September 30, 2007
Al-Qaeda = Iraq = Iran
Did anyone say déjà vu?
In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran. “Shia extremists, backed by Iran, are training Iraqis to carry out attacks on our forces and the Iraqi people,” Bush told the national convention of the American Legion in August. “The attacks on our bases and our troops by Iranian-supplied munitions have increased… The Iranian regime must halt these actions. And, until it does, I will take actions necessary to protect our troops.” He then concluded, to applause, “I have authorized our military commanders in Iraq to confront Tehran’s murderous activities.”
(From The New Yorker. Read it on Kottke)
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2 Responses to “Al-Qaeda = Iraq = Iran”
yeah, he’s a causational genius, our president.
withdrawing troops who were fighting against the people who orchestrated 9/11 (in Afghanistan) so we could take out a secular (i.e. non-islamist) dictator while befriending the nation that most supports, financially and otherwise, Al-Qaeda (Saudi Arabi) so that we can invade a country who, while they do support terrorist organizations (Hezbolah), appear to be less involved with Al -Qaeda than the previously mentioned Saudi Arabi with troops we don’t have for goals which aren’t defined in a region we don’t understand while losing ground on the nuclear containment arranged by the Clinton administration of North Korea.
great job, Bushie!
Well said, Deron. It’s fucking musical chairs. My only hope of our avoiding a war with Iran is also part of my greatest fear: we don’t realy have the troop strength or future borrowing capacity to launch such a war (that’s the Hope part). But this makes it all the more likely that when we do the “surgical strike”–again with the assertions that it will all be over in weeks if not days–we will be pressed to the wall by an “unexpectedly fierce” response and the nuclear option will be all we have left. Americans are fond of stories in which average-guy-heros step up to save the planet from destruction, but the story we are about to get is one in which a few imbecilic/megalomaniacal/messianic shitheads manage to destroy all of the hopes any species on the planet ever had.