Iran Again in the Crosshairs...
Iran Again in the Crosshairs as War Hawks Rejoice
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed
"After Donald Trump finished sloughing his way through a piteously thin explanation for withdrawing the US from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday afternoon, he slumped his way to the door, looking for all the world like an old hound badly in need of a nap ... where he was greeted by newly minted national security adviser John Bolton, who was smiling under his mustache like some feral Cheshire cat.
If you are wondering why the US just bailed on a deal that made the world a safer place, Bolton the avowed regime changer and the promise of war to come explain much of it. He has been craving a war with Iran for six presidential administrations and counting, and is now in a better position to exert his will over foreign policy than ever before. Back in the George W. Bush days, his lies had to filter up through several superiors before reaching the president's ears. Now, he's in the big round room with the man himself, footloose and filter-free.
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History is grinding together right now like ball bearings in a blender, so we should pause a moment to recall how we got here. Remember all that Bush-era blather about "bringing democracy to the Mideast" by way of invasion, war and plunder? As it happens, Iran had a vibrant democracy cooking not so long ago, and a forward-thinking one at that, until the West destroyed it for oil.'
More at:
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/44425-iran-again-in-the-crosshairs-as-war-hawks-rejoice
November can't come soon enough.
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