Prepping Americans for an Iran War
December 3, 2011




As the American/Israeli war drums beat more loudly over Iran, the U.S. public is being told that this time the warnings about nuclear weapons are right, that no one should listen to Iranian denials, that ratcheting up tensions toward war is the only way. But William Blum recalls the similar false certainty about Iraq.


By William Blum

There’s no letup, is there? The preparation of the American mind, the world mind, for the next gala performance of D&D — Death and Destruction. The Bunker Buster bombs are now 30,000 pounds each one, six times as heavy as the previous delightful model..

But the Masters of War still want to be loved; they need for you to believe them when they say they have no choice, that Iran is the latest threat to life as we know it, no time to waste.

The preparation of minds was just as fervent before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. And when it turned out that Iraq did not have any kind of arsenal of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) … well, our power elite found other justifications for the invasion, and didn’t look back. Some berated Iraq: “Why didn’t they tell us that? Did they want us to bomb them?”

In actuality, before the U.S. invasion high Iraqi officials had stated clearly on repeated occasions that they had no such weapons. In August 2002, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz told American newscaster Dan Rather on CBS: “We do not possess any



nuclear or biological or chemical weapons.” [CBS Evening News, Aug. 20, 2002]

In December, Aziz stated to Ted Koppel on ABC: “The fact is that we don’t have weapons of mass destruction. We don’t have chemical, biological, or nuclear weaponry.” [ABC Nightline, Dec. 4, 2002]

Hussein himself told Rather in February 2003: “These missiles have been destroyed. There are no missiles that are contrary to the prescription of the United Nations [as to range] in Iraq. They are no longer there.” [60 Minutes II, Feb. 26, 2003]

Moreover, Gen. Hussein Kamel, former head of Iraq’s secret weapons program, and a son-in-law of Saddam Hussein, told the UN in 1995 that Iraq had destroyed its banned missiles and chemical and biological weapons soon after the Persian Gulf War of 1991. [Washington Post, March 1, 2003]

There are yet other examples of Iraqi officials telling the world that the WMD were non-existent.

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actually the were to show,not say that they had destroyed those things!
Part of the Armistice Agreements he didn't keep among others!

Now who voted that Warmonger President into Office in '08?

Yeah Iran is next . . And then Venezuela ,after dat i dont know. I PRAY Ireland doesnt have Oil ! Altho i reckon the IRA wud give the Marines a run for their money :)

Well I for one hope that we don't have to bomb Iran. But most of
the world supports sanctions against them developing nuclear
weapons because they are a radical Islamic terrorist theocracy
which openly terrorizes their own citizens and has vowed also to
attack other peaceful nations including the U.S. because they
perceive these nations to be un-Islamic or to have a kind of Islam
which is not the same as the dominant Shiite Govt religion.

It is clearly a good idea to oppose a nation such as Iran from
obtaining nuclear weapons and most of the nations of the world
agree on that point including most other Islamic countries.

Nevertheless Iran continues to try to develop nuclear capability
and if they do not immediately and completely and verifiably stop
their march toward nukes then they will in fact likely be stopped
by force with the consent of the vast majority of peace loving
countries in the world.

This would not be genocide. This would be avoiding genocide.

It is totally up to Iran - but according to the latest news they
seem to be hell bent on forcing the rest of the world to military
action as the last resort to stop their active aggressive illegal
nuclear program.

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U.S. may sell precision-guided bombs to UAE-source

WASHINGTON | Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:32am EST

Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government may soon announce plans for a large sale of precision-guided bombs to the United Arab Emirates, a source familiar with the arms sales plans said late on Thursday, as tensions mounted with Iran over its nuclear program.

The Pentagon is considering a significant sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions made by Boeing Co , adding to other recent arms deals with the UAE. These include the sale of 500 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles about which U.S. lawmakers were notified in September.

The sale of Boeing-built "bunker-buster" bombs and other munitions to UAE, a key Gulf ally, is part of an ongoing U.S. effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran.

No comment was immediately available from the Pentagon's press office or the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales.

Boeing has sold thousands of JDAM bombs to the United States and its allies in recent months as they have replenished their arsenal of the popular precision-guided bombs.

Boeing spokesman Garrett Kasper said the company was unable to discuss the proposed contract since it would involve a foreign military sale, something that would be discussed at a government-to-government level.

The proposed sale, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, would expand the existing capabilities of UAE's air force to target buildings such as the bunkers and tunnels where Iran is believed to be developing nuclear or other weapons. The newspaper said Washington was eyeing the sale of 4,900 of the so-called smart bombs.

Tension over Iran's nuclear program has increased since Tuesday when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Tehran appeared to have worked on designing a bomb and may still be conducting secret research to that end.

Heres a radical idea . . Did u EVER even for a second ask urself. Are the MAINSTREAM MEDIA LYING to me . . ????????

One thing about me . I CANNOT tolerate fools ! Since WW2 the YANKS have occupied,intervened in,or "advised" 78 Countries !! This is the country who warned us about the danger of the Russians!!!

oh well... we have another war mongering president, what did you expect?

and this comes from a brit, a country who invented lying and espionage...

From u personally ? Absolutely nothing from wat ive seen so far. But from the American people in general, much more !

They wouldn't. The Army kills Islamic terrorists at a ratio of 20 to 1 and the terrorists are a lot better trained and armed than the IRA. Also the Army is not even in the same league as the Marines.

i don't know that means, but you should look your own countries history before slamming another countries history...

Im Irish born and bred,as are my Ancestors !

Someone has to clean up all the fning mess left by the Twitish Empire

This is such a huuuuuggge topic lol but if u look at recent events it was obcious it would have to happen soon
From egypt to libia etc iraq etc they found nofhing there matter is simple america are running out of coal resources
And they font want to pay maes of money for oil coz they think they r so powerful n mighty they caused conflict thru many small islamic contries n pretend to b the good guy,
They are just power hungry n want to try n show the world they own thats y they have thru media n other methods brainwashed alot of ppl n forced many poor soldiers m innocent ppl dead so they can gain access to what they need n show thier dominance. They see the islamic contrys as a threat n are slowly causing stife between them n one by onetrying to destroy the countries n leave it without law n order causing confussion n making the islamic countries ties n resources weaker.
Now iran wanting nuke, there are many arguments to this yes they may feel threatened by america espeacially with recent events n want to defend themselves, y do u think they attacked iraq coz they knew iraq had no nukes , n ppl.can say if america hav nukes then y cant iran? Ppl will say bcoz they will abuse thier power etc but ppl forget america already do abuse thier power n want to act as if they are everones dad

Took a while to read , but yes, CHUMP is Right ! :)

i'm of Finnish/french descent.... but 100% all American...

The US gets zero oil from libya so there goes your theory..

You need to take a look at the British.. They were the ones kissing Mummars a$$ looking for sweetheart oil deals.

Hmm, Iran has oil and the U.S. government wants to go to war with them.....imagine that!

No need to send ur Family over ,we can manage thanx ! Lol