WW III

I have just read an article that I want to recommend that you read in its entirety as I really cannot do it justice by giving you an excerpt or two. It's by Heather Wokusch and is entitled, "WWIII or bust: Implications of a US attack on Iran". And the implications are truly horrifying. I've been telling you for some time that Bush is just itching to use nuclear weapons. This article lets us know that this is definitely part of the plan. Here are some passages to give you a taste of what Wokusch has to say:

Witnessing the Bush administration's drive for an attack on Iran is like being a passenger in a car with a raving drunk at the wheel. Reports of impending doom surfaced a year ago, but now it's official: under orders from Vice President Cheney's office, the Pentagon has developed "last resort" aerial-assault plans using long-distance B2 bombers and submarine-launched ballistic missiles with both conventional and nuclear weapons.

How ironic that the Pentagon proposes using nuclear weapons on the pretext of protecting the world from nuclear weapons. Ironic also that Iran has complied with its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, allowing inspectors to "go anywhere and see anything," yet those pushing for an attack, the USA and Israel, have not.

So what is this really about? Consider the following:

In the eyes of the Bush administration, however, Iran's worst transgression has less to do with nuclear ambitions or anti-Semitism than with the petro-euro oil bourse Tehran is slated to open in March 2006. Iran's plan to allow oil trading in euros threatens to break the dollar's monopoly as the global reserve currency, and since the greenback is severely overvalued due to huge trade deficits, the move could be devastating for the US economy.

So we remain pedal to the metal with Bush for an attack on Iran.

But how does Bush plan to get public support for such a war?

A domestic terrorist attack would do the trick. Just consider how long Congress went back and forth over reauthorizing Bush's Patriot Act, but how quickly opposing senators capitulated following last week's nerve-agent scare in a Senate building. The scare turned out to be a false alarm, but the Patriot Act got the support it needed.

Now consider the fact that former CIA Officer Philip Giraldi has said the Pentagon's plans to attack Iran were drawn up "to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States." Writing in The American Conservative in August 2005, Giraldi added, "As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States." [link]

Chew on that one a minute. The Pentagon's plan should be used in response to a terrorist attack on the US, yet is not contingent upon Iran actually having been responsible. How outlandish is this scenario: another 9/11 hits the US, the administration says it has secret information implicating Iran, the US population demands retribution and bombs start dropping on Tehran.

This is absolutely chilling. And do you think for a moment that the Bush administration is incapable of engineering just such a "terrorist" attack in order to further its agenda? Please realize that they place no value on the lives of the little people - not here, not overseas. They have no morals. I think it is only a matter of time.

Do click through and read the whole article if you have time. It is important for us to inform ourselves of the real implications of war with Iran. At least then we will not be surprised when the consequences start to play out.