Robert Parry: Slip-Sliding to War with Iran

[marmar]

from Consortium News:



Slip-Sliding to War with Iran
December 29, 2011

Exclusive: Having apparently learned nothing from the Iraq disaster, many of the same political/media players are reprising their tough-guy roles in a new drama regarding Iran. These retread performances may make another war, with Iran, hard to avoid, writes Robert Parry

By Robert Parry


With the typical backdrop of alarmist propaganda in place, the stage is now set for a new war, this time with Iran. The slightest miscalculation (or provocation) by the United States, Israel or Iran could touch off a violent scenario that will have devastating consequences.

Indeed, even if they want to, the various sides might have trouble backing down enough to defuse today’s explosive situation. After all, the Iranians continue to insist they have no intention of building a nuclear bomb, as much as Israeli and American officials insist that they are.

So, this prospective war with Iran – like the one in Iraq – is likely to come down to intelligence assessments on Iran’s intentions and capabilities. And, as with Iraq’s alleged WMD, the many loud voices claiming that Iran is on pace to build a nuclear bomb are drowning out the relatively few skeptics who think the evidence is thin to invisible.

For instance, the recent report from the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran’s supposed progress toward a nuclear bomb was widely accepted as gospel truth without any discussion of whether the IAEA is an unbiased and reliable source. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2011/12/29/slip-sliding-to-war-with-iran/

[TheWraith]

1. Oh please. Same bullshit we've been reading since 2004.

About how war with Iran is "right around the corner." Never been true before, not true now.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Impending Doom Flume !

[BlueToTheBone]

4. The drumbeats are getting louder

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10148763

[TheWraith]

6. No, they're not.

People are just reading in a lot of shit that simply isn't there.

[BlueToTheBone]

8. Here's an example of the drumbeat

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101412479

[TheWraith]

9. Nope, that's still just bullshit.

Again, we've been reading stories like this for more than seven years. There were people insisting that the US was going to bomb Iran before the 2004 Presidential election.

[tabatha]

3. We will not go to war with Iran.

[ixion]

5. The US is still following the neocon agenda...

despite all this talking rot about 'change'.

[annabanana]

7. I guess Iraq wasn't a big enough fuck-up for them.

This story seriously need some high profile discussion.