Juan Cole: Libby essentially functioning as an agent of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards

[Strelnikov_]

http://www.juancole.com/

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Libby was not charged with the leak, which was probably illegal and certainly grossly unethical. Since Valerie was undercover working against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially with regard to Iran, in running a deliberate leaking operation against her Libby was essentially functioning as an agent of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. That is, Libby was functioning, for political purposes, in the same way as Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who betrayed colleagues and assets to the Soviet Union, as portrayed in the film, "Breach."


Gets better . . .


The same is true for Cheney himself and for Karl Rove, Bush's political adviser. They are all traitors who betrayed an undercover US operative who was attempting to work against the ayatollahs in Tehran. Since potential Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is a big defender of Libby, the Red States may as well go ahead and put Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the White House as elect the "Law and Order" poobah. If that's the sort of thing Thompson supports, he not only may as well be an Iranian spy, he will never ever gain the trust of the US intelligence community, which is absolutely necessary for a president in these perilous times.

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Now that we have had the molasses in this Kunslerian bit of hyperbole, here comes the sulfur . . .


A top U.S. commander tells CNN that three quarters of Baghdad simply is not under the control of U.S. or Iraqi security forces. Brigadier General Vincent Brooks says just one quarter of Baghdad is in a controlled state. Brooks said control means U.S. and Iraqi forces are able to maintain physical influence over a specific area, preventing its use by the enemy.

It's been three months since the security crackdown began. More than 20,000 U.S. troops have poured into the city. But Brooks says there is still a crucial problem -- the lack of qualified Iraqi police. In some areas, they are still loyal to death squads and militias. In other areas, there just aren't enough police. In neighborhoods such as Amiriyia and West Rashid, U.S. troops are still having to go back into those areas that they had cleared.

Attacks against U.S. troops in Baghdad are on the rise. Military intelligence officials are analyzing this video from the Islamic State of Iraq claiming to show Russian grenades being thrown at U.S. troops. Analysts say these grenades may be designed to burst into high temperature fires on impact. One official calls it a new threat.


Just when you thought it couldn't get worse.

[blm]

1. Libby also helped his client Marc Rich (iranContra/BCCI player) get pardoned.

Interesting. And some people want to believe none of this stuff is connected.

[Gloria]

2. I'm sure Hillary will be the first to call Cheney et al traitors, no?

Hillary's friendship with Rich's ex-wife is also in the mix.....that was some sordid episode around pardon time...

[blm]

4. We were all being TOLD Rich was just a tax evader - when he was really an IranContra/BCCI figure.

And we're all supposed to pretend like we don't know the truth because they are called Democrats.

[mod mom]

12. hmmh...another one of those coincidences?

libby ties with March Rich (involved in Iran Arms Deal) and get rid of Covert Agent involved in Iran counter proliferation.

Am I reading too much into this?

[blm]

14. The problem is that not ENOUGH people are reading what exists as FACTS because

they would then have to also accept the fact that this has been going on and covered up with the help of some Democrats who have been held up as their popular standard bearers.

YOU and a few dozen others here at DU have bothered to apply your reading and comprehension skills - in other words, you are now a target for the sweepitallundertherug crowd.

[seemslikeadream]

3. AND one, single name can be directly linked to the Third Reich, the US military industrial complex

one, single name that can be directly linked to the Third Reich, the US military industrial complex,


http://onlinejournal.org/Commentary/011004Hasty/011004hasty.html

Nor, finally, is it in any way a "theory" that the one, single name that can be directly linked to the Third Reich, the US military industrial complex, Skull and Bones, Eastern Establishment good ol' boys, the Illuminati, Big Texas Oil, the Bay of Pigs, the Miami Cubans, the Mafia, the FBI, the JFK assassination, the New World Order, Watergate, the Republican National Committee, Eastern European fascists, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the United Nations, CIA headquarters, the October Surprise, the Iran/Contra scandal, Inslaw, the Christic Institute, Manuel Noriega, drug-running "freedom fighters" and death squads, Iraqgate, Saddam Hussein, weapons of mass destruction, the blood of innocents, the savings and loan crash, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, the "Octopus," the "Enterprise," the Afghan mujaheddin, the War on Drugs, Mena (Arkansas), Whitewater, Sun Myung Moon, the Carlyle Group, Osama bin Laden and the Saudi royal family, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, is: George Herbert Walker Bush.




"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer, ein Volk"



One Hope, One people, One country, One leader.
One Hope, One people, One country, One destiny.

Stand up be brave my people we're here to stay, for a thousand years.
An oath you've spoken, can never be broken, you'll pay, in blood and tears
Never tire, never doubt, never falter, never slacken, Just believe in me.
Stand up, shout loud, stand proud, in what we will we will achieve.

One Hope, One people, One country, One leader will set you free
One Hope, One people, One country, One destiny for a thousand years

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk.

It's not enough just to say you love your country, its not enough.
It's not enough to get down on your knees and pray, it's just not enough.

The price is high, the price you have to pay is your freedom, surrender yourselves.
Mothers send me your blue-eyed blonde-haired boys and let me see them, blue-eyed blonde-haired boys.

One Hope, One people, One country, One leader will set you free.
One Hope, One people, One country, One destiny for a thousand years.

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk,
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Furher, Ein Volk.

One Hope, One people, One country, One leader will set you free
One Hope, One people, One country, One destiny for a thousand years.

[blm]

6. The Bushes are the heart of global fascism.

And I am sick to death of the Dems who helped them and help them still today.

[seemslikeadream]

7. but they're JUST friends

[blm]

11. Yeah - and I believe Poppy Bush woke up one day and stopped armsdealing

and drugrunning with global terror networks on Jan 20, 1993.

[seemslikeadream]

8. blm have you heard the keith harmon snow interviews

on Guns and Butter?

[blm]

9. Nope. Can you hum a few bars? ;)))))

.

[AnnieBW]

5. Thank you, Juan Cole!

We'll never know the extent of the damage that Libby and Novak's loose lips caused. People like Valerie Plame are highly trained, to the tune of millions of dollars. Her cover, and that of the front company, cost much more. Every Iranian scientist that she came into contact with is probably dead now, or being tortured. Every diplomat and his/her spouse is now suspect. Every American that goes to a business conference overseas is also a suspected CIA agent. All because of Cheney, Scooter, and Novakula.

[blm]

10. I am sure it's even much broader than those 3. These people have been running

in large packs, all on the same page with the same fascist goals since the 70s and really ramped it up throughout the 80s and 90s.

[mod mom]

13. Shoot I missed this thread last night & can't recommend.

[Dhalgren]

15. I would like to keep this kicked to the top so that the late comers (like me)

can see it. These are very important issues - in the OP and in the subsequent threads. This is what we are dealing with. "Impeachment off the table" makes more sense when view with these issues in mind. There is collusion permeating the entire structure of our government and it is too late to stop it...legally...

[NewJeffCT]

16. And, don't forget

when he was CEO of Halliburton in the 1990s, Dick Cheney did business with Iran.

Coincidence?