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Spinning us to war in Iran : Comments

By Antony Loewenstein, published 15/3/2006

We are being spun a lie on Iran by Western media.

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"the occupation is the main source of the ongoing insurgency"

Much like the criminal justice system is the main source of ongoing crime.
Posted by Herbie Choo, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 9:46:31 PM
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Herbie, I remember many decades ago living in a large city where parts of the criminal justice system seemed to me to be quite a significant source of ongoing crime.
Posted by Henery, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 1:02:40 AM
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Fair enough, you who say it's not a religious war, but remember religion gives them justifications to continue their eternal war that started between Judea and the Phillistines. Now if they got rid of their skyfairys maybe then they would be able to base their wars on logic and reason, giving them a chance at achieving peace that is impossible while they cling to superstitions.
Posted by Gitmo Guy, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 7:55:24 AM
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As I see it, the thrust of this article is that while there is no evidence that Iran is attempting to construct nuclear weapons and much evidence to the contrary, a propaganda campaign is developing portraying Iran as a major threat to world peace in preparation to an attack on that country.

However, if Iran were to build nuclear arms, such a decision could be understood as purely defensive when the world's great (very nuclear) superpower displays such hostility and with the example of what happened to Iran's non-nuclear neighbour, Iraq. You only need to look at a map to see that Iran in surrounded by nuclear-armed countries - India and Pakistan to the east, Russia to the north, Israel to the west and the USA just over the border in Iraq (and with ICBMs that can reach anywhere in the world).

The point I am making is that Iran could be pushed into acquiring nuclear arms to defend itself. The USA is not threatening the third member of the so-called 'axis of evil', North Korea, simply because North Korea has nuclear weapons that could probably reach Japan.
Posted by Kephren, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 4:39:39 PM
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Recent LateLine interview between Tony Jones and US Colonel Larry Wilkinson, so revealing, looks like America is heading for another Vietnam. Even a Nixon style impeachment for George W'.....?

Extract from Wilkinson to Tony Jones -

"......the lack of proper planning for the attack on Iraq, the lack of post-invasion thought was an ineptitude of the first order, and possibly the greatest ineptitude in the history of America........"

They also discussed how Dick Cheney holds more power than any other US Vice President before him. There was also the observation that the George W' regime has ceased to be republican, becoming ncreasingly more fascistic, no doubt giving hint of the abuse of the Separation of Powers, with the recent interference in the US judiciary.

In the end, if it is true that the present US Presidency is really heading for trouble, we could wonder what will happen to our little Johnny Howard, or has he become so adept despite all the increasing failings of Howard's seemingly Lord and Master, that our Johnny will get off Scot free, having proven that to have plenty of political knack is safer than a strong knowledge of political historical shortcomings.


Posted by bushbred, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 7:00:39 PM
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Kephren,there is a vast difference between North Korea and Iran.We can use logic and bargain with Nth Korea,but Iran is driven by religious fundamentalism,that has no logic that relates to the survival of us mere mortal beings.
Posted by Arjay, Saturday, 25 March 2006 8:13:54 PM
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