Mother Jones - Comments for "Next We Take Tehran"

If America, my ill fated country believes that by politically/or militarily annexing Iran and pocketing its resources will give it an advantage the way the Nazis thought the Anschlusse in Austria gave it a boost. Rather it would be our Poland.

allot of the argumentation that threads this scenario of doom together is not that well developed and somewhat undound. Reality is far messier, and the thinking of the neocons and their allies in the administration muddled. Checks and balances exist throughout the administration, branches of governement and the world at large...the histrionics of the above posters aside, it is virtually impossible to muster the political rescources to attack iran militarily, even in a last bit gambit of a desperate out of touch regime in the oval office. The politics of war isa discredited within the U.S. body politic, within the halls of congress and internationally. Whatever emenates from the admisitration will only be noise and fury, and nothing more lethal.

I wonder why no one has made it a point to publicly, loudly, and blatantly question any politician who claims any support for this or any ongoing war ask them when their family members are going to enlist and share in the "Great and Noble Cause".What about Barbara and Jenna Bush, Chelsey Clinton, and Mitt Romneys five sons?

we are gettin near
condition critical.
Dr.Q

how can someone named "stop the propoganda" conflate jews with zionism as if they were one body. yes, jewish american lobbies have a lot of power, yes, israel is basically a proxy state, but watch yourself and observe *just how ironically* mr. "stop the propoganda" is spreading his own. and the fact that i am the first to respond to this post....

Robert Dreyfuss has hit the nail right on the head. I only want to say that the more I see and hear about the present government in the USofA the more I am reminded of Adolf Hitler prior to the start of the second worldwar. The only real difference is that Hitler was loved by the Germans and this guy in Washington ain't loved by anyone belive me.

The only right course of action is to impeach Bush and try him for high crimes, then send him to prison. His cell mate should be Cheney , then they could plan how to run the prison instead of running this country into the ground.

There are some Christians (not this one!)who believe that they should be doing all they can to hasten the end of this world and bringing in the next. There cannot be any other "logical" reason for this insane rush to war in the Middle East.

Cheney-Bush and their dreams of fools--having never trained in the armed services to kill or be killed, smugly arranging their cannon fodder--our children--to do for them the glory of conquest. They make me want to puke!

THERE IS MORE THAN ONE DANGER TO THE U S BUSH/CHENEY MANIACS AND NEO NAZI PARTY'S PUSH TO INVADE IRAN AND BETWEEN IRAQ , PORTIONS OF THE CASPIAN SEA AND IRAN , SO WE WOULD BE HAVING THE U S A MILITARY CONTROL ABOUT 45% OF THE WORLDS UNTAPPED LIGHTER GRADES OF CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS.

IRAN WILL PROBABLY , OR HAS ALREADY , SIGN AN NON AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ,AS AN ALLY.

IF CHINA IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IRAN'S HUGE UNTAPPED OIL AND GAS RESERVES , IT PROBABLY FEELS IT DOES NEED TO PROTECT IT'S INTERESTS NOW IN IRAN BY BECOMING THEIR PROTECTOR AND ALLY JUST AS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE U S A WERE DURING THE WW11.

I DO NOT THAT I WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN BUT I CAN NOT SEE ANY OTHER WAY TO CHINA CAN KEEP THESE IDOTS , WHO RUN THIS ADMISTRATION , FROM TOTALY BANKRUPTING THIS COUNTRY AND DESTROYING OUR MILITARY .

AT LEAST WE HAD PEACE DURING THE COLD WAR .

I CAN ASSURE YOU WE WILL NOT INVADE IRAN IF CHINA WAS LOOKING INTO OUR EYES WITH THEIR 1.5 MILLION ARMY READY TO COME INTO IRAN TO DEFEND THEIR OWN INTERESTS.

WE CAN NOT EVN HANDLE IRAQ WITH 160,000 ON THE GROUND TROOPS , JUST HUNTING THEM ON A DOOR TO DOOR OR TOWN TO TOWN BASIS.

CAN YOU IMMAGINE IF THERE WAS ABOUT 1,000,000 CHINESE SOLDIERS IN IRAN FACING OUR 1/5th THEIR SIZE ARMY?

NO CONTEST.

I THINK THIS ADMISTRATION IS GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THAT HAPPENING AS CHINA IS DOING A HEAVY MILITARY BUILD UP NOW AND I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE DOING IT JUST TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO PUT THEIR FOOD AND OTHER RESOURCES !!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Impeach Bush and Cheney NOW!!!!!!

To say that Cheney and Bush are too existentially and realistically stupid is an understatement. These neo-morons have no concept of the military/socio/political forces they have and continue to set in motion. An opportunity for peace among the great nations was present for a brief historical moment, during the end of President Clinton's Presidency and was there for the taking by Bush and Cheney. Instead these corporate neo-cretins have savaged the world with neo-conservative idio/politcal/ideology using the military and political strength of our country to thrust their imperialistic dominion into and upon a world they do not comprehend or value resulting in catastrophic lost of limb and life, an intense anti Americanism in the Muslim world, and a new militarism in Russia, China and south east Asia evolving as a necessary bulwark against American Imperialism. These men have caused more harm to America then most enemies would or could have caused. They are anti human, soulless creatures working a mechanistic system of principles and ideologies to brand their imperialism upon the face and soul of man.
They are war criminals who belong in Leavenworth for the rest of their lives and if Congress had any Chutzpah they would have put them their at the beginning of 2007!

Yippie, we're all gonna die. The bloodwind calls once again. The Empire must march on and steal whatever WE need to prevail. The need for greed and oil is a desease at this point. If Iranian nukes aren't the issue, then we are in deep poo. Our fearless leaders feel they can march on anybody at anytime? Hate to say it but they must all be insane. The hypocrisy of the theocratic corporatocracy has put the world in a very bad place. I can picture a mix of Caligula and Nero fiddling as the world burns from his Oval office. Are politicians immune to reality? Can they be stopped? Repo madness is screwing us out of our future by refusing to deal with it. How come all these guys pulling for war never fought in one? If we let the "pulpit generals" lead us into chaos, future generations may not even have the chance to forgive us. We need some rational thinking leaders who will act for the people instead of war and oil profiteering groups. For a junta that wasn't really elected in the first place, they sure have alot of moxie. That or they are all delusional fascists who really believe that this time, this time war is the answer. They have got to go.

The logic of this article is unassailable. It is verifiable by reading Chalmer Johnsons trilogy and both volumes of John Perkins, i.e. "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and "The Secret History of The American Empire".

Do the neocons (ie. Israeli puppets) believe Russia and China will just stand by and let the U.S. have her way with Iran? China holds trump in the form of U.S. debt. Just imagine what could happen to the trillions put away in retirement accounts if China goes Euro and dumps the dollar. The dollar will fall like a rock along with the U.S. standard of living and workers retirement dreams.
Empire is already here folks. The U.S. has over 700+ military installations offshore that pushes real dollars for the Pentagon to something close to 750 Billion a year.
I don't have much hope for the U.S. It seems most want to keep their heads in the sand as long as they have gas for their SUV's and they can keep building mega mansions and take fancy vacations.
What's is possibly ahead following this neocon nightmare is an Argentinian style devaluation of the dollar and collapse of Wall St. It would make ENRON seem a mere bubble on a sea of turmoil.
Might I suggest that in the Middle East the U.S. might be wiser seeking justice (a Palestinian homeland) than domination.