Juan Cole: "I had grabbed an earlier version of this graphic off Democratic Underground from 2005.."

[pampango]

I had grabbed an earlier version of this graphic off a Democratic Underground bulletin board from 2005. It made the point that the United States, which professes itself menaced by Iran, rather has Iran encircled by military bases. I have tried to update the map a bit, though this area is a moving target and the map no doubt isn’t perfect. It is expressive enough, however, of the reality. Iraq and Uzbekistan no longer have American bases, but the US military now has a refueling station in Turkmenistan.



Some critics complained that forward operating bases are not much of a base. But actually, this map vastly understates the case. It shows only a few of the estimated 450 US military bases and outposts in Afghanistan, e.g. And it does not show drone bases, of which the US has 60 around the world.

http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/ring-of-iranian-bases-threatens-us.html

Kudos to Cole. Nice mention of DU in his Informed Comment.

[Scuba]

1. Nide to see DU mentioned. Nicer to see Iran's "threat" to us getting wider visibility...

... after all, how dare they put their country right in the middle of our bases?

[malaise]

3. A perfect response

[Douglas Carpenter]

6. exactly

[Remember Me]

12. ROFL

[xchrom]

2. How cool. Very nice of mr Cole. Nt

[Former_DU_Member]

4. We do Empire nice.... or so we would make you think. n/t

[ananda]

5. When Israel gets the green light this fall...

... things are going to pop in the ME.... ermm... explode.

[bvar22]

7. Can you hear The Drums?

I can.

Do you remember the board game called "RISK"?

[font size=5]Whats the next move?[/font]

The Forces of Empire controlling our government are shaking the dice.
They care little about the MILLIONS of lives that they gleefully put at risk in the Middle East,
nor for the suffering they are responsible for at home as TRILLIONS are diverted from our economy
to fuel the War Machine.
Many Americans will go to bed hungry, jobless, homeless, hopeless and cold tonight as our money flows to The Army of Empire.

[font size=3]”Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
---President Dwight Eisenhower

[/font]... and THAT guy was a REPUBLICAN! back in the 50s.
My how things have changed.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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[dixiegrrrrl]

8. "North Korea and Pakistan don’t have oil."

Exactly.

And yet, it is a bitter irony that our military is by far the largest user of oil.
Thus we are burning up millions of gallons of oil in order to seize and use millions of gallons of oil on the planet.

[woo me with science]

9. Good to see it being dispersed.

At some point the American people will stop falling for the propaganda and throw these warmongers and profiteers out.

But we need to do it soon.

Occupy now, because they are putting structures into place to prevent occupation later.

[woo me with science]

10. K&R

[joshcryer]

11. Juan Cole? The CIA asset?

Or so I was told on DU...

[Remember Me]

13. In that case, I can only say

his cover is especially deep.