I think Iran is trying to manipulate our elections with this missile firing

[Bucky]

Iran fires unarmed missiles
November 2, 2006

TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired missiles able to carry cluster
warheads at the start of 10 days of military maneuvers on Thursday, state television said.

Tehran had said the maneuvers, which will last until November 11 and include drills in the Gulf and Sea of Oman, would be a show of "defensive strength".

Tensions between Iran and western powers are high as the latter try to agree a draft U.N. sanctions resolution aimed at forcing Tehran to scale back atomic work they fear may be used to make bombs. Iran says its aims are purely peaceful.

"Dozens of missiles were fired including Shahab-2 and Shahab-3 missiles. The missiles had ranges from 300 km up to 2,000 km," Iranian state television reported, without showing any footage.

Iran is clearly afraid Bush is about to lose his control of the US government. This is their October surprise, trying to scare US voters into supporting their patsy in the White House. Bush has been very good to Iran, first getting rid of their two worst enemies, than making Iran seem like an island of sanity and stability in the region, then bungling the talks on limiting their nuclear program, then driving up oil prices thru the roof, then scaring Russia into rushing thru a sweetheart deal on engineering Iran's newest power plant. Now they've got both Russia and China covering their back in the UN Security Council.

The last thing in the world Iran needs is for a Democratic Congress to clip Bush's wings. This is their desparate attempt to spook American swing voters (just like Bush's bellicose blundering spooked Iran's moderate voters into supporting the loony rightwing Ahmednejid candidacy). There is only one way to stop Iran's rise to power--frustrate them with a Democratic Congress that can stop their unwitting ally in the White House.

[Turbineguy]

1. I guess they

need that $80 per barrel oil price and Bush is just the guy to deliver it to them.

[AntiFascist]

2. Why is it that all the ME enemies support Boosh? n/t

[bdamomma]

3. because they are all oil business men.

[High Plains]

4. Or maybe they just wanted to test their weapons.