead silent about a fact like the holocaust in Gaza.”
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/887/pr2.htm
I think people should recognize their priorities not to be divided and be taken hostage by their enemy.
McCain’s propaganda campaign, apparently, is not going well. He has shown not only is a liar but also an illiterate on the basics of the Middle Eastern history and events. He is totally dependant on his advisor, Joseph Lieberman, to correct him when it is necessary.
McCain is traveling in the Middle East to force other countries in the region to cooperate with the US should strike on Iran “inevitable.” McCain said:
“He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda.”
He even does not know Iran considers Taliban, Al Qaeda, an enemy from the beginning and Iran has always said Taliban is the creation of Americans to insult Islam.
Fortunately or unfortunately, Joseph Lieberman, his advisor, corrected him:
“McCain said it was “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.”
A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate’s ear. McCain then said: “I’m sorry; the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda.”
The mistake threatened to undermine McCain’s argument that his decades of foreign policy experience make him the natural choice to lead a country at war with terrorists. In recent days, McCain has repeatedly said his intimate knowledge of foreign policy make him the best equipped to answer a phone ringing in the White House late at night.
Lloyd, I think a terrorist activity is necessary more than ever to establish McCain credibility as an “experienced” candidate to be president. Don’t you think so?

I have a friend who lives in Texas much
Closer to Santa Ana than Santa Rosa
Who tells me that George the Second
Is like the unpopular student
Who loads up and goes in and blows away
As many other students as possible

In order to go out in a blaze of glory.

Think about that, and Iran, gentle readers.

Or mellow out on “Irrelevant,”
A writing I recently read in a book:

George the Second in a rant
Labels Gore irrelevant
Then say He and his sycophants
“The UN has no relevance!”

When long ago we had such Georgian rule
Under another imperial fool
We gave him the boot in his silken pants
And History judged him irrelevant.

That would be presuasive, Shabnam, were it not for the fact that after attacking Iran, Bush could declare a state of national emergency and suspend elections. Or not, while the ensuing terror in this country would practically guarantee McCain’s election.

Mr. Kinane: You are absolutely right. Iran is not an enemy. Historically, Iran and the US have been natural allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond. The Iranian struggle for independence, and democracy started in 19th centaury. Since then, the Iranian people always have strived for a better society to protect everyone’s right. The struggle for democracy let to the constitutional revolution of 1906-1911, and continued into 1979 Iranians. Iranians are proud and humble people and Iran, as you have mentioned, has not invaded any country in more than two centuries.
Iran IS NOT AN ENEMY. This has been constructed by Israel and its lobby in the United States. Iran like other countries in the region did not voted for the partition of Palestine but the Shah, a dictator, whose rule was restored by an American/British coup in 1953, supported by US and Israel. Israel and Iran had close relationship during the Shah in power which was vital for Israel.
The policy of dual containment of Iran and Iraq originated during the Carter Administration, but it was not until the Clinton Administration where the expression “dual containment” became popular and the occupied land transformed into the disputed land.
The Iran-Iraq war intended to weaken both countries to help Israel position in the region. As Kissinger Said: “Let both countries to destroy each other.” To do that, the west didn’t want either side claim victory and when Iran was winning the war, US entered the war against Iran directly to make sure Saddam was not defeated. Finally, in 1988 Iran was forced to accept a humiliating ceasefire, especially after the USS Vincennes shooting of an airbus killed 299 Iranian civilian passengers including children still remembered by the Iranians.
The main containment, however, started under Clinton administration, the most pro Zionist administration in the history of the presidency. The policy of dual containment of Iran and Iraq was written by Martin Indyk, the head of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an
AIPAC affiliate, and under this policy Iran was accused of, continues to the present, sponsoring terrorism; opposing Middle East peace process; and developing weapons of mass destruction. As you see, preparation to destroy Iraq and Iran started long time ago especially under Clinton using its agents in high position of American decision making circles, forcing sanction, creating and spreading lies against Iran to form negative public opinion using Zionist media until further action. During the Clinton Administration Israel lobby became the major underwriters of US foreign policy toward Iran.
It was during the Clinton Administration where Mujahedin, MEK, an Iranian terrorist organization was presented as a tool using their ‘expertise’ to bring about “regime change”.
Israel and the neocon had close relationship with this organization and Daniel Pipe and Richard Pearl attended MEK’s convention where the latter was the key speaker for this terrorist organization at the convention.
This preparation reached to a new level under Clinton allowing the Zionist lobby to write resolution after resolution to force sanction against Iran and Iraq to cause civilian deaths, to bring poverty and destitute to these countries and to raise public dissatisfaction to be manifested in the demonstrations to hope for riot in the street and clashes between the government and its citizens so they can have pictures and videos to help them to stage a propaganda campaign against these countries which Israel viewed them as an obstacles against its “greater Israel” plan in the region using American influence to reach her goal. Iraq almost destroyed during Clinton administration by bombing and sanction, which killed more than a million, majorities were children.
So as you see Mr. Kinane when you write:” war against Iran is a neo-con dream.” You are absolutely right knowing that majorities of the neocon were Trotskyite Zionists pro Israel. This is Israel’s wish which is carried out by the neocon. But when you say “It’s about controlling the oil”, I have doubt about that. If you mean oil within “The New Middle East’ then it is Ok.
It is very interesting to see these days everyone is talking about “Iraq after 5 years”, but no one is talking about the ROLE OF ISRAEL in the destruction of Iraq and now has turned to Iran with full speed. An invasion or military attack against Iran does not bring any benefit for anyone EXCEPT ISRAEL. It is not the United States who needs to destroy Iran and kill many civilians to strengthen its position in the world; rather is ISRAEL who needs destruction of Iran, like Iraq, to strengthen her position. The “greater Israel” is wrapped around “the new middle east” project to save its apartheid state which is erected on the stolen land of Palestine.
Dr. Trita Parsi in his book “Treacherous Alliance: The secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the US” based on many interviews of both Israelis and Iranians has concluded that after the demise of the Soviet Union Israel felt the US may not consider Israel a “vital asset” anymore, therefore, Israel presented “Islamic extremist” as the new enemy of the US and Iran as its center to engage the United States in her war against the Israel’s enemies.
People of the world must take action against the war, and expose the role of Israel and Israel Lobby behind these wars.
Americans should stay out of work once a week to send a strong message that they want no war or sanction against Iranian children and, instead, they demand US withdraw from the Middle East, Iraq and stop US support of Israel.
http://counterpunch.org/sasan03172008.html

with regard to kinane, I agree with the evident present consensus of posters that the US Navy, not to mention the USAF, can do as much damage to Iran as the Chipmunk might call for, any time of any feverish day or nite.

Let the reprehensible crypto-nazis have their way and launch a full scale attack on Iran. Or even a “surgical” strike. Either way, when the first US planes break Iranian airspace (assuming its a few months away after the new Russian air defense system is in place), the world will get to behold the appearance of a greater pale horse. So it’s good that there are lots of fans of shock and awe out there because they’ll get some shock and awe they won’t fucking believe.

Perhaps if we could get the mainstream press to stop saying, “there were 12 casualties in Iraq today,” and start saying, “10 people were murdered in cold blood in Baghdad, one other had his foot blown off his leg, and another got his skull crushed when a Hummer ran him over,” maybe there would be some awakening.