The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran

[jbfam4]

March 11, 2006

The 48 Hour Media-blitz for War with Iran
Cheney, Rummy, Rice & GW On the War Path
by Mike Whitney


http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_whi_060311_the_48_hour_media_bl.htm

In the last 48 hours all the major players in the Bush administration have issued statements warning of the impending danger of Iran.

Cheney blasted the Islamic regime saying there would be “meaningful consequences” if it refuses to comply with international demands to stop its nuclear program.

Condoleezza Rice said, “We face no greater challenge from a single country than Iran… This is a country that seems determined, it seems, to develop a nuclear weapon in defiance of the international community that is determined that they should not get one.”

Donald Rumsfeld warned at a press conference on Wednesday, “I will say this about Iran. They are currently putting people into Iraq to do things that are harmful to the future of Iraq. We know it, and it is something that they, I think, will look back on as having been an error in judgment.”

Bush chimed in too, “Iran must not have a nuclear weapon. The most destabilizing thing that can happen in this region and in the world is for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

[jumpoffdaplanet]

1. can't get the link to load at the moment

did the piece mention Iran moving to the euro and that being the push to bomb Iran in the next 10 days?

[Nite Owl]

2. Yes, it does

On March 20 the Iran Bourse will formally open and allow countries to break to US monopoly on oil purchases in petrodollars. The central banks across Europe and Asia will trade in part of their stockpiles of greenbacks for euros, and dollars will come flooding back to the homeland. $3 trillion of American cash and securities are owned by people or institutions outside of the United States. If just a small portion of them pour back into the US, Depression will follow.

Is the impending war with Iraq merely an effort to shore up the debt-ridden greenback? (which is now underwritten by $8.2 trillion in debt)

If not, then how do we explain the Federal Reserve’s surprise announcement that it would stop releasing the M-3 in late March, 2006 coinciding with the opening of the bourse? (The M-3 provides the aggregate statistics on US dollars around the world)

Don’t you think the American people would like to know when the central banks begin tossing their stockpiles of greenbacks overboard?


http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_whi_060311_the_48_hour_media_bl.htm

[peacebird]

3. it MORE than mentions Iran's Bourse - it explains it! see snips....

snip from article
"On March 20 the Iran Bourse will formally open and allow countries to break to US monopoly on oil purchases in petrodollars. The central banks across Europe and Asia will trade in part of their stockpiles of greenbacks for euros, and dollars will come flooding back to the homeland. $3 trillion of American cash and securities are owned by people or institutions outside of the United States. If just a small portion of them pour back into the US, Depression will follow.

Is the impending war with Iraq merely an effort to shore up the debt-ridden greenback? (which is now underwritten by $8.2 trillion in debt)

If not, then how do we explain the Federal Reserve’s surprise announcement that it would stop releasing the M-3 in late March, 2006 coinciding with the opening of the bourse? (The M-3 provides the aggregate statistics on US dollars around the world)"

[depakid]

6. The financial markets will know

what's happening whether the Fed releases M-3 or not- although the less "official" information that's released, the more volatile things will get.

Part of me hopes the US does go to war with Iran. Better to "adjust" the economy and get militarily chastised NOW, than wait 5 years when the economic situation is even worse and petroleum reserves are even lower. The faster it gets really bad for the US, the faster people will clue in and take steps to stop the insanity.

Either way, the America is headed for a trainwreck.

[serryjw]

9. I feel guilty...but I agree with you

If this is the only way we can fix the political, foreign policy & environmental mess we are in is to go to war with Iran, lets do it. Maybe 100% of americans will understand and FINALLY work to take this country back. Right now its a slow dripping faucet. Their money makes them to powerful to defeat in the long term unless we expose this entire mess.

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[bigbrother05]

5. If war is the only recourse we have

to get out of debt, then we are a sorry country.
We can't allow this to happen.

[mrdmk]

7. The Bush Jr. Administration has no choice but war because of his policies

Unfortunately, because of the big up-yours card out by Bush Jr. and some previous administrations a change of hard currency for oil is not surprising that this going to bite us in the butt.

It is funny that the author should mention Tom Lantos:

<snip from OP>
Congress also added their support led by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) “Iran’s quest for nuclear arms requires us to do two things: squeeze Iran’s economy as much as possible and do so without delay.” Lantos claims that more than 300 lawmakers will support sanctions.
<end of snip>


<snip>
For readers of John MacArthur's excellent "Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War," this latest duplicity comes as no surprise. MacArthur details how, as Chairman of the Human Rights Caucus in 1990, Lantos helped organize hearings at which the infamous "baby incubator" invention was peddled to the U.S. congress and public. Lantos introduced a Kuwaiti woman who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers killing babies by ripping them from incubators in a Kuwait hospital. He neglected to mention that the young woman was the Kuwaiti Ambassador'S daughter and her testimony had been manufactured by public relations firm Hill and Knowlton, under contract to the Kuwaiti Royal Family. Hill and Knowlton thoughtfully provided rent-free office space and financial support to Congressman Lantos' Human Rights Foundation.
<end of spin>

link
http://www.counterpunch.org/terrall1025.html

I just hope this war does not go nuclear, because we (the U.S.A.) will be in a real heap of shit.

edit: forgot the link

[george_hurley]

8. ***PETITION TO SIGN: NO WAR WITH IRAN ***

Hello,

For the past year, the growing tensions mounting between the US, Israel, and Iran are reaching a point where military action against Iran is w/in months of becoming reality. The repercussions are terrifying as such military action could involve countries such as China and Russia as they share massive energy/economic interests w/ Iran. The most likely scenario we would face would be the collapse of the US economy as the combination of a massive rise in oil prices and a run on the US dollar would surely be the weapon many countries would use to fight back against a preemptive US or Israeli strike.

For a collection of articles and resources on this subject you can visit this link: http://reseaudesign.com/research/iran/iran_summery.html

I'm starting up a petition which I will be sending out to as many members of Congress as possible. I'm asking for help to get this signed by as many people, possible in the next month. Send it to as many people you can.

http://www.petitiononline.com/n0war1rn/



Also, here is another petition you can sign from another group:
http://stopwaroniran.org/statement.shtml




Thanks for your time