Posted on 05/08/2008 7:16:27 AM PDT by Yankee Sailor
News continues to roll in that the United States may be nearing a decision to strike Iran. In my previous installment, I discussed the storm of tough talk currently unleashed from Washington. In this installment I’ll lay out some of the other events in the region in recent weeks.
First, an intriguing report was published alleging that Washington authorized the execution and funding of a covert offensive against Iran in recent weeks.
Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.”Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – from Lebanon to Afghanistan – but is also far more sweeping in the type of actions permitted under its guidelines – up to and including the assassination of targeted officials. This widened scope clears the way, for example, for full support for the military arm of Mujahedin-e Khalq, the cultish Iranian opposition group, despite its enduring position on the State Department’s list of terrorist groups.
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I am skeptical. We have had these buildups before and then they dissipate.
I’m skeptical too.
Six weeks? We’ve been on Iran’s ass a lot longer than that and the mullahs still aren’t screaming “f*** me harder!”
Baluchistan schmookistan - It’s the video cam squirrels they have to worry about!!!
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