I Hear the Drums of War

It seems like the drums of war are being lined up on Capitol Hill, once again. They don't have to be dusted off which should save some time. If the Ayatollah regime chooses to intensify the suppression of a large faction of it's peoples desires and dreams, then expect calls for direct military intervention by the rash hypocrites in Congress. Of course, it will be under the pretext of 'saving Iranian lives from the life-suffocating regime'. And they will certainly be joined by Israeli prime minister Netanyahu, cheerleading Neo-Cons, the oppressive media, and then finally, after much pressure, Superman himself-- the United States President. The beauty of it all is that liberals and conservatives alike will buy the reasons for war, as they have in the past.

At first, Obama will play it cool, and pretend to be the ever reflective and cautious statesman that he is. But as the drums of war get louder and louder, he will send in America's finest to another bleeding hot spot in the Middle East. That will make four countries--Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and now Iran--that the Empire's resources will be dedicated to. Forget health care for all, the bottom-up economy, energy independence, or any other kind of reform, all eyes will be on War in the Middle East. More excuses will be made by the lying cowards in Congress, and more lies will be sung by the spying cowards in the oppressive media.

But that I make clear that this war will be fought for liberty?

All hail liberty!

Amerika: The only country where the politicians act like global revolutionaries, and the people act like bureaucrats. It is historical and political irony at its greatest; a nation who thinks it is the world's liberator is in reality the world's policeman and biggest tyrant.

I.F Stone, who died twenty years ago, poignantly asked in 1966 in an article called, Why We Fail as Revolutionaries, as the war in Vietnam was escalating:

How often can intelligent and well-meaning Americans see glamorous 'revolutionary' programs collapse into teh same old repression without noticing there is something fundamentally wrong?

All the anti-war democrats will also join the fray and stamp their approval for military intervention in Iran. And this shouldn't at all surprise anyone who has been constantly engaged in this insane reality; intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and in every other way.

Back in April 2006, Jim Lobe wrote about the Neo-Cons' call for direct and indirect confrontation with Iran on Antiwar.com:

Led by a familiar clutch of neoconservative hawks, major right-wing publications are calling on the administration of President George W. Bush to urgently plan for military strikes – and possibly a wider war – against Iran in the wake of its announcement this week that it has successfully enriched uranium to a purity necessary to fuel nuclear reactors.

Have we forgotten that the Neo-Con craze is still in our system? One of them was just recently hired by the Washington Post, just in time to beat the war drums once more. And men like Andrew Sullivan and those of his ilk will again participate in the rally for war, just as they did in the past. Do you see a pattern here? These are greatly uninformed men who are not inherently anti-war. Their opinions hold no weight, they fluctuate with the political winds, and they should never be listened to. Absolutely Never.

In the same article by Lobe, he writes:

While Kristol insisted that the "credible threat of force" should initially be used in support of diplomacy with Washington's European allies, he also called for "stepping up intelligence activities, covert operations, special operations, and the like," as well as "operational planning for possible military strikes."

What he had in mind was laid out in a companion article by ret. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a member of the ultra-hawkish Iran Policy Committee (IPC), entitled "Target: Iran."

If Iran resists diplomatic pressure, according to McInerney, Washington should be prepared to carry out a "powerful air campaign" led by 60 stealth aircraft, and more than 400 non-stealth strike aircraft with roughly 150 refueling tankers and other support aircraft, 100 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 500 cruise missiles to take out some 1,500 nuclear-related and military targets.

Before or during such an attack, he wrote, "a major covert operation could be launched, utilizing Iranian exiles and dissident forces trained during the period of diplomacy." The IPC has long advocated support for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MeK), an Iraq-based paramilitary group listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department.

If you thought the insanity was over when Bush left the White House doors, think again. The real insanity has just begun. Mass delusion triggered by brash conclusions.

And if you really believe all the lies, that the election was a massive fraud, and that America is going to war to liberate the captive Iranians, then read this prescient truth uttered by Izzy in the same article mentioned above:

Though everybody from LBJ down constantly talks of social revolution, the record shows our real concern is with putting it down, not bringing it about. We like to talk about revolution, but we rush in helicopters and naplam when it threatens to break out. This is the real face of the Pax Americana we are trying to impose.