Friends,
This quote is from today's New York Times, "Bush Insists Iran Remains
a Threat Despite Arms Data"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/washington/05prexy.html
or: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2902&lists=newslog
"President Bush warned on Tuesday that Iran remained a threat
despite an intelligence assessment that it had halted a
covert program to develop nuclear weapons four years ago, as
the administration struggled to save a diplomatic process
now in disarray."
This is a very interesting situation. It is no surprise that the
intelligence announcement has seriously disrupted the anti-Iran
campaign that Bush & Co. have been carrying out in the UN and
bilaterally. Everyone who approved the release of the report, if they
had any sense at all, certainly knew that would be the result.
My theory after yesterday's posting
(http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=1357) was that a decision
had been made not to invade Iran, and that the announcement was the
beginning of a new policy and PR line. But now that we see Bush
sticking with the old policy line, that theory falls apart, and the
plot thickens considerably.
So what's going on here? If the White House approved the release of
the report, then they were shooting their own anti-Iran campaign in
the foot. Why would they do this? They certainly didn't hesitate to
censor and manipulate intelligence reports in the lead up to their
Iraq invasion. They could easily have blocked this report by
declaring it 'classified, national security'.
And if the White House didn't approve the release, then we've got a
real mystery on our hands. Did all the intelligence agencies get
together, along with the NY Times, and decide to stab the White House
in the back? That's a conspiracy theory I would be very skeptical
about. In either case then, whether the White House did or did not
approve the announcement, we end up with a scenario that doesn't make
much sense.
At the moment, I can come up with only one theory that makes sense
and is consistent with these recent developments. I hope this theory
lasts more than 24 hours! We'll see. If it turns out to be on the
mark, then "You saw it here first". Here goes, in the form of a story
line, and it involves not looking at the "White House" as a single
entity...
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The 'men behind the curtain', the real decision makers, the
money people -- and their inner circle of advisors -- have
reached a decision that the Iran invasion plan should be
abandoned. Presumably, such a decision also implies other
changes in the neocon game plan as well. They then brought
Cheney in, told him the news, and said he could either take
the fall along with Bush, or he could play his cards as
instructed. The guy has brains, need one guess his choice?
Cheney then tracked down Bush, on the skeet shoot or
wherever he hangs out, and said "We've got a problem; let's
talk." He then led him down the garden path..."Here's the
thing...this new report came out that we've got to release,
otherwise someone will leak it and catch us with our pants
down. But it's no problem, you'll be able to handle it.
We'll play it down in the press, and then you can come out
gangbusters, as you do so well, and explain how this doesn't
really change anything. You can do it, boy!" "Whatever",
says Bush, "you can count on me to read the prompts as usual.
But let's schedule the press briefing after 4, I've got a grudge
golf game and a big bet on the line. Oh, and remind me later
what the report's about."
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That is to say, I'm predicting that Bush is being left out to dry,
set up as the sacrificial lamb, a part that suits him all too well.
Already half the nation and most of the world thinks he's a dangerous
fool. If 'they' keep undermining him in the many ways they can, and
simply encourage him to 'speak his own mind', he'll destroy himself
soon enough. Then someone like Hillary can come in, repudiate (at
least in rhetoric) some of the neocons' worst excesses, and everyone
will think, "The system works after all, democracy is restored".
Cheney? Perhaps he'll sidestep back to Halliburton, and spend his
time in his money vault, Scrooge McDuck style.
Meanwhile we'll still have our five permanent mega-bases in Iraq, the
Patriot Act, Homeland Security, lies about 9/11, an arms race with
Russia and China, and our imperialist war machine will be turned on
easier targets than Iran, such as Africa. See:
"The Pentagon & the re-conquest of Africa"
http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=2900&lists=newslog
Fanciful? Got a better theory? Let's see how things develop over the
next few days or so...
rkm
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