A Serious Look At Iran

The Bush Boyz have ratcheted their rhetoric up a couple of notches, to the point that many think that some form of military action will soon follow.

Let us look at Iran. 2/3 of the population is around 30 years old. These Iranians are more moderate than the older ones. They appreciate the west and its liberties. Many of these are children that grew up in the years of war with Iraq. they recall the destruction and the death. They do not like the idea of war with the west.

The mullahs represent the past, a shining symbol for the elderly, that recall the oppression that they suffered at the hands of the Shah and of course, the Shah was very close with the US. Bush and his entourage with all their saber rattling is just empowering the mullahs more and more. This is the past for Iran.

The young are more moderate and appreciative of the West, they are the future and as such all should be done to help empower them. They could bring about a change in leadership.

All this is working under the assumption that the Bush Boyz truly desire a diplomatic solution to the situation. If it is just another of their lies, then the US has a long drawn out war in the Middle East that it cannot win. The cost in money is not important, but the cost in lives will be devastating. Someone has got to have a level head, it not there is no way to avoid war.

CHUQ

New Sanctions For Iran

Bush and his Boyz have announced more sanctions against Iran, especially anyone dealing with the Revolutionary Guard. He talks tough! But the all his talk is putting the US on a military footing. It is a preparation of action and all his rhetoric and that of his subordinates are saber rattling.

This could very well backfire on the administration. Iran could harden even further its international stands and demands. Which in turn will harden the resolve of the US govt to prevent Iran from doing whatever is they are doing. The Bush stand is a unilateral motion. The UN failed on tougher sanctions against Iran, so the US will go it unilaterally. Is this good? If you are part of the military-industrial complex, you will be jerking off at the prospect of an armed conflict. For the rest of the country, it will be devastating.

All the rhetoric coming from the administration is pro-war, nothing they are saying sounds like they are even considering a diplomatic solution to the Iranian situation.

I suggest that you just take the time and put your head between you knees and.........you know the rest.

Is World War III Approaching?

Recently, the President said when talking at a news conference about Iran. “We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel,” Mr. Bush said at a White House news conference, referring to a remark by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that Israel “will disappear soon.” Mr. Bush said he had “told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.”

This was just at best one of his more stupid statements. He was once again using his old reliable tactic--the Fear Card. Unfortunately, it works. The American people are so afraid of the nuke thing that it is used to sell them on ALL military actions in the past couple of decades. It was used by George I as a way to sell the action of Desert Storm. It was used by George II as a pretense to go into Iraq, again. It is a very useful tool when selling the American people on military action. Americans will accept it without reservation.

A lot has been said about his statement, but the part that few speak of is the fact he said it while chuckling and smirking. What kind of megalomaniac talks about a possible WW III while laughing? Did it miss something? Is a possible world war a joking matter? Maybe to someone who would profit from the war, but not to "normal" Americans.

I just cannot understand how Americans can look at this clown and give him the power to control the world. It amazes me, the stupidity of the people.

CHUQ

Justification Of War With Iran

JUSTIFICATION OF WAR WITH IRAN

Recently the US administration has spent a bunch of time and effort to reassure the American people that there was no intention of going to war with Iran. Or at least, for the time being there is no desire to act. They, the Administration, say that all options are still on the table, that nothing is being discounted. But they reassure too much for my tastes.

Sens. Kyl and Lieberman have entered a measure into the Senate that would designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. They base this measure on reports from the recent past that the Guard is training and supplying the guerillas in Iraq. But I ask on what do they base this assumption? On the Intel that is given by the President and his entourage? Would that be the same people that gave them the Iraqi WMD information? Are they basing their accusations on the Intel of known and proven lairs? Yes, they are. But in their defense, I am not privy to all the Intel and I may be lacking a critical part of the puzzle, but from all the info I have at my disposal, this is a piece of bovine fecal matter.

Why, do I say that? Sens. Kyl and Lieberman are two of the biggest hawks in Congress and as such will rubber stamp anything Bush cares to talk about at anytime. These two will be used by the President to run the end around through Congress. These two are administration tools for their “cowboy” foreign policy.

Here is part of the wording of the proposal:

"Our military leaders, diplomats, and intelligence reports say that there is clear evidence Iran is exerting negative influence in Iraq," said Kyl. "I believe that the Senate's adoption of this measure sends a message to Iran that the U.S. will not tolerate any interference to progress in Iraq. It is now incumbent upon the State Department to add the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to the list of terrorist organizations."

The wording is very precise and to the point. It sounds innocent enough and if proven to be true, then any terrorist group should be added. But there is a hidden agenda in this measure. In my humble opinion, there is more to this than meets the media’s eye. I sat this because the media has focused on the above portion of the measure and has ignored another.

"It is vital to the national security interests of the United States that the Iranian government not be allowed to prevail in its proxy war against us in Iraq," said Lieberman. "This amendment makes it clear - both to our enemies and our friends - that the United States will not retreat in the face of Iranian terrorism."

The above is the key portion of the measure, in my opinion. Why? It leaves the door open for a future action against Iran. It could possibly be used to justify any and every action taken against the country of Iran.

How could this be done? Intel could be cooked to show that Iran was a threat to the world, which is being done as I speak. It is all about justification, not labeling.

CHUQ

Protests In Iran

A news flash----100 Iranian students protest a speech given by Ahmadinejad at a Tehran University. At the meeting of the Inkwell 3, we talked this over and came to a conclusion that I will pass on here.

This was a small protest that was met with a like amount of pro-government protesters. It has been reported that the young are more fed up with the policies than their elders. This was taunted as a good thing on shows like Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. I am sure that it will be a major coup by the time it is reported by FOX. But we here are skeptics. One, this , if a true protest will lead to arrests, paper shut downs and like tactics. This story needs to be followed up on regularly to be sure it was a story. It could have been a government protest to show the world that Iran was not a totalitarian state, that they allow anti-government protests.

We here at Inkwell are leaning to the later. Why? Because of his visit to the US and being reaqd a riot act. The world was watching what was going on in Iran. This would help the government appear to be more tolerant than it has been painted. It is true that the young in Iran seem to be more pro-west than their elders, but that does not mean that they are capable of starting a "revolution".

In conclusion, we say that this needs to be watched. It is possible that it was not a major coup, but rather a PR ploy.