Once George Bush has got hold of a bad idea he just can't let it go

[Briar]

Once George Bush has got hold of a bad idea he just can't let it go


We watch plans for an attack on Iran unfold even as the official narrative for the run-up to the Iraq war unravels

Gary Younge

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And so we watch the administration's plans for a military attack against Iran unfold even as its official narrative for the run-up to the war in Iraq unravels and the wisdom of that war stands condemned by death and destruction. As though on split screens, we pass seamlessly from reports of how they lied to get us into the last war, to scenes of carnage as a result of the war, to shots of them lying us into the next one.

One moment we see the trial of Dick Cheney's former deputy, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, revealing how the administration sought to discredit critics of the plans to invade Iraq; the next we see them discrediting critics of their plans to attack Iran. On one page, newly released documents reveal how the defence department contorted evidence to justify bombing Baghdad; on the next, the administration is using suspect evidence to justify bombing Iran.

"It is absolutely parallel," Philip Giraldi, a former CIA counter-terrorism specialist, told Vanity Fair magazine. "They're using the same dance steps - demonise the bad guys, the pretext of diplomacy, keep out of negotiations, use proxies. It is Iraq redux."

The administration, of course, denies this. Despite the fact it has ordered oil reserves to be stockpiled and has just sent a second aircraft carrier as well as more patriot missiles and minesweepers to the Gulf, they swear these allegations are groundless. Robert Gates, the new defence secretary, recently insisted: "I don't know how many times the president, secretary Rice and I have had to repeat that we have no intention of attacking Iran."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2016049,00.html

[sam sarrha]

1. he is Obsessive Compulsive a wet brain alcoholic burnt out drug addict and stupid, not a good mix

[Double T]

2. Congress should NOT be taking a vacation THIS week; bushco.......

has their finger on the trigger for starting another 'war' and legislation needs to be enacted NOW to rescind 'the conquerers' authority and power over going to 'war'.

[sam sarrha]

6. that is precicely what happened when Reagan Carpet bombed Hanoi Xmas EVE with B52's

[3waygeek]

7. Nixon, not Reagan n/t

[OneBlueSky]

3. Congress let him do it once . . . and now they're getting ready to let him do it again . . .

I say this because the ONLY way that Congress can prevent Bush from attacking Iran is with a firm, air-tight resolution that expressly FORBIDS him from doing so without their prior approval . . .

and Congress -- Republicans AND Democrats -- have neither the common sense, the humanity, nor the balls to do that . . .

[indepat]

4. Congress had better get some common sense, humanity, and balls or we just might get in deep doo-doo

from which we cannot extricate ourselves.

[Vidar]

5. The title says it all.