tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post115454274059114043..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: The Bush Administration May Have Urged Israel to Attack SyriaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154821064812288822006-08-05T16:37:00.000-07:002006-08-05T16:37:00.000-07:00In all honesty, I cannot take all the credit. Inde...In all honesty, I cannot take all the credit. Indeed, I found the forbes link and the voltaire link in a site that Damien (I think it was) posted a link to. But that takes no shine away from my given title of Duchess of Google! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154794220268277192006-08-05T09:10:00.000-07:002006-08-05T09:10:00.000-07:00It's not my hypothesis —nor is it an hypothesis. I...It's not my hypothesis —nor is it an hypothesis. It is sourced —to Israel.<BR/><BR/>And I didn't say that Syria would attack Isarel. If they are smart, they won't be baited. <BR/><BR/>Even if it were an "hypothesis", it is clear that Bush wants a wider war. An attack by Syria would give him precisely that. [See Robert Parry <B><I><A HREF="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/080206.html" REL="nofollow">Bush Wants a Wider War</A> </I></B>]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154655952468150472006-08-03T18:45:00.000-07:002006-08-03T18:45:00.000-07:00"In the meantime there are reports that Syria is o...<I><B>"In the meantime there are reports that Syria is on increased alert due to the possibility of an Israeli attack. Saturday's attack along a Syria/Lebanon road was said by Israel to have been an attempt to prevent weapons smuggling, presumably from Syria into Lebanon."</B></I><BR/><BR/>It would be safe to assume that we do not have any control over the commerce between two soverign countries. This thinking would put our troops anywhere in the middle east in a bigger fishbowl than the Bumbling Bush has already placed them in. We are re-arming Tel Aviv by air and sea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154631520116060502006-08-03T11:58:00.000-07:002006-08-03T11:58:00.000-07:00Here's the link to that Israeli newspaper article ...Here's the link to that Israeli newspaper article that claims the whole Qana incident was a hoax, manufactured by Hezbollah to discredit Israel.<BR/><BR/>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=109072<BR/><BR/>Anybody reminded of that incident in which a Ticonderoga-class cruiser shot down an Iranian airbus in the Gulf? Shortly after, a story surfaced which suggested the dead passengers were all naked, and had been dead for days. The implication was that the Iranians had pulled a fast one, in order to discredit the American military presence.<BR/><BR/>I guess they had a planeload of fairly-fresh dead civilians lying around, waiting to be turned to the propagandist's hand. Or maybe they just rounded up enough people, and shot them with some kind of death ray that wouldn't make any holes, then tucked them away for a rainy day.<BR/><BR/>Who says Arabs (or Persians) can't plan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154625421538451342006-08-03T10:17:00.000-07:002006-08-03T10:17:00.000-07:00Well, here's what shaky ally Turkey thinks about i...Well, here's what shaky ally Turkey thinks about it;<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/02/AR2006080201389.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154624230414062642006-08-03T09:57:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:57:00.000-07:00Mutiny!!U.S. Generals Voice Concerns on Civil War ...Mutiny!!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iraq.html?hp&ex=1154664000&en=770de1a4680038e5&ei=5094&partner=homepage" REL="nofollow">U.S. Generals Voice Concerns on Civil War Threat in Iraq</A><BR/><BR/><I>''I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it,''</I> said Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East (not less!)<BR/><BR/><I>The commanders' remarks about the threat of a civil war came just three months before congressional elections in which Bush administration policy in Iraq looms as a defining issue.</I><BR/><BR/>Ouch! Karl Rove must be sweating inside the White House's kitchen like a maniac!<BR/><BR/><I>''Ultimately the sectarian violence is going to be dealt with by Iraqis,'' Rumsfeld said.</I><BR/><BR/>Here's that "exit strategy" for you: When the casualties from that Iraqi civil war starts to hit 5oo a day, well, it's time to go home! Mission accomplish! America does not have to kill Arabs anymore; we just taught them how to do it! Now, let's go home and enjoy the show from Al Jaazira. And let's regroup with Iran in mind.Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154623609288500802006-08-03T09:46:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:46:00.000-07:00LOL!! Good one Len!LOL!! Good one Len!Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154621761731838702006-08-03T09:16:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:16:00.000-07:00Uh huh, indeed! There ARE people in the White Hous...Uh huh, indeed! There ARE people in the White House who could blow you away! But NOT with intellect!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154615027136355032006-08-03T07:23:00.000-07:002006-08-03T07:23:00.000-07:00I submit that Bush does care about his ground forc...I submit that Bush does care about his ground forces, to the extent that they are a useful tool for domination which he manifestly intends to use elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Wiping out his own ground forces in an orgy of fury by the Iranian public at large would be even stupider than I think he is, which is saying something.<BR/><BR/>Of course, not everybody agrees with me...<BR/><BR/>"...there are people in this White House who could blow you away with their intellect, and the President is one of those, if he chose to address you in that way.."<BR/><BR/>Rush Limbaugh<BR/><BR/>Uh huh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154614085172748012006-08-03T07:08:00.000-07:002006-08-03T07:08:00.000-07:00...things haven't been the same since Osama died. ......things haven't been the same since Osama died. The channelling just hasn't done it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154611954777441602006-08-03T06:32:00.000-07:002006-08-03T06:32:00.000-07:00Mark:"... considering the bulk of the U.S. ground ...Mark:<BR/><BR/>"... considering the bulk of the U.S. ground forces are...well...kind of close."<BR/><BR/>As if Bush cares about his ground force! If he did, he would have sent more troops in Iraq to prevent the fewer number he sent to be killed everyday in gruesome urban warfare!<BR/><BR/>Bush won't hesitate to nuke Iran with his soldiers next doors, trust me!<BR/><BR/>Between Osama and George, it's the latter who had killed more Americans.Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154581248202292102006-08-02T22:00:00.000-07:002006-08-02T22:00:00.000-07:00I kind of thought Bush would be hesitant to go nuk...I kind of thought Bush would be hesitant to go nuke, considering the bulk of the U.S. ground forces are...well...kind of close. I know a nuclear detonation doesn't kill everybody; in fact, even people 20 miles away have a pretty decent chance of surviving a fairly good-sized one. However, there's fallout to think about, not to mention enough furious Iranians pouring across the border with Iraq to tear the U.S. military apart with their bare hands and their teeth.<BR/><BR/>That, and the unlikely scenario that somebody else who is a big-time nuclear power would decide there's no more reasoning with the States, and unload on them in reprisal.<BR/><BR/>However, we are talking about a weak, foolish man who has been largely insulated from criticism by his lackeys, who knows as much about nuclear weapons as he does about needlepoint, and who fancies he has been personally selected by God to save the world from Ay-rab fundamentalist domination. Against every barrier of good sense, he might do it. His administration, the inner circle, anyway, has always operated on the principle that it's easier to obtain forgiveness than permission.<BR/><BR/>Can't you just have him committed, or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154576927930306212006-08-02T20:48:00.000-07:002006-08-02T20:48:00.000-07:00Re Dante, You know, I don't know ANYONE who ever r...Re Dante, <BR/><BR/>You know, I don't know ANYONE who ever really stopped calling them French Fries. Chalk that whole episode up to the stupidity of the Bush admin and the GOP suck ups!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154576709280929292006-08-02T20:45:00.000-07:002006-08-02T20:45:00.000-07:00Re: Anonymous Thanks for your post and views. Some...Re: Anonymous <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post and views. Some comments:<BR/><BR/><EM>If you read the recent New Yorker article by Sy Hersch, you would have read that the military talked Bush and Cheney out of nuking Iran (by recent, I mean early July or even June.)</EM><BR/><BR/>I hope Sy is right! <BR/><BR/><EM>If you have read the new book, "Fiasco," by Thomas Ricks, you would have read how very, very unhappy, unsettled, and very worried, the leaders of our military forces are by Bush and his policies.</EM><BR/><BR/>I hope they are! <BR/><BR/><EM>They have got Bush's number. </EM><BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope they do! <BR/><BR/><I>But, Bush has got the power. Neverthless, they can determine the course of events up to a certain point - and, my own feeling, is that they are at that point.</I><BR/><BR/>That's the point! Who can stop Bush? <BR/><BR/><I>I'm not discounting the points of view on this board that suggest that Bush is aiming for World War III. He actually may, in fact, be aiming for that - that and becoming a "permanent President" - a dictatorship, in other words, in America: an America in which only "signing statements" count as the law of the land.</I><BR/><BR/>The entire world has known for some time now that Bush is nuts! I am not comforted by assurances that he will not act upon his delusions. The report that Bush has urged Israel to attack Syria is credible for many reasons. Not the least of which is that Bush <STRONG>is</STRONG> nuts! <BR/><BR/><I>In fact, his real goal may be America itself. But, my friends, the fool is going to be defeated...if not by the Democrats in November, then by the world. My best to all of you as we struggle on.</I><BR/><BR/>I am working for that! But it will NOT happen unless the truth about Bush is told —often and clearly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154575378085658202006-08-02T20:22:00.000-07:002006-08-02T20:22:00.000-07:00Everything is back to normal...<A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5240572.stm" REL="nofollow">Everything is back to normal...</A>Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154572482632762232006-08-02T19:34:00.000-07:002006-08-02T19:34:00.000-07:00If you read the recent New Yorker article by Sy He...If you read the recent New Yorker article by Sy Hersch, you would have read that the military talked Bush and Cheney out of nuking Iran (by recent, I mean early July or even June.)<BR/> If you have read the new book, "Fiasco," by Thomas Ricks, you would have read how very, very unhappy, unsettled, and very worried, the leaders of our military forces are by Bush and his policies. <BR/> The military may yet save us, for they are the ones who pay the price - and they are also populated by very smart men and women. If you are familiar with the leadership eschelons of our military forces, you will know that they are very well educated in every way. They have got Bush's number. But, Bush has got the power. Neverthless, they can determine the course of events up to a certain point - and, my own feeling, is that they are at that point. Call it a "boiling point." <BR/> I'm not discounting the points of view on this board that suggest that Bush is aiming for World War III. He actually may, in fact, be aiming for that - that and becoming a "permanent President" - a dictatorship, in other words, in America: an America in which only "signing statements" count as the law of the land. In fact, his real goal may be America itself. But, my friends, the fool is going to be defeated...if not by the Democrats in November, then by the world. My best to all of you as we struggle on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154567160697789442006-08-02T18:06:00.000-07:002006-08-02T18:06:00.000-07:00Chilling article from Vierotchka. Bush will not on...Chilling article from Vierotchka. Bush will not only start WWIII, he will have traded his Iraq tar baby for the tar pit itself —into which he will take the west with him. <BR/><BR/>I am increasingly convinced that: <BR/><BR/>1) Bush is spoiling for a chance to nuke Iran; <BR/><BR/>2) Bush is eager to rid himself of Iraq by hiding it inside a bigger war, and <BR/><BR/>3) We are on the brink of the big one. <BR/><BR/>I am quite sure that the western media is not only duped but, in some cases, complicit. There is precedent. Look at the case of Robert Novak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154554418105514282006-08-02T14:33:00.000-07:002006-08-02T14:33:00.000-07:00"We to this day don't know why NORAD [the North Am...<EM>"We to this day don't know why NORAD [the North American Aerospace Command] told us what they told us,"</EM> said Thomas H. Kean, the former New Jersey Republican governor who led the commission. <EM><STRONG>"It was just so far from the truth</STRONG>. . . . It's one of those loose ends that never got tied."</EM><BR/><BR/>So exactly which of the <EM>three</EM> versions of 9/11 that NORAD gave was the real one? (<A HREF="http://damien911.blogspot.com/2005/12/norad-failure-2.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>)<BR/><BR/>There's a <A HREF="http://www.vanityfair.com/features/general/060801fege01" REL="nofollow">Vanity Fair</A> article about the NORAD responses, a <A HREF="http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorial/61" REL="nofollow">BuzzFlash</A> editorial and a two blog commentaries <A HREF="http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2006/08/scapegoating-norad.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2430045&mesg_id=2430129" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154553886012992452006-08-02T14:24:00.000-07:002006-08-02T14:24:00.000-07:00Interesting comparaison here: In Germany, Wal-Mar...Interesting comparaison here: <BR/><BR/><A HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2006/08/02/BUSINESS/WORLDBUSINESS/02WALMART.HTML?_R="1&ref=business&oref=slogin”" HREF="”" REL="nofollow"> In Germany, Wal-Mart stopped requiring sales clerks to smile at customers — a practice that some male shoppers interpreted as flirting — and scrapped the morning Wal-Mart chant by staff members.</A><BR/><BR/>And this one:<BR/><BR/><A HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HI/MIDDLE_EAST/5239676.STM” HREF="”" REL="nofollow"> Four US paratroopers charged with murdering three detainees in Iraq smiled before shooting them, a military court has heard from a fellow soldier.</A><BR/><BR/>Ahhh, this American corporate culture!Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154553346208275652006-08-02T14:15:00.000-07:002006-08-02T14:15:00.000-07:00LOL!!LOL!!Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154552874639402132006-08-02T14:07:00.000-07:002006-08-02T14:07:00.000-07:00Dante;Tu as raison - je suis vaincu.Damn you, Rums...Dante;<BR/><BR/>Tu as raison - je suis vaincu.<BR/><BR/>Damn you, Rumsfeld. Why can't you keep your mouth shut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154552222310576532006-08-02T13:57:00.000-07:002006-08-02T13:57:00.000-07:00Mark, tu m’avais juré hier que ce sont bien les am...Mark, tu m’avais juré hier que ce sont bien les américains qui suivent (à contre- cœur, néanmoins) les ordres des israliens. Le fait que Rummy viennes oser demander aux israliens d’aller attaquer la Syrie, ça doit remuer un peu ta théorie, ne crois-tu pas?Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154548961730020082006-08-02T13:02:00.000-07:002006-08-02T13:02:00.000-07:00Ha!!! If you read some of the remarks on other blo...Ha!!! If you read some of the remarks on other blogs regarding Preznit Gump's recent physical exam, you'd note that a resting heart rate of 46 beats per minute is too low to support a boner. He'd have a hard time making a fist. I wonder if brain activity affects heart rate??<BR/><BR/>J'ai noté aussi que quelques personnes à étaient prisonnieres depuis 1978!! Incroyable!<BR/><BR/>C'était mentionée aussi que toute le monde à attendu une agression israélienne depuis "le retrait syrien". Une leçon qui doive être rapprendre encore, n'est ce pas?<BR/><BR/>It's like watching a train wreck in its formative stages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154547261670628232006-08-02T12:34:00.000-07:002006-08-02T12:34:00.000-07:00Should Iran be attacked by the US or Israel, it wi...Should Iran be attacked by the US or Israel, it will block the Strait of Hormuz. Then, the US navy in the Gulf will be sitting ducks and vulnerable to Iran's supertorpedoes (Shkval) and other highly sophisticated missiles it has acquired from Russia. The US army in Iraq will also be sitting ducks, with their supply-lines destroyed. I think this is exactly what Bush wants, so as to have an excuse to launch nuclear bombs all over Iran - he is so jaded now that only this could give him a boner.<BR/><BR/>Here is an article, in French, that appeared in the highly respected <A HREF="http://www.voltairenet.org/article142056.html" REL="nofollow">voltairenet.org</A> on July 18:<BR/><BR/><B>Les agences de presse occidentales victimes consentantes de la censure militaire israélienne</B><BR/><BR/>À la demande du colonel Sima Vaknin-Gil, chef de la censure militaire israélienne, la presse occidentale a accepté de relayer une version tronquée des événements survenus ces derniers jours au Proche-Orient<BR/><BR/>Voici les faits : le Hezbollah exige depuis de longues années la libération de prisonniers détenus par Israël, tel que Samir el Kantar, emprisonné depuis 1978, Nassim Nisr et Yahia Skaff qui est incarcéré depuis 1982. Dans de nombreuses occasion, il a fait savoir qu’il ne manquerait pas de faire prisonnier à son tour des soldats israéliens -si ci-ceux-ci venaient à s’introduire au Liban-, et de les utiliser comme monnaire d’échange. De manière délibérée, Tsahal a envoyé un commando dans l’arrière-pays libanais à Aïta al Chaab. Il a été attaqué par le Hezbollah, faisant deux prisonniers. Israël a alors feint d’être agressé et a attaqué le Liban. Le Hezbollah, qui se préparait à faire face à une agression israélienne que chacun savait imminente depuis le retrait syrien, a tiré des missiles de moyenne portée sur Israël.<BR/><BR/>En droit international, Tshal a violé la souveraineté territoriale du Liban (mais il est coutumier du fait par voie maritime et aérienne). Tandis que le Hezbollah s’est fait justice lui-même en lieu et place d’un État libanais qui n’a jamais été complétement rétabli depuis la guerre civile et l’occupation israélienne.<BR/><BR/>Sur injonction de la censure militaire israélienne, les agences de presse et médias ayant des journalistes accrédités en Israël ont renoncé à informer leurs lecteurs du lieu où les soldats israéliens ont été faits prisoniers. Ils n’ont pas pour autant menti, mais se sont abstenus.<BR/><BR/>La plupart des journalistes emploient le terme « enlèvement » pour désigner la capture des soldats israéliens. Ils assurent vouloir ainsi souligner que le Hezbollah n’est pas une armée régulière. Cependant les officiels israéliens emploient aussi le mot « enlèvement », mais pour signifier le droit qu’ils s’arrogent de pénétrer sur le territoire libanais. En évitant soigneusement la clarification, les médias occidentaux valident un discours de propagande.<BR/><BR/>Emportés par cette logique, nos confrères ont également accepté de ne pas rendre compte des attaques du Hamas et du Hezbollah contre des cibles militaires israéliennes. Il s’ensuit que le public occidental n’est informé que des dommages collatéraux en Israël et des victimes civiles, alors qu’il suit les destructions stratégiques au Liban. Tout cela donne l’impression que « les Arabes » sont à la fois cruels (ils tuent des civils) et incapables (ils ne parviennent pas à toucher de cibles militaires), et que le sort de la guerre est connu d’avance.<BR/><BR/>Nous refusons pour notre part de nous aligner sur les porte-parole de Tsahal. En conséquence, la censure militaire israélienne a rejetté l’accréditation de notre envoyée spéciale au Proche-Orient, Silvia Cattori, et lui a interdit de se déplacer dans le pays et de rencontrer divers témoins des événements. Le Réseau Voltaire continuera cependant son travail grâce aux nombreux contacts dont il dispose sur place.<BR/><BR/><BR/>What it basically says is that the western media are the consenting victims of Israel's military censorship, and they agreed to obey an Israeli general's order not to write all that really happened, which was that the Israeli soldiers who were captured by Hezbollah were captured in Lebanon and not in Israel. The western media also agreed not to report Hezbollah's success in hitting many Israeli military targets, thus giving the impression that Hezbollah has a rotten aim and only killed civilians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1154546580521193602006-08-02T12:23:00.000-07:002006-08-02T12:23:00.000-07:00"what I am here to do is to support the new Lebano..."what I am here to do is to support the new Lebanon, and the new Lebanon is one that is democratic, the new Lebanon is one that should be free of foreign influence.”<BR/>Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, 23 July 2005<BR/><BR/>'Morning, Len;<BR/><BR/> Gosh, do you think the preznit could be encouraging Israel to draw Syria into the mix? Maybe that's why they're bombing the highway right up to within a kilometer of the Lebanon/Syria border. This is perhaps the Bush administration's last big chance to live the dream - all the pieces are in play. Syria has said they will respond aggressively if attacked. Iran has said an attack on Syria will be responded to as if it were an attack on Iran. This is just what the White House wants; I bet they have sweaty palms right now, thinking about how close they are.<BR/><BR/>America's official position is similar: an attack on Israel (by Syria or Iran) is an attack on America. Is there a carrier group somewhere not far away? Is it maybe repositioning? Both the Syrian and Iranian air forces will have to be destroyed very early if the balloon goes up.<BR/><BR/>The American public will not support a war with Iran under any other circumstances. Not against Syria, either. The only way it can work is if that public is presented with a faite-accompli, the fatal step taken, a war that blows up out of nowhere so fast that debate or permission is superfluous.<BR/><BR/>Fasten your seat belt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com