In a move designed like the plot of a second-rate spy movie, Dick Cheney’s office has apparently activated its army of propaganda writing “robots” to begin promoting a war with Iran (can you identify which one is Bill Kristol?). I’m not sure whether Cheney activated these writers with a nationwide radio transmission or simply a conference call, but Barnett Rubin is reporting that his sources indicated the propaganda should be starting this week.
They [the source's institution] have “instructions” (yes, that was the word used) from the Office of the Vice-President to roll out a campaign for war with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be coordinated with the American Enterprise Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual suspects. It will be heavy sustained assault on the airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment into a position from which a war can be maintained. Evidently they don’t think they’ll ever get majority support for this–they want something like 35-40 percent support, which in their book is “plenty.” [source: Informed Comment Global Affairs]
The psy-ops campaign on Iran has been in full gear from George “Worst. President. Ever.” Bush for all of August and their strategy must be to now have others chime in supporting the administration’s claims. Good luck.
As I’ve noted many times, America should not be willing to trust these clowns in the White House with anything of substance anymore.
#1 by Googs on September 6th, 2007
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I don’t think Bush is gonna invade Iran, we simply just don’t have the resources to do it. I think even he realizes that. A bombing strike on some sort of nuclear facility? Maybe but I still don’t see it happening. There’s just no political will in this country for a third war with yet another Middle Eastern country. Having said that, the next administration whether it be Hillary or Thompson or Rudy is going to have to keep a vigilant eye on Ahmedinijad.
#2 by rotophonic on September 6th, 2007
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I wish I had your confidence in the logic driving the Bush Administration. There’s no political will *now*, but if some sort of provocation happens (false flag or otherwise) they’re going to act. By laying the groundwork for the severity of their response now, they hope they’ll have the public support after the fact.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Bush thinks about the consequences and thus using logic to evaluate their next move is probably futile.
The craziest thing is that Bush expects Iran (and terrorists) to suddenly stop scheming against us if we bomb them. In a quest ostensibly to stop terrorism, Bush alienates most of the Middle East and reinforces America-haters’ beliefs, creating thousands more enemies.