- Peace Garden: Setting the stage for the endtimes.

Setting the stage for the endtimes.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Target Tehran: Washington Sets Stage for a New Confrontation

The United States is moving closer to war with Iran by accusing the "highest levels" of the Iranian government of supplying sophisticated roadside bombs that have killed 170 US troops and wounded 620. The allegations against Iran are similar in tone and credibility to those made four years ago by the US government about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction in order to justify the invasion of 2003.
But wait, what about the new weapons - EFPs?
Such bombs were used by guerrillas during the Irish war of independence in 1919-21 against British patrols and convoys. They were commonly used in the Second World War, when "shaped charges", similar in purpose to the EFPs of which the US is now complaining, were employed by all armies. The very name - explosive formed penetrators - may have been chosen to imply that a menacing new weapon has been developed.
It doesn't matter - Iran is supporting our enemy - right?
No specialist on Iraq believes that Iran has ever been a serious promoter of the Sunni insurgency.
It implies the Shias have been at war with the US while in fact they are controlled by parties which make up the Iraqi government.
Damn - our arguments are full of holes. But wait, will that stop us? Who will stand in the way of an Iran war? Congress? The people?

We know Congress won't. It is up to us.



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