Dover Bitch @ 100

Much to my disdain, it went largely unnoticed when the Guardian reported that Bush tried to use military force in Iran already… when the British sailors were captured. Tony Blair rejected the offer.

I would like to know why Tony Blair has more say in whether we go to war with Iran than Congress or the American people.

I haven’t heard squat about it from anybody in Congress.

Remember the neocon chickenhawks screaming that they…“couldn’t believe the 15 British sailors didn’t fight back?”
I wonder why??? Could it have been a little wrinkle in the plan to attack? False-flag operation gone bad!

Lilly white assed, yellow bellied drowning in the Iraqi peoples blood “cakewalk in Iraq” crazies!

They moved to the “Iran has a nuclear weapons program” spin immediately after the invasion of Iraq. Most MSMers (not Chris Matthews) have let them repeat the unsubstantiated claims about Iran endlessly and unchallenged. Deja Vu! Deja Vu!

Onward Christian Soldiers? I’m revolted.
(Why does Bush want to bomb Iran all the time?)

Onward Judeo/Christian killers and occupiers!

Ted Koppel’s OpEd seems unlike him in his prime. He was ordinarily more contextual and nuanced. He was one of this administration’s early critics, managing to get that across despite the watchful eyes of ABC’s editors and owners. Perhaps it’s age and the sun of Sanibel that has changed his perspective. I was in China when his daughter covered it as a young journalist; she’s made of entirely different stuff than dad.

Ted Koppel (Latest senior news analyst at NPR) . Former employees at NPR have claimed and gone to court over NPR’s “pervasive cronyism” when it comes to who climbs the ladder at NPR and gets the upper level spots. There was a study done of NPR about the “alleged” cronyism and the results were never released.

Notice how Ted Koppel has used his new position at NPR to push for aggressive and military action in Iran. You can go to NPR’s archives and have a listen to Ted Koppel.

dmoore (from downstairs) -

WTF……..that Leahy’s office didn’t want the docs from Palast! Just how totally stupid are these people? And PTL that Conyers will have his hands on them. Here’s hoping that, out of 500, there are some nicely rotten eggs in the batch.

I dunno. How stupid indeed. Ewwww. Do you smell that rotten egg scent? Well, I’ve got several more 800 numbers….thanks to the commenter above who provided several more. Tomorrow is a new day, and, make no mistake, I’ll be calling. Lahey, Feinstein, Schumer and Whitehouse! Thanks all.

Ted Koppel’s OpEd seems unlike him in his prime. He was ordinarily more contextual and nuanced. He was one of this administration’s early critics, managing to get that across despite the watchful eyes of ABC’s editors and owners. Perhaps it’s age and the sun of Sanibel that has changed his perspective. I was in China when his daughter covered it as a young journalist; she’s made of entirely different stuff than dad.

His daughter’s married to Kenneth “Threatening Storm” Pollack, the guy who, unabashed by being proved totally effing wrong WRT cheerleading the invasion of Iraq, is doubling down by pushing for the invasion of Iran.

Brisingamen @ 12

Iran — look at the terrain! Mountains the whole way around the border…with few passes that are easily guarded. No one in their right mind would try a ground invasion.

I’ve got an uneasy feeling that rather than Iran going nuclear, the Idiot-in-Chief wants to use “the football.”

That mushroom-cloud you may see in the skies over Iran will be because W aka “Little Boots” got his wish.

I lived in Iran in the 70s. The terrain is just as you describe–and is traversed by very narrow primitive roads (for the most part). There is no way a ground force could ever control that place.

They want to get Iran because they want to read the riot act to the radical Shai in Iraq, who haven’t played along with all their scheming like nice grateful little children. Iran’s cussed independence sets a bad example.

We must’ve been there about the same time. I was mainly down in Khuzistan most of the time. Where were you?

Bob in HI

…The whole article’s worth reading, but that’s the money shot. Something to think about the next time Ted Koppel (aka discredited Middle East “expert” Kenneth “Threatening Storm” Pollack’s father-in-law) appears on your TV screen to tell you why we must bomb Iran…”

But of course, …because remember Ted Koppel, as well as Hills and Bills were exclusive guests of a Strategy Forum and privy to HOW our next administration & AIPAC WILL BE dealing with Iran…

“Clinton, Barak and Lieberman talk Iran (12.05.06)

“Iranian nuclear threat and instability in Lebanon – these are only some of the subjects high-level American and Israeli officials will discuss at third annual Saban Forum in Washington…

…two former Israeli prime ministers and numerous other senior ranking American and Israeli officials will convene this coming Friday at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in the Brookings Institution in Washington DC for a three-day [CLOSED] forum entitled ‘America and Israel: Confronting a Middle East in Turmoil.’

The dignitaries will discuss a plethora of issues, including the situation in Lebanon and the threat of Hizbullah overthrowing the sitting government, Hamas’ control of the Palestinian Authority and the continued Qassam attacks on Israel despite the ceasefire, the rising challenge of the Iranian-Syrian-Hizballah alliance, options for dealing with the threat from Iran, energy independence, democracies and the media in wartime and how Israel should deal with its neighbors.

The impressive list of participants includes: Former President William J. Clinton, Israeli Vice Premier and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman (TAKE NOTE!), US the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch, Israeli Minister of Education Yuli Tamir, former Shin Bet chief and MK Ami Ayalon, Secretary of State’s Senior Adviser on Iraq David Satterfield, , former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, former Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland; Director of Israeli Military Intelligence Amos Yadlin and journalists Tom Friedman, Nahum Barnea and Ted Koppel.

[ DLC Harold Ford Jr.]

The forum will be closed to the media.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articl…..35,00.html

Wouldn’t you have liked to have been a fly on the wall at THAT Forum?

Or, wondering if anyone will EVER ask her what she had to say at the forum when her discussion topic was:

U.S. Strategy in the Middle East: What Works, What Doesn’t?

Mr Saban “I’m a one-issue guy and my issue is Israel”(NY Times Sept 5, ‘04) is sooo impressed with Hillary that he’s even bought up a Latino radio station to help her get into office — apparently.

How Haim Saban, a flinty self-made billionaire, plans to turn Univision into the next great network – and put Hillary Clinton in the White House
http://money.cnn.com/magazines…../index.htm

Wonder if the Koppel’s will soon be using their presence on the TVeee to push Hills aswell…?

welcome home : ) Be sure and read the comey testimony (FDL yesterday..at least the summary)

Read Siuns posts on the way the senate bills have devolved (over the last couple of days)

read this post and Janes last post today with the text of the bill that passed today…sigh

and read lhp’s posts and go read Marcy TNH

and come back and panic with us…..

thanks, i wondered what the hell happened………..will read up, but already posted again on the next thread without being informed…….love you. thanks.