Excuse me, but file this one under “are you fucking kidding me?” Is Iran targeting New York City for terrorist attacks? Is that the crap that we are now going to be subjected to?
Forget the fact that al Qaeda – the goddamn group that attacked the US on 9/11 – is regrouping. In fucking Pakistan – a country that is supposed to be our bestest buddies. And is working with the Taliban (also regrouping in Pakistan) to launch attacks in Afghanistan against US and NATO troops. AND, if that isn’t enough, launching specific attacks targeting Vice President Cheney just yesterday.
So since we didn’t do the job by completely dismantling and hunting down these terrorists and terrorist enablers when the Bush administration decided to cut and run from Afghanistan, shouldn’t we be focusing our efforts on them?
As for the laughable diversion about Iran targeting NYC (which, by the way, is being reported now even though this “concern” was raised six months ago) I just have to ask – is this the best that our sorry ass neocon Iran war drum bangers can come up with? Besides the fact that this story wasn’t even picked up anywhere other than the NY Post and reported on Fox 5 News last night (but nowhere on its’ website) there are just so many things to doubt and (if it weren’t so scary) laugh at here.
It has gotten so bad for Ahmadinejad that another senior cleric blasted him for his persistence in giving the UN the finger about Iran’s nuclear program. The country doesn’t want war with the US. They are more concerned with, you know, food, inflation, and other basic necessities. And yes, Iran may not have our best intentions in mind (and may be a bit antagonistic) but they did reach out to the US multiple times for some level of diplomatic relations.
But the $64,000 question is – why the hell would Iran want to attack the US? And the $32,000 follow up would be, what do they have to gain by attacking the US, and what do they have to lose by attacking the US? Plus, if they have so much control over Hezbollah (as the Bush administration likes to say when it is convenient for them), then why would they want Hezbollah to launch attacks inside the US?
This makes less sense than the Chewbacca Defense.
The obvious answers to these questions are (1) they wouldn’t, (2) nothing, and (3) pretty much everything. If Iran really wanted to attack the US, they can do it to our troops in Iraq (oh wait, I thought they already were doing it in Iraq with all of that “evidence”). If not themselves, then certainly by proxy. Of course, they would have a lot of catching up to do in order to cause as much harm as Pakistan is with its harboring of al Qaeda and the Taliban (remember, you are either “with us or against us”, right?) and Saudi Arabia with its de facto funding of Sunni insurgents. Hell, it could do it there with limited or no repercussions.
What do they have to gain here? I’ll wait for an answer (cue the Jeopardy music)……
Still waiting…..
And what do they have to lose? Well, just about everything. Right now, Iran isn’t looked upon as the aggressor. They aren’t the ones who are invading other countries based on fabricated evidence. They aren’t the ones who are looked at as the laughingstock of the international community. They aren’t the ones who are nearly universally thought of as the biggest menace and threat to world peace. And they aren’t fucking stupid.
One attack and all that gets thrown away.
But we should drudge up years old information (the “videotaping of the subways” that is cited in the Newsweek piece of crap is from 2003) and stir up a big ole helping of fear with months old concerns which have not led to anything credible.
I’ll say it here now – if there is an attack on US soil, and there is always a good chance that it can happen especially since this administration hasn’t done anything to actually make us safer here – it won’t be by Iran. Disclaimer: I am NOT saying that an attack on the US would be done by the Bushies, or by this government (before we go down that road). And if there is an attack – most likely by al Qaeda (if not some homegrown McVeigh-like terrorist), then it will be a direct result of this administration once again not doing its job.
And will only piss more people off – NOT rally them around this administration (maybe around the country, but certainly not around our so called leaders). But I do know that there is no reason why Iran would do something like this.
It has no benefit and is all downside.
Only this administration does shit like that.
also in orange
And now we’ll have every other news organization in the country amplifying this insanity. They learn nothing. Set your phaser on stun and just shoot me.
BOOOGA BOOOGA!
Millions of tourists are photographing all over New York – if the Iranians really wanted to target a site, they wouldn’t need to send their embassy personnel to do it.
They weren’t trying to get Cheny. That’s the take over at TPM and it’s a better one for us than to hype up Al Queda and Cheny as well.
could very well be, and if so, then it figures that the Taliban would take advantage of that and exploit it.
Not like this administration doesn’t do the same….
But either way, I don’t think there will be a bump in support for Cheney, even if he were injured in an attack.
from 2% to 4%.
This from the “the most pro-American of France’s presidential hopefuls”:
IHT
Sometimes supposed friends can be off base. See Edwards, John.
I’ll say it here now – if there is an attack on US soil, and there is always a good chance that it can happen especially since this administration hasn’t done anything to actually make us safer here
This coming rant of mine now is a bit off topic, but your words above forced, yes forced, me into this.
Two weeks ago today, the Northeast part of the US, including PA, had a bad snow-ice storm. All states in the area but PA handled their roads quite well (so what else is new), but in PA, we had one of our many road shutdowns. However this one was unlike others in that many, many people were stranded on 3 interstates in PA for 24 hours or more in very cold, dangerous, and bad conditions. To make matters worse, the state had to close parts of 3 interstates for 3 days or more. Yes, that is parts of 3 interstate highways in PA were closed for 3 days or more.
Since 9/11, the Bush administration supposedly has been funding many so called emergency plans and emergency coordination emperors with new powers and ideas to use in a real emergency. Well guess what?? The emperors have no cloths, but they did spend a ton of needed funds!.
All that money and all that power grabbing, and when an emergency hits, gridlock in PA and nobody in charge. I watched the PA House and Senate hearings into this fiasco, and it was amazing how the PA Dept. of Transportation bureaucratic traditions trumped public safety again, and even the state emergency emperor was late and somewhat powerless to prevent shutdowns and chaos. No wonder Governor Rendell was so furious, as he realizes what this all means. All that planning and all those funded likely wasted.
So back to the above point. No Bush has not made this country to much safer since 9/11, although I personally am not sure what would be the best emergency system protocols to really use.
not really off topic – this is a huge deal.
I am writing a book (around halfway done) that is about Iraq, Afghanistan, the falsified evidence, the “supporting of our troops”, the torture documents and rendition, Iran, etc. and the next chapter I am about to write is about how our country is being completely neglected.
This is yet another instance of that.
Speaking of neglected..it was over a year ago wasn’t it that the General Accounting Office finished a 2 year or more study of all the roads, bridges, dams etc in the country and basically gave almost all of them a D. The infrastructure in this country is decades even up to 100 years old in places and nothing has been done to the upkeep. I’m guessing a project to upgrade our infrastructure if it was funded properly could give hundreds of thousands of people a job?
yup–and I saw a report on the railways which was even worse.
Broken down, trains carrying chemicals near areas where a spill could do crazy amounts of damage, etc.
but we are safer…..