'Power of Mischief: Military Industry Executives are Making Bush Policy an

[Judi Lynn]

February 4, 2006

'Power of Mischief: Military Industry Executives are Making Bush Policy and the Country is Paying the Price'
by Ron Fullwood

http://www.opednews.com

"Liberty is the future of every nation in the Middle East, because liberty is the right and hope of all humanity. The same is true of Iran, a nation now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people. The regime in that country sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian territories and in Lebanon -- and that must come to an end. The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons. America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats." -- G.W.Bush, 1/31/06

That was Bush in the SOTU, ragging on Iran, stirring up the pot, stoking fear, angling for a fight. Thing is though, as angry and anti-American as Iran's new leader appears, the only threat that our government can acknowledge him making against the U.S. is to defend Iran's borders from foreign invasion.

Here's a headline about an appearance by National Intelligence Director John Negroponte before the Senate Intelligence committee Feb.2 that disappeared from the article it was linked to:

"National Intelligence Director John Negroponte told Congress on Thursday that Iran probably does not yet have nuclear weapons, nor has it obtained the material central to producing them. Still, Negroponte called Iran's program a matter of "highest concern."

What Negroponte also said in the hearing was that Iran has a stockpile of ballistic missiles, to, as he admitted, repel foreign assaults on their country. A further 'threat' from Iran that he expressed was the government's hostility to the United States and its interests.
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http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ron_full_060204__power_of_mischief_3a_.htm

[OneBlueSky]

1. and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries are making . . .

Medicare policy . . . and the banks and credit card companies are making bankruptcy policy . . . and the agricultural industry is making genetics policy . . . and on, and on, and on . . .

and the country is paying the price . . .

this isn't a government -- it's a conglomerate . . .