When Bush came to power for the first time, the neo-conservatives laid before him a coherent plan for the extension of the American empire in the Middle East. It contained three chapters:
One, to conquer Iraq in order to take control of its immense oil reserves and place an American garrison at the critical junction between the Caspian Sea oil and the Saudi resources.
Two, to break the Iranian regime and return Iran to the American bloc.
Three, to do the same to Syria and Lebanon. It was not yet decided whether Iran would come before Syria or the other way round.
It might have been assumed that the experience of the American adventure in Iraq would cancel the next chapters. The Iraqi people did not receive the occupying army with flowers. The pretext for the invasion - Saddam's weapons of mass destruction - was exposed as a blatant lie. The armed insurrection continues. The future of the Iraqi state hangs in the balance, even after the recent elections. The country may well break up into three parts, creating shock waves all around the Middle East.
Naive people believe that, after all this, Bush would not risk more adventures of this kind. They are wrong.
Read more, including some background on the Syrian-Lebanese situation...The US government is confident that it will be "no problem" to bomb Iran's defenceless civilian "nuclear facilities". Iran only has one nuclear reactor, but the term "nuclear facilities" that we are all so accustomed to hearing from the Western media sounds like a better excuse for starting another war."
Insider article
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are moderated. There may be some delay before your comment is published. It all depends on how much time M has in the day. But please comment!