NBC's Brian Williams says that Iran and Syria are now on the Map for

[KoKo]

discussion because Iraq will spread and the "P-Resident's thinking is that he has to win war in Iraq and doesn't want to talk to Iran or Syria...but that Iran will surface and candidates of both parties are going to have to deal with Iran so that it doesn't go Nuclear."

We are GOING INTO IRAN...MARK MY WORDS...and KEITH OLBERMAN AND RUSSERT VERIFY that we ARE GOING IN according to the P-RESIDENT!

The DISINFO CAMPAIGN TO BOMB IRAN or ISRAEL BOMBS THEM...is IN THE CARDS.

Brian Williams now VERIFYING saying Bush says "If you knew what WE KNEW or if you say the Daily Intelligence you would understand what we are FACED WITH!"

Cooked Bush Intelligence once again....and the Media now verifying as IRAN is where we are going. Only Bush has the Intelligence just like what he had with IRAQ!

[NMDemDist2]

1. I fear you are correct KoKo

with who's army is what I want to know

[Sadie5]

5. Another day-another lie

Bush slipped Iran and Syria into the melting pot just as he suddenly introduced Iraq into another speech shortly after 911.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

22. The Bush speedometer: How many Lies Per Hour?

Nothing resembling the truth in the speech tonight, except what everybody told him going in, that it would end as an absolute disaster for us.

[meow mix]

9. they can initiate a bombing campaign without one

i guess..

[stevietheman]

2. I've decided to openly support Iran if Bush attacks it...

and I will publicly push for Bush to be physically removed.

Enough. is. Enough.

[Maggie_May]

3. Did you notice that

Keith kept asking the question about Iran and Syria.

[KoKo]

12. YES! and all of them after I posted were talking about faulty Intel into Iraq

and wondering why Bush was doing the push into Iran. (But, they know just like we out here that Iran is the PRIZE...because getting rid of Iran and then Hizbollah is the GOAL!

Tweety at least made a big point about IRAN IS ON THE TABLE...and that was the point of Bushies speech. But, Matthews took credit that only he and Keith really got that Iran was on the table...ignoring all of us out here and Sy Hersh and Scott Ritter and others who've been screaming this for months!

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Amazing that those guys can get "Bush" & "Intelligence"

into the same paragraph.

[stillcool]

6. When does it officially become...

WWIII...or is that just for the history books?

[Corgigal]

7. I don't know why I'm shocked

I mean, I'm a DU'er who is well read and stay on top of current events. I just can't believe a sitting prez, who hasn't been able to fix one damn country he put our troops into wants to go it again. With a stronger, larger and richer country. I think it's time the rich start worrying about the kiddies.

[hang a left]

8. You are right.

They are going in. They don't care what the American people do or say or want.

They are up in America's face. They are saying "what are you going to do about it".

Remember ** is a puppet, an evil puppet.

Look at his face, he is scared to death.

We are in big big trouble.

[walldude]

10. Yeah I believe tonights speech had nothing to do with the "Surge"

but it was to prepare people for the coming attack on Iran. I believe this is why the speech was "leaked" on so many fronts. They wanted everyone to know that he was going to go through with the surge ahead of time, this way the "news" about Iran would slip in under the radar.

[PreacherCasey]

11. BINGO!

This can not be allowed. The pressure must be brought to bare. What are we going to do about it. Every better start writing to and calling their Reps. ASAP. That's priority #1 for me and then we'll take it from their.

[KoKo]

13. Agree...I have Dole and Burr both Big Repugs as my Senators...but THIS

SHALL NOT STAND! They never answer but I'm going to keep after them. Thank God my two House Reps are Dems but I'm gonna hit them with phone calls and faxes, too.

This CANNOT GO ON! We CANNOT BOMB IRAN OR SYRIA! ENOUGH OF THIS!!! IT'S GOT TO STOP and we CANNOT wait for IMPEACHEMENT OR CENSURE. Bush is going in SOON...in the next few months!

[bdamomma]

18. starting tomorrow please call your Senators and Representatives

and give them your feedback and comments about Iran. We must stop this now, not only for us but the world. Bush is totally unhinged. Totally.

[54anickel]

14. Oh shit. Thanks KoKo. Here's a transcript if you're interested.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-01-11-voa3.cfm

Here's the set up...

snip>

The consequences of failure are clear: Radical Islamic extremists would grow in strength and gain new recruits. They would be in a better position to topple moderate governments, create chaos in the region, and use oil revenues to fund their ambitions. Iran would be emboldened in its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Our enemies would have a safe haven from which to plan and launch attacks on the American people. On September the 11th, 2001, we saw what a refuge for extremists on the other side of the world could bring to the streets of our own cities. For the safety of our people, America must succeed in Iraq.


Here's the BOOM!!!

snip>

Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity – and stabilizing the region in the face of the extremist challenge. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq. Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops. We will disrupt the attacks on our forces. We will interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria. And we will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq.

We are also taking other steps to bolster the security of Iraq and protect American interests in the Middle East. I recently ordered the deployment of an additional carrier strike group to the region. We will expand intelligence sharing – and deploy Patriot air defense systems to reassure our friends and allies. We will work with the governments of Turkey and Iraq to help them resolve problems along their border. And we will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region.

Then he goes on to put words in Congress's mouth

Our new approach comes after consultations with Congress about the different courses we could take in Iraq. Many are concerned that the Iraqis are becoming too dependent on the United States – and therefore, our policy should focus on protecting Iraq’s borders and hunting down al Qaeda. Their solution is to scale back America’s efforts in Baghdad – or announce the phased withdrawal of our combat forces....

[KoKo]

15. Thanks "54" it's great on re-read and for folks who missed the Chimp...

:hi: Gotta read every word and parse it. Another possible WAR...and Chimp thinks he can sell it to us throught he MSCorporate Media once again! :grr:

:hi:

[54anickel]

21. I avoided the Chimp - gets my blood boiling to hear his voice. I prefer

the transcripts. I tend to miss too much of what he says when speaking because I'm hollering too much at the tube. Reading the words is hard enough on my blood pressure.

:hi: Back-at-cha... Long time no read. :hi:

[vickitulsa]

23. This is precisely what the speech tonight was all about. Everything else

he said was just window dressing. Weeks ago we learned that a "surge" of about 20,000 troops into Iraq was planned. The speech tonight was NOT to tell us what we already knew about that wrongheaded move on Bu$h's part.

I can barely stand to listen to the Chimp anymore, but I did tonight because I wanted to hear exactly what he said.

I knew it when he got to the parts about Iran and Syria that THIS was indeed the message he was there to deliver to all of us. He said it plain as day, and he'll be able afterward to reply to the cries of outrage when we attack Iran or Syria, "I TOLD you we were going to do this in my big speech!"

Here, YET AGAIN, are his own words, with my emphasis added because he failed to stress that this WAS his main message:

Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity – and stabilizing the region in the face of the extremist challenge. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria.

Remember how much he talked in the earlier part of his speech about the necessity of "succeeding" in Iraq? Then he explained that succeeding in Iraq "requires" -- REQUIRES, mind you! -- "defending its territorial integrity."

And that "defense of Iraq's territorial integrity" begins with addressing Iran and Syria."

Doesn't that say it all? Isn't he clearly stating that the U.S. military WILL BE ATTACKING IRAN AND SYRIA in those statements?

He continues:

These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq. Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops.

He is saying that Iran has ALREADY attacked American troops -- in Iraq! Of course he can then justify our attacking Iran, since they have already been attacking OUR TROOPS in Iraq! He is saying he IS GOING TO TAKE ACTION against Iran in his statements tonight.

We will disrupt the attacks on our forces. We will interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria.

And here is possibly the most concrete and comprehensive announcement he made all night -- note the use of the word "networks" below:

And we will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq.

Note too the sneakiness with which he presents the REAL REASON for the upcoming attacks on Iran and Syria:

We are also taking other steps to bolster the security of Iraq and protect American interests in the Middle East.

... snip ...

And then finally to end those two most important paragraphs, he says this:

And we will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region.

So for anyone who still thinks we weren't told outright by this maniacal pResident tonight in his "big speech" that the U.S. military will soon be attacking Iran and quite possibly Syria as well, I say -- what do you think these statements by the Chimp tonight MEAN, pray tell??


I believe he made it clear beyond any doubt what he plans to do next. And the poster who said we will wake up one morning to learn that Iran has been bombed is absolutely correct.

At that point all those who said "we don't have enough troops" or whatever to argue that the U.S. won't be attacking Iran will be saying, indeed spluttering, "But but but ... I didn't think he would really DO that!!!"

COUNT ON IT -- he just said tonight that he IS going to do it!

[frogcycle]

25. yup

you got it

[bdamomma]

16. more lies and more death and destruction

we have to stop bush, he hears voices in his head. He's psychotic.

[David Zephyr]

17. Talk about your doubling down on a bad bet.

Our little Texan dictator knows like all dictators that keeping the war going keeps people distracted.

KoKo01, you may very well be right. If so, we are all in big trouble because it will become an international disaster...

And that's something Bush would like to have right now.

[Beam Me Up]

19. I think I'm going to be violently, violently ill.

Please, god, no.

I really don't think I can take much more.

:puke:

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Bush wasn't concerned about the daily intelligence before 9/11, and he's

been stacking the data in his favor ever since. Who can believe him now? Not the CIA, not the FBI, not the military. That's what happens when you cook the intelligence for too long. We don't need a CEO president who massages the numbers to get his short term results.

[lala_rawraw]

24. how long have i been saying this?

the fact that Williams just noticed this now shocks the crap out of me. what have Hersh, Rozen, me all been saying? gawd, it makes me nuts.