Media Flagstones Along a Path to War on Iran

[LibertyorDeath]

by Norman Solomon
www.dissidentvoice.org
August 6, 2005


On Tuesday, big alarm bells went off in the national media echo chamber, and major U.S. news outlets showed that they knew the drill. Iran’s nuclear activities were pernicious, most of all, because people in high places in Washington said so.

So, the nuclear moralists in Washington have no problem with Israeli, Pakistani and Indian nuclear weapons, developed and stockpiled with contemptuous disregard for the Non-Proliferation Treaty. But the White House and talking heads of U.S. television are insisting that Iran has no right to do what the treaty allows it and other signers to do -- develop nuclear power, ostensibly to generate electricity.

The latest U.S. media uproar about Iran’s nuclear program is part of a dream starting to come true for neo-cons in Washington who fantasize about “regime change” in Tehran. More realistically, for the nearer term, the Bush administration is setting the agenda for a U.S. air attack on Iran.

“This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous,” President Bush told a news conference in late February. He added in the same breath: “and having said that, all options are on the table.” Assembled journalists laughed.

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[Sandpiper]

1. War with Iran = Draft

No way they could get around it.

They'd need at least three times the number of troops that are in Iraq for an invasion and occupation of Iran.

[LibertyorDeath]

2. Not necessarily

"the Bush administration is setting the agenda for a U.S. air attack on Iran."


I don't think they want "invasion and occupation of Iran."

but they do want to destroy Iran's military infrastructure & capabilities.