There is still time for the Bush administration neocons to force a third major war upon our Pathetic Little Spinning Ball of Mud Called Earth^®.  The convenience of the public's sleepy and distracting holiday season combined with the very real deadline of the end of the Bush regime worries me. 

It's been obvious to those paying attention that Bush/Cheney neocons have been trying to sell the idea of a war with Iran since the Iraq war began.  I've written about it for the last several years a number of times. 

Am I just an alarmist?  If I'm so worried about this, why hasn't there been a war already?  If there hasn't been a war, why should anyone else be concerned at all? 

Obviously, people get paid big think tank bucks to analyze the complicated machinations of the foreign policy of the United States.  Look, I'm just an amateur hobbyist blog publisher who simply pays attention to this topic. 

The Bush/Cheney regime is fond of working "in the shadows," as Cheney likes to muse.  Combine that secrecy with the seemingly schizophrenic public policies and it makes any declarations by outsiders nothing more professional than simply shaking a magic 8-ball and reading the message it gives.

The Bush/Cheney public policy schizophrenia is indicative of the struggle in all circles of U.S. government power between the hardcore neocons who want war and the pragmatists who believe in real politik.  One side rattles their sabers and the other side favors negotiation. 

This back-and-forth, toward and away from war, is usually what causes me to write about Iran.  One of the people less on the outside (than you or I) is investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh.  In the very short video below, Hersh describes the aspect of manufacturing consent with the American public for a war with Iran.

The Real News Network

I shouldn't have to cite again news media articles with links of the number of times Bushworld has tried to ramp up public support for a war with Iran.  If you've forgotten, read some of the archives here. 

Google "Scott Ritter," the former weapons inspector.  He has been quite outspoken on this matter.  He's often said that he only hopes that the Iranians are smart enough not to fall for any Bushworld bait to escalate tensions.

In the video above, Hersh talks about the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) having a mandate from Bushworld to act on its own to snatch up so-called "high value targets."  It's no coincidence that the neocon Kyl-Lieberman initiative in the U.S. Congress added Iranian military organizations to the official terrorist list.  It wasn't all about economic sanctions. 

Since the war mongering neocons are closing in on that hard deadline when Bush/Cheney are no longer actively running things, I feel Bushworld may try to use the wild card they always have in their hand in the middle east. 

IDF preparing options for Iran strike The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is preparing a wide range of options for such an operation.  The Jerusalem Post, December 4th, 2008

Look at the manufacturing consent sublimals on the Jerusalem Post (JP) page.  It's there for a dumbass bricklayer from Detroit like me to see.  JP should stand for Jewish Paranoia, not Jerusalem Post.

Top left: the JP link to Iran News has a nuclear symbol next to it.

Topic banner for these articles: called "The Iranian Threat" with stop signs behind a goofy-looking Iranian president (because Iranians are crazy, right?) 

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Now, despite the fact that the losing Republican choice for Vice President had trouble describing the Bush Doctrine in an interview, I'll give it to you with a quote from the war mongering neocon horse's ass, Stephen Hadley:

"The doctrine of preemption remains sound and must remain an integral part of our national security strategy.  We do not rule out the use of force before the enemy strikes." 

Perhaps the pragmatists have won the day and Bush will simply leave without a stupendously stupid and irrational final act.  Then again, If Israel strikes and Iran retaliates, the sheeple in the United States will undoubtedly be glued to the likes of Fox News Channel and we'll all go down that rabbit hole once again.

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