Neo-connecting the Dots to Iran (Part V)

[babsbunny]

http://www.atlargely.com/2007/10/neo-connectin-3.html

Posted by Jeff Huber

As parts I through IV of "Neo-connecting the Dots to Iran" discussed, Congress can't really stop Mr. Bush from attacking Iran if that's what he really wants to do, and before any legal action against Bush reaches the Supreme Court, what's left of humanity may be living in mine shafts. The major media have proven wholly incapable of acting as a power balancing fourth estate. Can it really be that the only institution that can keep America from committing yet another devastating misapplication of military force is the military itself?

According to historian and journalist Gareth Porter, Admiral William Fallon, head of United States Central Command, has "privately vowed that there would be no war against Iran on his watch, implying that he would quit rather than accept such a policy." I'm willing to accept that Fallon would quit rather than carry out orders he considers contrary to the interests of the United States, but I'm not sure that would influence Mr. Bush's decision making. What's more, I'm no happier with the idea that we need an admiral like Fallon to keep us out of a stupid war with Iran than I am with a general like David Petraeus keeping us in a stupid war in Iraq, but that's the sort of thing that happens when your nation gets overtaken by militarism.


Wild Purple Yonder

[Hydra]

1. Good read

I didn't like the comment about 9/11, though. They could have shot down the planes had Cheney not been in control, but a better answer would have been to let the FBI pick the supposed hijackers up beforehand(I say supposed, because I heard that some of them were still alive the next day- quite a trick).