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Sigh. The conflation of Hezbolah with AQ is tiresome. Hezbollah hasn’t attacked one American target in a decade and a half and have a policy against doing so. And they are very disciplined. It will not happen if Nasrallah does not give the order, and Nasrallah will not give the order unless the US gives him a good reason to. If he does, they will probably attack American interests outside the US, though inside is not entirely impossible. But unless the US decides to shell another Shia village (what caused the Marine baracks bombing, something you never, ever hear) that’s highly unlikely.
I also note that the article itself indicates that US officials have zero evidence of any links whatsoever between AQ or Hezbollah and drug lords.
Just standard terror mongering, with the DEA trying to get some of that nice hot homeland security cash. Seizures of assets must be down this month.
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Thanks Ian. digg
ZED IS NOT DEAD!
Boo your just too quick for me!!
A ZED and A Digg WOW BOO!
Why do I imagine these DEA guys being like Rob Cordry in Harold & Kumar Go To Guantanamo, speculating on the “North Korean – AQ connection’?
FEAR! FEAR! FEAR! Remember, there’s an election coming up.
DEA…(s)eizures of assets must be down this month.
brokers can’t afford cocaine at the moment.
Invest in meth futures.
Why would al Quieda have ties to a group funded by Iran is McCain confusing Sunni and Shia again?
Didn’t Bush try this before?
The DEA should pay attention to Afghan Opium production where do they think that the Taliban are getting their money?
Fox tried something the other day when it reported that Iranian fighters had forced down an American jet over Iraqi airspace. Turned out the Iranians forced down a Hungarian business jet deep in its own airspace without permission. They released the plane pretty much immediately(filled with aid workers) and allowed to proceed to its destination in Afghanistan.
Has John McCain brought this up yet?
Hey, Todd Palin’s AIP has ties to Iran. Can we call him American Hamas or American Hezbolla now? /me on the chair screaming ‘terrorist’
It’s not so much that McCain is confused; it’s more that he’s willing to kill any kind of Muslim.
It’s an absurd proposition. Drug lords get wealthy by flying UNDER the radar. Getting mixed up in terror attacks on the U.S. would be counter productive.
Good gawd, FARC has never launched attacks in the US… These sleaze balls are slinging mud and hoping it’ll stick…! Some hyper-paranoia if ya ask me…!
CIA bucks…!
http://www.salon.com/opinion/f…..namerican/
Great Catch!
Why isn’t the DEA investigating the Meth heads who tried to kill Obama?
Just like the Taliban….. Hezbolah was created to fill the void…. they provided social services, healthcare and schools……..
The void was a just peace in the Middle East?
Or was it leadership to form a just peace that would calm down our oil interests in the Middle East?
Keeping the Middle East divided, weak and propping up Dictatorships apparently is not working too well.
Same thing the Sadrists are doing…
Hey, it’s October and Obama is pulling way ahead. Have to do something or they might actually be held accountable.
*giving universal one finger salute to fear fear fear*
i refuse to be cowed by the cowards holding office in this administration. they may be namby-pamby, lily livered, yellow bellied scaredy pants cowards but i am not.
If people can’t get Democracy they turn to God in the face of tyranny and we get more Irans and Religious groups like Al Quidea.
I think Hezbollah was created by Israel when it invaded Lebanon. Social services came to cement their role among the Lebanese Shia.
The void was any kind of stable government with popular legitimacy that took care of its citizens.
Thanks.
Do you go back to “Leisureguy’s” rants against zed and first?
Groups that rightly blame America for their oppression.
Michelle Obama on TDS.
The Middle East or America?
Yes. Originally just in the Middle East, but more recently here, as well.
You mean “frist!”?
The hated Black Panthers started a breakfast program for poor children in Oakland that was successful for many years. Don’t know if it is still going on or not.
watertiger upstairs
She was on Larry King earlier today!
If the government will not or cannot provide necessary services either the people will do it themselves or somebody else will fill the void.
I know that John Edwards is a dirty word now but he had so many great ideas….. helping with early education across the world….. helping people….
I was stationed in Greece from 1977 to 1980…. I was there when Iran shutdown, hostage situation, Beirut bombing….. the rise of the 17 November Revolutionary Organization, the KKE (communist party)……. in one year I spent 26 days restricted to quarters due to the high risk threat…… How do we connect with the people…..
The Monroe Doctrine….. were we build roads, water systems, help people rebuild after WWII….. but somewhere along the line we forgot being an agent of good and started trying to control what happens in other countries……. And why did the American government take down the representative elected leader of Iran?
OIL…
How did the boarders of the middle east get decided?
OIL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F…..l_election
Somewhat off topic but just how much tax revenue could Obama get with a 5% or a 10% tax on Pot?
America needs cash such a move could reassure markets about America’s ability to pay its debts.
John Edwards is not a dirty word I want him as AG.
That too.
Nah but I have heard of them..
Let’s not forget the Chaquita /farc/Columbia cocain/uranium connection here
http://emptywheel.firedoglake……ll-people/
http://emptywheel.firedoglake……s-dealers/
The DEA is the ultimate corrupt group.
If they succeed they are out of a job.
To get their pensions, they must not succeed.
And they will get their pensions.
The question since then has been whether the world will allow and whether the local forces can go beyond their basic military security to some kind of lasting peaceful political relations with their neighbors.
It’s not so easy for any government or governments to rise to that challenge.
Yeah, the ideas and their intent are still strong. He wasn’t the kind of leader on foreign relations that most Americans are used to. He resembled McGovern in that way. But, there’s a lot of good intent that if pulling the right cart can go a long way.
A clear vision for world relations and an obvious good will towards everyone and the political philosophy which we usually espouse, but don’t always use, of offering help and using our military only to help them restrain destructive impulses. It isn’t easy to stick to peaceful political means of solving problems. Other known ways seem quicker and more sure. Explaining and creating better ways requires a very very good foreign service and Peace Corps.
Yep. Change your interest from making the world a better place to making your wallet fatter and a lot of your behavior towards the world will change.
I said just above that if you want to fatten your wallet you behave differently. The same can be said if you are addicted to poppies, oil or anything else out in the world. America isn’t as strong in some ways now as it was. We have to start rebuilding from the ideas of people, rebuilding the American Dream and our economy and our educational system and the way we meet and relate to the world.
Ian, do you think them mentioning Latin America drug lords has to do with the left turn of Latin American leaders and Venezuela’s new BFF Russia?
From the linked article:
“We got problems here, Boss: the public just isn’t buying our line about a Hezbollah-AQ tie-in — it’s that whole Shia-Sunni thing, you know, that’s making it a hard sell; those guys hate each other at least as much as they hate us. And anyway, they’re pretty much stuck over there… makes it hard to work the ol’ Fear Up strategy on the home crowd, know whatta mean?”
“Yes, you’re right. What we need here is a bogeyman with some local reach. A really scary bad guy is not one halfway around the world, but the one that lives in your own closet, under your own kids’ bed… Wait, I’m getting a flash here… what if… what if we say there’s some intel which points to the possibility of some links between ragheads and dopeheads?!”
“Yeah, I’m seeing it: The Global Drug War On Terror. It’s got everything, Boss: the need for absolute secrecy, the unprovability, the unstoppability, the backyard angle… the money! Hey, Boss, you’re a freakin’ genius, man !”
“Nah, just a underpaid public servant, doin’ his job. Get a team on this, and start putting together a presser to spring it on them, ASAP. We got an election coming up, y’know whatta mean?”
Correction: Terra-Mongering Terra-ists. re Terra-loving Terraists.