Juan Cole: The Black Psy-Ops Campaign against Iran

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The Iranian regime is despicable in its lack of respect for basic human rights and in its regimentation of its citizens into a rigid theocracy. But it is no more of a threat to the United States than Burma or the Congo, both of which are just as oppressive. Iran has a very weak military and just isn't a serious threat to any other country. Its values are not US values. But if we are going to do things like send Marines into Iran to force Iranian women to wear bikinis at the beach, we are going to have a very busy century and Arlington Cemetery is going to run out of room.

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...Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, is reported to have warned that 'Iran was "months rather than years away" from acquiring the capability to make nuclear weapons. "Time is running out. . ."

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Mr. Gillerman is, however, occasionally capable of telling the truth. Reuters reports,



"Ambassador Dan Gillerman, addressing a New York meeting of B'nai B'rith International, a Jewish humanitarian organization, heaped praise on U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, jokingly describing him at one point as 'a secret member of Israel's own team at the United Nations.' Noting that just five diplomats worked in the busy Israeli UN Mission, he told the group: "Today the secret is out. We really are not just five diplomats. We are at least six including John Bolton."

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An excellent post from Mr. Cole. Read all here:

http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/black-psy-ops-campaign-against-iran.html

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1. Why did he leave out Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, and all the other neo-cons

who are, in effect, "secret members of Israel's..UN"? Enquiring minds..

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3. Because they don't work at the UN, perhaps? n/t

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2. An interesting point in the Taylor Marsh article Cole links to

The Canadian 'National Post' is 'foreign', as far as the CIA and other American agencies are concerned, and thus fair game for them to plant false stories in. But they know it will be treated as just about as reliable as an American newspaper by other US media.

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4. Despicable. Disgusting.. Politics of HATE. Politics of WAR.

"Ambassador Dan Gillerman, addressing a New York meeting of B'nai B'rith International, a Jewish humanitarian organization, heaped praise on U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, jokingly describing him at one point as 'a secret member of Israel's own team at the United Nations.' Noting that just five diplomats worked in the busy Israeli UN Mission, he told the group: "Today the secret is out. We really are not just five diplomats. We are at least six including John Bolton."

The majority of the American people do not want to see Palestinians crushed and destroyed.

Find a solution, you fools. Earn your way in this world.

Our kids are getting killed and the starting reason is the position of some in Israel against Palestinians and the support of a tiny minority of people in this country who support that position and only a few with power in this country who make the Israel position against Palestinians work. To the monetary and human loss that is mind boggling.

I deplore the Israel policy. I deplore that our country is being run by people who pave the way for Israel.

This man was a fool for the way he phrased his comments about Bolton. But he was truthful.