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January
2008
From YYC News Commentary January
8, 2008 Item #(3):
CTV:
Top general says no evidence Iran behind IEDs - and - CTV:
No proof Iranian gov't behind IEDs: Afghan diplomat
YYC: How do these jokers keep their faces straight? Remember
Allcon Petie the parrot, one of Bush's little
echoes, desecrating Christmas - a traditional day of truce - by
rattling his little tin sabres against Iran? Iran
was sending weapons into Afghanistan, he said, as if he had the slightest grip on
reality.
Remember Libcon Paul Martin coming right out and saying in an official
statement at the Brussels NATO Summit in 2005 that Iran had nuclear weapons? Do you think the Dion bunch will
ever refute that?
Do you seriously see any difference between
the Libcons and the
Allcons? Canadian voters need to think about whether or not they
want
irresponsible blurters running our country.
And while we're at it, let's not forget the
eagerness of some
folks in the news department at the CBC who gave Petie's blather an
assist by
actually suggesting Iran is killing Canadian soldiers!
Something else we should wonder about: if they
can throw all
caution to the wind regarding Iran, why are they are so gosh darned
tight lipped regarding the more likely sources of weaponry? Could
it
be the finger points toward the west?
There's a lot of profit to be made from chaos,
don't you know.
December
2007
Petie MacKay gets help from the CBC in
priming us for an assault on Iran with Canadian support ...
If
they can keep up the
rhetorical momentum, pretty soon you'll hear people parroting, "Iran is
killing our soldiers, you know." Read
more
CBC:
Iran says U.S. report vindicates nuclear program
... the latest U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report
released on Monday said it believes "with high confidence" that Iran
put its bid to build a nuclear bomb on hold in 2003.
YYC: This
is about where we were when the US attacked Iraq. Minds bent on
destruction are not swayed by common sense and reason: Reuters:
Bush and allies urge pressure on Iran despite report
And Harper's little corner of Canada is waging
its own little war with Iran by refusing
to accept its choice of envoy and still having the gall to express
surprise over our ambassador to Iran having been expelled.
NYT:
Iranian Pushes Nuclear Talks Back to Square 1
In a sign that Iran has hardened its position on its nuclear program,
its new nuclear negotiator said in talks in London on Friday that all
proposals made in past negotiations were irrelevant and that further
discussion of a curb on Iran’s uranium enrichment was unnecessary
Guardian:
"... last chance for Iran"
Leading international powers may have an agreement within weeks on a
third U.N. sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program,
a French diplomat said after high-level talks in Paris on Saturday.
YYC: No nukes or we'll nuke you. Translation: We know
you have no
nukes but we want to nuke you anyway. Saddam had a "last chance" like
that too.
November 2007
Chycho:
The Globe and Mail is peddling World War III: Will Canadians buy a war
withIran as easily as Americans bought Iraq?
In reality, if Iran is attacked, the ground war will not only be in
Iran but across the globe. An attack on Iran is an attack on 1.2
billion Muslims, less the few thousand-installed puppet leaders and
their paid bodyguards. The majority of the world knows this. It is only
those who continue to read, watch, and believe corporate mainstream
media who remain hypnotized.
YYC: Sometimes I think that even the nuttiest power mongers
couldn't
go through with perpetrating such madness; then other times I feel
a chill of foreboding. Are we, indeed, at the mercy of
insanity? Have
the sickest patients taken over the psych ward we seem to live in
nowadays?
July
2007
YayaCanada:
On
the way to Iran, Israelis talk about a Palestinian (Police) State -
As US policy shifts occur, so Harper adjusts Canadian "values"
Does
our purported Bible-believing Prime Minister fancy our
soldiers finding their true glory in the "promised land" while at the
same time aiding his
big oil and water-sucking buddies? ... Is that why
Harper is now hinting at an end date to the Afghan "mission"?
June
2007
NYT:
Iran Seen to Make Concession in Nuclear Talks
YYC: But not by Condi Rice: ChinaDaily
May 2007
SMH:
Sour mood as Iran and US hold rare talks
Iran
has repeatedly accused its Western foes of stirring up its ethnic
minorities as a way of putting pressure on the leadership. The
new
allegations come at a time when Iran is also accusing the US of seeking
to topple the Islamic authorities through various non-military means,
such as disinformation and destabilisation of the economy.
YYC: No kidding, eh? More on this
from
the New
York Times.
Forbes:
Rice coy, wants to be pursued.
"You can ask him why he [Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki] didn't make
an effort," Rice told reporters Friday. "I'm not given to chasing
anyone."
YYC: Mottaki knew he was being
manipulated. He
had to save his dignity and I don't blame him at all. The people who
set him up have high school minds. Besides, the dinner table is no
place for settling disagreements. It's not good for the digestion. Is
even Rice's stomach made of iron?
Bloomberg:
Rice Walks In, Iranian Envoy Slips Out in Dinner Bust
The seating at the dinner had been arranged by the host Egyptian
government so that Rice would be sharing at least the butter plate with
Mottaki ...
YYC: Would you want to be seated at a dinner party next to
the
person who had badmouthed you the most and was threatening to kill you
and your friends? A good dinner host does not do that to
one's
guests.
On an international political scale, it
just makes
good sense not to be seen socializing with war criminals. Jack
Layton and others, including Steve
Harper ought to have thought of that also when they
spent a schmooze evening in the company of Avi
Dichter.
It's much more appropriate for Tzipi to
be seen cavorting with Condie. (thanks to Daniele for this item):
IndyUK:
Former spy fighting to step into the front line
April 2007
Imminent
Attack on Iran?
What
did Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad actually say about Israel?
NewStatesman:
Pilger predicts war ahead with Iran
The sailors' ordeal was a diversion from the bigger danger. The US and
UK identified their new enemy long ago and are preparing the propaganda
for the war ahead.
YYC: Meanwhile, Iran is no slouch when
it comes
to countering propaganda. The fact that they returned the sailors
absolutely unharmed was a smooth move, and the videos they produced
were priceless. Now see this next item ...
Thanks to Ron:
BBC:
Iran envoy repeats US abuse claim ... saying that a US
official was present while his captors tortured him.
YYC: See the photos
of his injuries at Fars News. Does anybody, anywhere, believe
the following statement, even the person who spoke it? "The
CIA does not conduct or condone torture."
"From:
Naseer Ahmad, Toronto
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Trip to Iran
Hi, a belated Happy Nawrooz or Persian new year to all. I'm just back
from a 2 week trip to Iran; since I've written so often about my doubts
concerning a U.S. attack, best to see for myself how the Iranians are
dealing with it. The glacial slow dial up accounts made it difficult to
post from there.
So I set up a free clinic and saw over 200 Iranians from all walks.
They're the ultimate survivors, and yes that they 'fart in the general
direction of the West' is part of their charm.
Tehran
is a city of spirits; over a million died in the Iran-Iraq war. I
visited the huge war cemetery. Grieving relatives washing the graves
and placing flowers and passing out sweets to strangers to pray for
their loved ones. Most of the dead seemed to be 18-20 years old. Some
still want to bomb them? I think not.
The Iranian spirit is represented by the Phoenix.
They will survive, and any attack will harm the attacker more than the
Iranians.
The only reason the mullahs survive is the threat of the external
enemy. This justifies the military spending which the Americans hope
will lead to the collapse of Iranian society as Reagan supposedly
caused the collapse of Russian society.
I watched VOA
on satellite TV as Iranian expatriates based in London and Washington
wondered why the US hadn't bombed yet. Most Iranians aren't any any
more fond of them than they are of the mullahs.
Inflation's a big problem here but somehow people survive.
A lot of interest in Zoroastrianism
and New
Age, much promoted by every Iranian back from America with a Reiki
degree.
I was there for the new hostage
crisis (and Bam
earthquake) which watching on Euronet news
"completely balanced coverage" gave the impression of another stage
managed media stunt (how come they never interviwed the Iranian point
of view?)
These are a kind, gentle people, and whatever you read about them,
simply isn't truth.
YYC:
Naseer Ahmad is a medical doctor living in Toronto. Many thanks
to him for this first hand view of life in Iran under threat of attack. |
NewStatesman:
Pilger predicts war ahead with Iran
The sailors' ordeal was a diversion from the bigger danger. The US and
UK identified their new enemy long ago and are preparing the propaganda
for the war ahead.
YYC: Meanwhile, Iran is no slouch when
it comes
to countering propaganda. The fact that they returned the sailors
absolutely unharmed was a smooth move, and the videos they produced
were priceless. Now see this next item ...
Thanks to Ron:
BBC:
Iran envoy repeats US abuse claim ... saying that a US
official was present while his captors tortured him.
YYC: See the photos
of his injuries at Fars News. Does anybody, anywhere, believe
the following statement, even the person who spoke it? "The
CIA does not conduct or condone torture."
VOA:
US Military: Iranian Agents Supporting Insurgent Groups in Iraq
Major General William Caldwell told reporters in Baghdad Iraqi
insurgents are being trained in Iran by people working for that
country's intelligence service ... He called for Iran to stop
interfering in Iraqi affairs and to respect the country's sovereignty.
YYC: (Underlining mine) Can you believe
that last
line? It takes powerful mental compartmentalisation to talk
like
that and still be able to look in a mirror. Caldwell
is a public affairs officer who only pops up, it seems, whenever some
sort of support for various US myths are needed - such as the final,
final death
of
Zarqawi which he claims to have witnessed.
Apparently, though, he at first
declined to be named as an accuser of Iran, but was outed by the
Iraqis: Iraqslogger:
Stop This Now: Nameless Accusers
Want
to Earn Ten Years' Salary? Get Captured.
Murray says: "There
is so much that can be
said about this turning of the Iran captivity into an extension of the
Big Brother house. The most important thing to say is that it stinks."
Right on. The
fact that the
recently dead soldiers are getting far less attention than this band of
larkers, and the ones who return home wounded get even less, shows that
those taking the lead in foreign affairs and wars have no more sense of
perspective than the average reader of tabloids and watcher of daytime
TV.
Murray ends the article with a
sentiment after mine own heart: "As a rule of thumb, if the
government wants you to know it, it probably isn't true."
Another
video of the British sailors speaking in glowing terms about Iran.
Here
is
the video
of the British sailors enjoying their captivity.
YYC: If it is an Iranian "media stunt" then Hollywood careers await
these truly believable actors.
PrisonPlanet:
Russian MP Says US To Attack Iran
YYC: Guess when! Late March. Jeepers,
what
year? 2006!
As always, I have no doubt that the US/Israel pact
is trying to find a pretext for an attack on Iran, but I can't help
wondering what is the underlying purpose for these urgent,
single-source alerts out of Russia that spread through the internet
like wildfire.
YNet:
Ahmadinejad says Iran to free British soldiers
Iranian president says UK sailors, marines to be released immediately
as ‘Easter gift’; scolds Britain for not being
‘brave
enough’ to admit soldiers entered Iranian territorial waters.
‘We’re willing to maintain cordial relations with
every
country except occupying regime in Jerusalem,’ Ahmadinejad
adds
YYC: They were arrested on the eve of
the
sanctions decision, and are being released on the eve of the rumoured
attack on Iran. Now there is no pretext for the attack.
Ahmadinejad is not stupid by 'arf.
But plan B
for a pretext is supposed to be a dirty bomb in the US. No
doubt
"God" is sitting on Bush's shoulder saying, "Do it, do it, do it, do
it..."
Liveleak
video of British Soldiers giving location of where
they were captured.
YYC: This clip does not show all of the
British
sailors. One says, "according to the GPS" they gave us, and the other
just points and says "in this locaton here". I can't really
see
what they're pointing at. So I suppose it could be a fake
confession, except that they seem very relaxed and don't seem at all
under stress.
Xymphora:
There will be no attack on Iran.
Tony Blair has been handed a casus belli on a
silver platter,
and still he cries for more negotiations. The neocons, whose
fangs must be aching, have been told to stand down, and have been
relatively quiet. Don’t you think it time for the
‘Iran talk’ to finally stop? This has
long passed
being ridiculous. There will be no attack on Iran, at least
not
by the Americans or the British.
YYC: Yella bellies! This
suggests an answer
to my questioning the purpose of the wild predictions. To put off, for
just a bit longer, the image of Bush and Blair running out of steam?
And maybe to deflect our attention from a state that might
actually muster up the moxey? Is it now up to Israel to show the world
who gots guts? Well, we saw what happened when they came up
against combatants in Lebanon who were actually reasonably well armed
and knew how to fight. (They seem to do best at building cages.)
What hope do they think they have with Iran? Unless
they
use their nukes, and I don't want to think about that.
Wikinews:
Israeli website reports speculation over U.S. attack on Iran in April
Reports from the Israeli website Debka.com, which reports on
intelligence matters, say that the United States is planning to launch
air strikes on Iran targets on Good Friday, April 6 at 4:00 a.m. local
time (UTC+3:30), citing unnamed Russian intelligence officials.
YYC: This is being reported as hard
fact all over the Internet, but it all goes back to the same, single
source - Novosti
claiming to quote the magazine Argumenty Nedeli, for which
there
is no website. Well, now at least the magazine is famous!
And so is Webster Tarpley of course. (I hope it
isn't his
aim to discredit the Internet and the 9-11 truth movement in one fell
swoop. Sorry, but if you think there aren't credible looking
disinformationists planted among the honest researchers, your elevator
doesn't go all the way to the top!)
By the way, I couldn't find the article at Debka.com.
If you find it, please let me know.
There is little doubt, however, that there will be
an
attack on Iran soon. I hope the British captives will be
enough
of a pretext (though not a reason at all), and that a dirty bomb attack
on US soil won't be necessary. (see reference to that in link
in
John's letter below)
Fars:
CIA Tortures Iranian Diplomat
Sharafi who was the Second Secretary of Iran's Embassy in Iraq further
showed the tortured organs of his body, and said that Iranian
physicians are now treating him.
YYC: Meanwhile the
US has denounced Iran for its treatment of the captured
British marines.
I have a certain amount of sympathy for
boys being
sent by their government into danger that would cause the leaders
themselves to suffer a loss of bladder control, but still, those Brits
were marines! Oh, the mighty things we have been led to
believe
about marines! And about Brits! I feel so cheated.
Surely we should have seen a little
weariness in the video,
a little palor, a little quaver in the voice, at least, after the
ordeal that "forced" them to incriminate their own country in foreign
espionage.
It's interesting that they were able to
ad lib
their comments on the Iranian videos, but strangely couldn't tell their
story at the British press conference without a script.
I take back my comment that they were
good actors.
If they were, they might have looked a bit pathetic in the
Iranian video. Instead they've come across as basically on a
lark
and somewhat lacking in moral fiber.
From now on, I'm not going to believe
anything I see in the movies. And my Bridge on the
River Quai tape is going in the garbage.
PrisonPlanet:
Russian MP Says US To Attack Iran
YYC: Guess when! Late March. Jeepers,
what
year? 2006!
As always, I have no doubt that the US/Israel pact
is trying to find a pretext for an attack on Iran, but I can't help
wondering what is the underlying purpose for these urgent,
single-source alerts out of Russia that spread through the internet
like wildfire.
From: "John"
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 7:47 AM
Subject: Canadian Troops Ordered to Protect Canada/US
Border?
How about that?
Typical American; They do not know how long the Canadian border is.
Neithe do they know that all our troops and tanks are in Afghanistan
rusting away in the rain.
YYC:
I wish there were some better
corroboration for the rumour about the Good Friday
attack on Iran
besides from crazy, white supremacist Hal Turner! As for the
Canadian troops amassing on our borders to keep out an influx of
Americans, well ... this is April Fool's Day, isn't it?
Briebart:
Top 10 April Fool's Day Media Hoaxes |
There's
a
widespread rumour that the US is
going to attack Iran on April 6. While it does seem
like a
fine Christian way to observe Good Friday, this is third hand
information and so far the original source of the news has not been
corroborated.
Links are provided to the second hand sources at the french-language
Novosti. I'm providing the English translations here
and here.
The latter link says there will be no ground war, only a day of air
strikes designed to create chaos that is hoped to enable infighting
(shades of Iraq?), so that a subsequent peace mission could put in
place an administration sympathetic to the US (headed by the old Shah's
son?).
Even if all else fails,
Novosti says the air
strike alone could allow the US to declare that it has destroyed Iran's
nuclear potential.
A forum member at Godlike
Productions has designed a B.S. flag especially for
this bit of
news. You be the judge.
Rest assured, however, that
the US and Israel
are working toward an attack on Iran.
March
2007
ATimes:
British pawns in an Iranian game
The episode has the potential to paralyze both President George W Bush
and Blair. Neither can use the incident to start a war with Iran,
although Blair has warned that his government is prepared to move to "a
different phase" if Iran does not quickly release the sailors.
YYC: Somehow I don't think Bush needs
this as an
excuse to start a war with Iran. But if they did bomb the
bejeebers out of Tehran, where the British detainees are rumoured to
be, it will certainly show how little they care about the safety of the
crew. Much in the way that Israel didn't worry whether it
might
be killing its own detained soldiers when it ferociously attacked
Lebanon.
As much as leaders glorify the
military in
words, the truth is that soldiers are expendable.
But Blair's response is
hilarous, isn't
it? "Stop it or I'll ... I'll ... I'll ... do something!"
Guardian:
US and UK fail to find smoking gun
Both the US and Britain have accused Iran of supplying armour-piercing
explosive devices detonated by infra-red triggers, but they have been
unable to prove it.
YYC: Just a little something to further
put the
lie to the story
that the British marines were looking for smuggled cars. It
also
casts further suspicion on "suicide" car bombings. As I've
always
maintained, suicide bombers don't need cars. And now that
it's
been shown that such things as infra-red triggers are in operation in
Iraq, it's anybody's guess who really is doing all the car bombings.
Thanks
to "greathouse":
Playfuls:
Sanctions Against Iran Could Cause International Crisis
Because Iran has not suspended its nuclear programme, thus ignoring UN
demands, the UN Security Council is likely to pass a resolution
containing sanctions against Iran on Saturday.
YYC: And on the eve of the vote 15 British
Sailors are taken into custody by Iran. (see below)
CityNews: British
Navy Members Detained By Iranian Forces Fifteen members of
the British Navy were taken into custody by Iranian naval forces in the
Persian Gulf Friday.
YYC: All very innocent, just looking for smuggled
cars. Not looking for Iranian weapons at all, no siree. And
maybe we were right on the dividing line between Iraq and Iran waters,
or maybe even a little bit over the line, but we were just doing our
routine checks, TO PROTECT IRAQ, we swear.
The "highest level" of the the Iranian
government can't be reached since Iran is closed for the New Year
holiday. I guess nobody has Ahmadinejad's home phone number.
USAToday:
U.S. officials had expressed concern that with much military hardware
concentrated in the Persian Gulf, just such a small incident could
spiral out of control and trigger a major armed confrontation.
Is this an answer to prayer, or
what? And there's always, always, an independent eye
witness who can't be named for "security" reasons!
Financial
Times: Oil prices rose above $62 a barrel after the incident.
It just keeps getting better.
PS: If I keep learning something new every day, maybe I
won't die without knowing everything, after all. Wednesday,
March 21 was the beginning of 1386 on the Persian calendar. Happy New
Year, Iran - Norouz Mobarak!
February
2007
Hindu:
Israel denies unilateral move to attack Iran
The Daily Telegraph, had earlier reported that Israel is negotiating
with the US over permission for an "air corridor" over Iraq to carry
out an air strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if it becomes necessary.
YYC: Is the keyword "unilateral"? Are they
saying the attack will be bilateral? With the buildup
of ships in the Persian Gulf, I would say that Israel will not be
acting without support.
From: Ron
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:46 AM
Subject: BBC
Video: "US 'Iran attack plans' leaked"
The people of the world are being much too complacent about this.
As the [above] BBC report makes clear, the criminals running the US are
planning a massive attack against Iran.
There is no doubt that the coming US attack on Iran will result in
millions of Iranian deaths. Radioactive dust from a US attack on
Iran's nuclear plants will also be carried eastwards by the prevailing
winds over Afganistan, Pakistan, India and China where additional
millions will die from radiation sickness. This of course would
be compunded if the US criminals used nuclear weapons in their attack
on Iran. No doubt this will result in a world war.
Let us not forget that the US and Russia each have over 10,000 nuclear
warheads targeted at each other, including thousands on hair trigger
alert.
We may wake up one day soon to news of the start of a catastrophic
confrontation. Or the confrontation may start and we will never
wake up again.
The people of the world are being much too complacent about this.
YYC:
I'll never forget the moment in the BBC film "Threads"
where the young Brit, staring incredulously at the mushroom cloud,
says, "Jesus Christ, they've done it. They've done it."
The film begins by reminding us how we are all
interdependent, how our lives are interwoven. Let's hope it
doesn't take a nuclear holocaust to teach us the reality of that.
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Europe
and the Weakened
Superpower - Iran, the Proxy War? But even if unable to
secure Iraq, as long as it keeps the region unstable for investment and
trade, either militarily or economically, it freezes out its rivals as
well. The last thing the US wants next to its burning colony is a
stable and growing Iranian economy whose investment and energy
contracts are locked in by the Europeans, Russians and Chinese.
WashingtonTimes:
'Rogue' Shi'ite militias using Iranian bombs
YYC: This article, in the first and last
paragraph (to make sure you get it), refers to Iranian high tech bombs
being used in Iraq. But look at who is using them - Shi'ites led
by an Iraqi government official - not Sunni "insurgents", not Ba'athist
Saddam lovers - basically potboilers, keeping the whole thing going so
Bush can have his unending war, enrich the weapons industry, control
the price of oil, and set up world opinion for a war against Iran.
What is this, some sort of reverse Iran
contra deal? If there are Iranian weapons in Iraq, who
paid for them and who smuggled them in? Remember Iran saying that
there were 100
US/Israeli spies in Iran?
I'm not trying to whitewash Iran. But I
don't want to see a war on Iran either. And this seems like just
one more little increment in the buildup.
Ha'aretz: Iran,
Syria vow united front to thwart U.S. and Israel ... only
through cooperation between our two nations will it be possible to foil
the conspiracies of the enemy ...
YYC: Apparently the fear is that if the Americans
withdraw from Iraq, Iran will take it over. Things began to heat
up against Iran last August as wealthy
Saudis were accused by the Iraq government of funding the Sunni
insurgents. The US has never seemed too concerned about that,
presumably because it kept the Iraq pot boiling and it pointed yet
another finger at Iran.
TorStar/Zerbisias:
Media
caught up in spin cycle
Excuse me, but haven't we been down this road to war before? This is
how it worked last time: the administration planted stories in the
media and then went on the media to say that the media were reporting
stories about smoking guns and mushroom clouds and hey this isn't
coming from us, it's coming from the New! York! Times!
Alternet/Cohn:
Fool Us
Twice? From Iraq to Iran
It's déja vu. This time the Bush gang wants war with Iran ...
Like its insistence that Iraq had WMD, the Bush administration has been
hyping claims that Iran seeks nuclear weapons.
Yahoo:
Iran says 100 spies working for US, Israel identified
... directly working for the US and Israeli intelligence ...
...intending to collect political and military information ...
identified and are now in our intelligence net"
YYC: Now there's an interesting term -
"intelligence net". It leaves a lot to the imagination.
It's pretty much a given that the CIA is
operative in Iran. You will find its fingerprints all over
practically every internal upheaval in the world - including between
Fatah and Hamas. As much as their
leaders may struggle to get along, certain parties want them not
to, and will find "reasons" why they should not.
Iran, like Hamas, has to say certain magic
words that amount to "Uncle". It's a four year old's game.
A kind of temper tantrum that can't be stopped unless the bedtime story
is read exactly as demanded.
But if they comply, some other "reason" will
be found to keep the fight going - because the words weren't really
what it was all about. Ruthless greed can't be sated with mere
words.
Indy:
Is this the site where Iran is building its nuclear arsenal?
The disturbing alert comes from the London-based International
Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a prestigious think tank, which
said "now is the time" for the world to act.
YYC: The comments that follow this article show
that some people are thinking for themselves.
I crack up every time I read "prestigious
think tank". Do you know what a prestigious think tank is - it's
a total illusion. Often it consists of only one person who has
manipulated some better known people into allowing their names to be
used as "fellows" or "associates" or "board members", and who has
diligently fed the lazy media the idea there is some weight to the
organization. Usually such tanks turn out shallow reports that
shill for prevailing attitudes.
A perfect example of a one man prestigious
opinion source is the character Ellsworth Toohey in Ayn Rand's "The
Fountainhead". Toohey was the keeper of the status quo, and
he formed committees that did very little besides managing to get
quoted enough times in the press that no matter what garbage they
turned out, it was taken seriously.
BBC:
Grassroots worries growing over Iran
With Iran defying the Security Council over its enrichment of uranium
and the United States threatening further pressure, there are signs of
organised grassroots opposition emerging to any military attack.
YYC: It's nice to know there are "stirrings"
among religious leaders and politicos. But these drowsy folk are
overlooking a subtle nuance. They think Israel and the US are in
a hurry to crush Iran before it's had time to become a serious threat,
but it's really about crushing Iran because it is not a serious
threat. See the difference?
They used to say that Iran couldn't develop
any nuclear weapons capability for another 10 years; now they've
reduced that estimate to two or three years. This is so as to
still sound reasonable and rational and willing to negotiate while at
the same time increasing the sense of urgency that will justify an
attack.
If any Ottawans are reading this, there will
be another
information picket outside the Israeli embassy on Wednesday, Feb.
7. It would be nice if more people showed up.
January
2007
From: Ron
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: Slideshow:
Iran before
the Criminal Neo-Cons Nuke it
The neo-con criminals who run the US and Israel are preparing to commit
genocide by dropping nuclear bombs on Iran.
The people of the world must do all they can to stop this from
happening.
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Ottawa demonstration outside Israeli Embassy
FT:
Iran tests missiles as fear of attack grows Iran began
military manoeuvres in its central desert on Monday, testing
short-range missiles at a time of rising tension with the US and as
President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad faces continuing criticism at home.
YYC: The Ayatollahs are pretty naive if they think the
US needs a pretext furnished by Amadinejad's mouth in order to attack
Iran. Or that making nice will prevent it.
Iranmania:
Bush needs Congress OK before attacking Iran "I'm not here to tell
you that I trust Iran, but I am here to say that I don't trust the
administration"
Iranmania:
Iran president says Israel would not dare attack They have many
dreams but they are not all powerful"
YYC: Music to one's ears in this land where
seldom is heard an encouraging word.
Felton:
Israel
rewrites history with impunity, but Iran is vilified for discussing it
The Knesset Education Committee has decided by a majority vote that the
Green Line no longer exists. Just like that, the Zionist Occupation
Government made an arbitrary decision to erase an armistice line from
history, much as it has been erasing Palestine since 1947.
Thanks
to Ron,
who says: "After
you read the following article from the former Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury in the Reagan administration, you might want to also watch
"Threads"
to get a sense of the type of world the Neo-Cons and the Israel Lobby
are driving us towards":
CPunch/Roberts:
Nuking Iran - Are Bush's Wars Winding Down or Heating Up?
A little longer, everyone figures, and the senseless killing will be
over. Recent news reports indicate that this conclusion could be
an even bigger miscalculation than the original invasion ... The use of
nuclear weapons is being rationalized as necessary to destroy Iran's
underground facilities, but the real purpose is to terrorize Islam and
to bring it to heel.
YYC: Thing is, if the nukers have their way,
eventually there'll be nothing left to heel to.
The film "Threads" really brings home the
truth that those we imagine to be in charge of things may be good at
rattling sabers and giving live demonstrations of their weapons
technology, but they are useless in cleaning up the messes they create,
and even more useless in a home front national crisis. Katrina was a
harbinger, an object lesson in what little to expect in the way of
government assistance.
I've said it before - most politicians are in
over their heads in foreign relations, and the so-called Ministry of
Public Safety is a pathetic joke. When and if a real disaster, nuclear
or otherwise, does strike, you will be completely on your own.
Ohmynews:
Will Iran Be Attacked?
... some reports are suggesting that Israel is planning to attack
Iran's nuclear facilities with low-yield nuclear bunker busters.
YYC: Raising more questions of just who is afraid
of whom in the Middle East.
From: Ron
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:00 PM
Subject: Video: CIA overthrow of Iran's Gov't in 1953
Please watch this excerpt from a Bill Moyer's 1987 PBS documentary
which discusses the secret CIA 1953 overthrow of Iran's democratically
elected Mossadegh government.
It is likely that Bush's sending of 21,500 more troops to Baghdad is in
preparation for the Israeli bombing (with nuclear weapons) of Iran, in
an attempt to bolster US defenses against what is surely to be a mass
uprising against American troops following the attack.
This is also why Bush has sent two US aircraft carrier battle groups
(joined by Canada's H.M.C.S. Ottawa) to the Persian Gulf
Just click on the following link to view the 8 minute PBS documentary
concerning the CIA overthrow of Mossadegh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaGCJmCAJ40&mode=
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News24:
US submarine, Japanese tanker collide
YYC: Guess where. Oh, go on, guess.
Very good - the Arabian
Sea! It must be getting awfully crowded topside and
bottom side. Even with all their space age technology, the
vultures can't keep track of one another.
November 2006
From: "John V.L"
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: Pierre Gemayal assasinated. Cui Bono
Re: Canadian
extreme
pro-Zionist group pushes for "action" against Syria and Iran
My first reaction on hearing about the assasination was, Mossad. For
Syria to do it at this time would be suicidal. [This] article seems to
follow the same thread.
YYC: Yep. It's not
difficult to figure out who benefits most, and who is itching for an
excuse to go to war with Syria and Iran.
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Zaman/Fraser:
Divide and Conquer Implied in Proposed Map of the New Middle East
“George Bush plans to withdraw all his troops from Iraq – to Iran.
That’s the plan - the exit strategy.”
October
2006
See
the October
archives
for reports of Iran that overlap with other issues.
Truthdig/Hedges:
Bush’s Nuclear Apocalypse
The
ships will be in place to strike Iran by the end of the month. It
may be a bluff. It may be a feint. It may be a simple show
of American power. But I doubt it.
HMCS
OTTAWA is on its way to join them
Thanks
to
John V.L.
who comments: "This is real scary, the sea power being directed at
the middle east presently. From US and Nato and no way to stop
it."
RumourMill:
Warning: Unbelievable military strength in and headed to the Middle East
Ships have set out from the Eastern and Western coasts of the US. And
their propellers go round, round, round As the stock market goes up,
up, up And the price of oil goes down, down, down ...
YYC: This is a long listing of all of the
warships that are gathering in the Persian Gulf. Canadians will
be proud to know that HMCS Ottawa is
expected to meet up with United States naval strike groups in early
November - to "fight terrorism".
GlobalResearch:
THE MARCH TO WAR
-
Naval Buildup in the Persian Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean
-
Iran preparing for U.S. attacks
September
2006
See
the September
archives
for reports of Iran that overlap with other issues.
JPost:
Rattling the Cage: The big con about Iran
... even if it sounds unfair to you, preemptive nuclear annihilation is
only a theoretical option, not a real, live one. A country, even the US
or Israel, can't just snuff another country because of what it thinks
that country might do to it in the future. Some of you may be asking:
"Why not?" I'd explain, but it would probably make you angry. That's
just the way it is - no mushroom clouds for Iran. All you can do is
dream.
YYC: One can only hope the dream does not become
a nightmare. Unlike Iran, Israel does have a nuclear arsenal.
Retired
Colonel: ‘We Are Conducting Military Operations Inside Iran Right Now.
The Evidence Is Overwhelming.’
YYC: He says several times, "the evidence is
ovewhelming" as if his patter is rehearsed and he has to start again at
the beginning each time he is interrupted. But he doesn't provide
much of that evidence in any detail, except to say that Iranian
dissidents are being prepared. So this is a covert (CIA)
operation of the type that has been going on for decades in Iran,
always trying to install leaders the US can "do business" with, not
caring if they are dictators, like
the former Shah they bolstered and supported and gave succor to
when he came tumbling down.
Anyway, this Retired Colonel is either trying
to affect the stock market, or he is sincerely trying to warn of an
imminent attack on Iran, as if we didn't know it's been in the works
for quite some time.
WashPost
-Transcript:President Ahmadinejad's News Conference
Regretfully, some believe that the nuclear bomb can be effective in
international relations. They're wrong, because the time for nuclear
bombs has ended. We know that. These nuclear arsenals will not benefit
anyone.
YYC: If this truth comes from the mouth of a
so-called "terrorist', what does that make George W. Bush and all the
other hoarders of nuclear arsenal?
SignsoftheTimes:
Time and Mr. Ahmadinejad
"You have been quoted as saying Israel should be wiped off the map. Was
that merely rhetoric, or do you mean it?"
"Our position toward the Palestinian question is clear: we say that a
nation has been displaced from its own land. Palestinian people are
killed in their own lands, by those who are not original inhabitants,
and they have come from far areas of the world and have occupied those
homes. Our suggestion is that the 5 million Palestinian refugees come
back to their homes, and then the entire people on those lands hold a
referendum and choose their own system of government. This is a
democratic and popular way."
YYC: It's a sad
commentary on the mainstream
media that it supports prevailing myths to such a degree that it
has to be virtually debunked by alternative media.
As you know, I'm not averse to ridiculing
people with broad influence who make ignorant, racist, shocking and
dangerous statements, but whatever Ahmadinejad may or may not have been
guilty of in the past, he is quite logical when he calls for either a
global nuclear ban or else equal freedom to develop it. He is
quite logical when he says that the Palestinians were not the cause of
the "holocaust" but are the ones paying unfairly for it. He
is
quite logical when he says that Palestine - including the part called
Israel - ought be a place where Jews and Arabs live together in an
equal and democratic fashion.
I personally am not interested in the exact
number of Jews who died in Hitler's camps. I am sufficiently convinced
that plenty of Jews did suffer and die in Hitler's camps, along with
gypsies, homosexuals and mental defectives, and this to me is
unthinkable and undeserved. But our pity for what they suffered
should not blind us to what some Jews have made others suffer since
that time, and even before that time (Zionism made inroads into
Palestine
50 years before WWII). Nor should the official story be so
sacrosanct that it can't be questioned the same as any other historical
event.
It bothers me, however, that so many white
"aryan" supremacists are determinedly involved in this research. Which
is precisely why I think the numbers should not be so emphasized, but
rather we should focus on the fact of discrimination that led to these
horrors, and recognize that it still exists not only against Jews but
other groups as well - with Muslims currently topping the list now that
the neocon greed for Middle East resources requires justification.
It's too easy to use numbers to either augment
or diminish the importance of any event. Numbers are inconsequential
when it comes to human rights and individual dignity. One person
deprived of life and liberty because of race, sex, creed, age or sexual
orientation is one person too many in any society that calls itself
civilized and enlightened.
KurtNimmo:
Michael Coren and the “Limited Pain” of Nuking Iran Michael
Coren, a sort of spin-off on the lunatic Michael “Savage” Weiner, the
beatnik fascist hate radio host, demands the United States nuke Iran
immediately.
YYC: KN goes ballistic on Coren - he calls him
and the neocons criminally insane. My own article is
mild in comparison. If you'd like to do your part you could send a
letter of disgust to the Toronto Sun: editor@tor.sunpub.com, Coren
himself: mcoren@sympatico.ca, and to the admin offices of the
TV station CTS: cts@ctstv.com
You can see another "Savage"
Weiner in action on this
video in which Norman Finkelstein trounces him but good.
YYC:
Michael Coren suffers from Right Wing Bulimia
Efforts
to demonize Iran have indeed intensified during the
past month ...
Michael Coren's
upchuck on the nuke solution - "Put boldly and simply, we have
to drop a nuclear bomb on
Iran" alludes to
an understanding of the nature
of fascism. If he truly understands fascism, then he's admitting
to
being its advocate.
Read more ...
CPunch:
Putting
Words in Ahmadinejad's Mouth
Is Iran's President Really a Jew-hating, Holocaust-denying
Islamo-fascist who has threatened to "wipe Israel off the map"?
YYC: It's all in the translation. That's
something we need to keep in mind whenever we read English media quotes
from people who spoke in another language
Aljazeera/BBC:
Iran's nukes in the eyes of Iranians
“And the translation was not correct. He didn't say Israel should be
wiped off the map, he said it should be cleared from the scene of the
world. He meant, reduce Israel's influence, not bomb it to kill
everyone off."
YYC: Even the Iranian who wouldn't vote for Ahmadinejad is more
worried about his domestic than his foreign policy, saying that any
nuclear bomb he might make is a good 10 years off. He adds: "If
supporting Hezbollah has to be condemned, why not condemn the USA for
supporting Israel?" Too logical?
Poll
at MSNBC:
Do you agree with President Bush when he likens the struggle against
Islamic fundamentalism with the fight against Nazis and
communists? * 323741 responses
- Yes. Bin Laden and
others are the Hitlers and Stalins of our times. 44%
- Maybe. But I'm going to need some more convincing one way or
the other. 4.1%
- No. This is just dishonest, warmongering designed to scare
voters about national security in time for this fall's elections.
52%
YYC:
And don't forget, Norman
Finkelstein said that by the Holocaust industry's own standards, if
you compare any situation to the Holocaust, you are a Holocaust denier!
June 2006
Canada-Iran ties
cool over reporter death
Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 00:32 EDT
QUEBEC CITY — Canada called Friday for the arrest of a senior Iranian
official in connection with the death of a Canadian photojournalist,
intensifying a dispute between the two countries. The government
wants charges brought against Iran's hardline chief prosecutor, Saeed
Mortazavi, who it alleges was involved in the arrest of Zahra Kazemi.
YYC: Canada certainly has a right to get to the
bottom
of what happened to Zahra Kazemi. One hopes, however, that it
doesn't become a justification for joining the US in a war with Iran.
Hinduonnet:
Towards talks
A negotiated solution to the impasse over Iran's nuclear programme
seems likely with the United States sounding less belligerent.
YYC:
This sounds encouraging, but the page has an ad for the
Nostradamus predictions of WWIII, so who knows what to think.
Well, for starters we could think about how
the attack on Iran has been planned for years just as the attacks on
Afghanistan and Iraq were, and that now maybe Bush and Condi will have
to put their beds - er - heads together to come up with another
excuse. How about maybe blaming Iran for (another) attack on
Israel?
WashPost:
The Nuclear Politics of Oil
Iran is the second-largest oil producer in the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and it sits in the heart of the
Persian Gulf, a region with nearly two-thirds of the world's crude oil
reserves. Iran exports about 2.4 million barrels of oil each day, worth
$50 billion this year.
YYC: Yes! When will people wake up to the
fact that it's all about oil. That we are sending our young
people to die so that oil profiteers can control the flow and therefore
the price of oil.
The side issues such as 9-11, end of days
theology, Saddam having killed "his own people", little girls not being
able to go to school, and Iran wanting to destroy Israel are just that
- side issues which only tend to support the obscenity of the prime
purpose.
Every country that has oil, even down to tiny
Venezuela, has either been attacked by or is being threatened by the
Bush administration.
NKoreaTimes:
Blix commission says nuclear disarmament in disarray
The commission report ... says Iran and Israel should both end nuclear
enrichment as part of a renewed drive to rid the Middle East of weapons
of mass destruction ... Ultimately, the report points to the need to
outlaw all weapons of mass destruction "once and for all."
YYC: Like we needed a commission to tell us
that? I believe the president of Iran said it before the
commission did, and I know I''ve been saying it since Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. How many more times will it have to be said before the
nuclear nations finally go sane?
WMD
Commission's website
RIAN: To beat
or not to beat Iran
The Bush Administration seems to be taken totally by surprise by new
political advice that negotiations should be promoted and even that
Iran, in fact, has some right to a local version of the nuclear cycle.
YYC: What? Negotiation works? You
mean we might not get to
pulverize Ama-ama-jags ... whatever? *%#%! We're never
going to get
our mitts on the oil at this rate!
May -
June 2006 -THE JEWISH BADGE SMEAR
Update - Sept. 28, 2006:
From: Ron
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: O'Connor confirms "Jewish Badge" author is a
Second Lieutenant of The Governor General's Horse Guards
Dear All,
Many of you may recall our concerns that Chris Wattie, the author of
the National Post false "Jewish Badge" story was also a member of the
military reserves. I received today the following response from
Defense Minister O'Connor:
Dear Mr. Saba:
Thank you for your e-mails of 23 and 25 May 2006 concerning Second
Lieutenant Chris Wattie and his involvement in the Canadian Forces. I
regret the delay in my reply.
As the Minister of National Defence, I take pride in ensuring that the
Canadian Forces takes an active approach to maintaining a close
relationship with the Canadian public through the release of
information.
Second Lieutenant Wattie is a member of The Governor General's Horse
Guards, a Reserve Force armoured regiment based in Toronto. With regard
to your specific questions, in accordance with the Privacy Act, the
Department of National Defence does not disclose personal information
to third parties without the express written consent of the person
concerned.
Please rest assured, however, that in order for any member of the
Primary Reserve to act in any capacity for the Canadian Forces, he or
she must meet at least one of several conditions, including signing a
pay sheet, wearing the Canadian Forces uniform, and being present on
Department of National Defence property. In addition, I can assure you that one of the basic
preconditions to serving in a psychological operations unit in the
Canadian Forces is that you must be trade-qualified, or at a minimum,
hold the rank of lieutenant in the reserves.
I would also like to mention that the comments and opinions expressed
by Second Lieutenant Wattie, or published by the media, while he is not
on duty do not reflect the statements or policy of the Department of
National Defence in any way.
For additional information that may be released to you, I invite you to
contact the Access to Information and Privacy General Office at
atip@forces.gc.ca.
I trust this is of assistance and thank you again for writing.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Gordon J. O'Connor, PC, MP
Minister of National Defence
YYC: I'm not surprised it took so long for
the
reply; it is so craftily worded. O'Connor lays out the
requirements but doesn't confirm whether Wattie met those requirements.
He only says that Wattie was a 2nd Lt. and then says that one must be a
lieutenant to qualify for service in psychological operations without
saying whether that includes a 2nd lieutenant.
For those who don't believe the military has psyops units, you now have
it from the mouth of the War Minister.
The "public
affairs" officer who contacted me wanting to meet for a "spot
of tea" so that we could get to know one another was a 2nd Lt.
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Ron Saba, Montreal Planet Magazine
June 3, 2006
See this archived
video from right wing talk show host Charles Adler of AM640.
In it he confirms that panelist National Post "Jewish Badge" journalist
Chris Wattie is a former soldier in the Canadian Army.
An interesting coincidence (?) is that another of Adler's guests is
journalist Joe Wormington of the Toronto Sun. On Thursday,
Warmington wrote the Toronto Sun scare article "Tracking
TTC Terror":
In their press conference this morning, police aurthorities have
confirmed that their arrests last night of so-called terror suspects
have absolutely no connection to the TTC Subway.
Is Warmington's scare article the latest in a co-ordinated PSYOPS
strategy aimed at creating fear amongst the Canadian population in
order to gather public support for pending military action?
Is the Canadian public being taken for a ride?
YYC: See also: Toronto
"Terrorist" arrests
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From:
"Ron Saba"
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:09 PM
The "Jewish Badge" PSYOPS Plot Thickens
Ron Saba, Montreal
Planet Magazine
As you may recall, the so called "journalist" who made up the false
National Post "Jewish Badge" story was Amir Taheri, member of neo-con
PR firm Benador Associates and ex-media mouthpiece for the CIA
installed Shah of Iran.
In case anyone is doubting that the planted story was a coordinated
PYSOPS operation of the Canadian and American military, please read the
official
White House transcript of yesterday's Presidential Press Briefing
by Tony Snow. In it he reveals that President invited the same
Amir Taheri, along with other "Iraq experts", to a meeting yesterday at
the White House.
This my friends is no coinicidence.
It is just one more piece in the unfolding PSYOPS conspiracy to
mislead Canadians and Americans into supporting an attack on Iran.
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PM's
Iran Remark
Anger Muslims
YYC: This is a scanned article from the Ottawa
Sun. Also included is partial text from the National Post's
retraction of the false story about Iran forcing Christians and Jews to
wear identifying clothing.
CSMonitor:
False story's publication in Canadian paper is 'real sign of a
disinformation operation.'
YYC: Canadian need to realize we are teetering on
the edge of something we are not going to like. And Stephen
Harper has allowed himself to be part of it. A lot of portentous
things have occurred in a very short time since Harper took office, and
this is not the end of it.
I think the plan is to accuse Iran of
attacking Israel, and I've no doubt the appearance of that can be
arranged. Just as the appearance of terrorist attacks on Canada
can be arranged.
I shudder to think how deeply Canada will be
dragged into this kind of covert warfare that the US and Israel have
been waging for years, that sacrifices unwary citizens for what their
leaders coldly deem to be a greater good.
Western leaders are playing God, and they will
ultimately crush themselves under the weight of their own lies and
murders, but not before doing a great deal of damage to human lives and
the earth itself.
From: "Ron Saba" Montreal Planet Magazine
To: <OConnor.G@parl.gc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:01 PM
Subject: Chris Wattie
Minister of Defense,
Could you please confirm whether or not Chris Wattie, who gave a
lecture at the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the
University of Calgary titled "Winning the Battles and Losing the War:
How the Canadian Forces are Losing the Information War in Southern
Afghanistan" and who was the author of the National Post May 19 cover
story "Iran Eyes Badges for Jews" is a Reserve Officer with the
Governor General's Horse Guards, "Canada's Senior Militia Regiment", or
is an active or reserve member with any other part of the Canadian
Armed Forces? Could you please also confirm whether or not Chris
Wattie acts in any capacity whatsoever for the Canadian government or
for the Canadian Armed Forces?
The attached unconfirmed sources are provided for background:
Link
Link
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YYC: Ron
Saba is concerned that the false story about the Iranian dress code
laws may have a source in Canada's military, no doubt with a view to
justifying Canadian participation in a war against Iran.
Antonia Zerbisias takes
the position that Chris Wattie is an
innocent lackey, forced by his editor to write the National Post story.
Wattie based his article on the
original one
by Amir Tehari of Benador Associates. It would be interesting to
know if Wattie knew he was telling a lie.
Tehari stands by his article and is so
confident of his credibility on all things Middle Eastern he has
already written an article dated
May 31, 2006 called "The Real Iraq"about
how good things are there. In it he states that no one is fleeing
Iraq
and people who left earlier are actually returning. I hate to
quote FOX News,
but they saying something quite different: "Hundreds of thousands
of people have fled their homes since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
three years ago, say humanitarian aid groups, and a recent spike in
those numbers is leading some to question the price for success in the
U.S. mission there." IndyUK
echoes this: "Across central Iraq, there is an exodus of people
fleeing for their lives as sectarian assassins and death squads hunt
them down. At ground level, Iraq is disintegrating as ethnic cleansing
takes hold on a massive scale."
Tehari crows that the value of the Iraqi
Dinar
is increasing. The Dinar can be purchased on EBay for a wide
range of prices. Google "Iraqi Dinar" and you'll see that
everybody and his brother is trying to sell them. Here's an
article at XE.Com
- the well known online currency converter - that takes a more
realistic position:
"Ask yourself one question: if the Iraq Dinar is such a hot commodity,
why would anyone in the know be willing to sell it to you? If you
thought that the IQD was going to multiply in worth by hundreds of
thousands of percent, would you sell it? Of course not -- you'd be too
busy buying as much of it as you could."
As far as the private sector boom is
concerned, there are all sorts of contractors that support the war
effort - such as policing and infrastructure rebuilding. Not
exactly the kind of boom Iraqis would have dreamed of. Note:
Tehari uses the term, "Since liberation", and that alone would
indicate the direction of his spin. His work "appears regularly
in
the New York Post", a rag generally considered to be a font of disinfo.
For review: Here are the three links
for the Zerbisias discussion: All
the Fables fit to print, Badger
Gate and Shame,
shame, shame.
Seeingtheforest:
Lies About Badges and Incubators
I saw a story on the right-wing blogs and other news sources this
morning, that the Iranians had passed a law requiring Jews and
Christians to wear identifying "badges."This follows a recent report,
repeated everywhere and now conventional wisdom, that the President of
Iran had called for "wiping Israel off the map." That report was not
correct ...
YYC: The point being made here that one should
check one's facts before mouthing off. You'd think a Prime
Minister would know that.
NationalPost:
Experts say report of badges for Jews in Iran is untrue
“These kinds of slanderous accusations are part of a smear campaign
against Iran by vested interests, which needs to be denounced at every
step.”
YYC: This didn't stop Stephen Harper from
repeating the falsehood, and he foolishly went on to say: “It
boggles the mind that any regime on the face of the earth would want to
do anything that would remind people of Nazi Germany” completely
forgetting about this (which is
called "anti-Americanism"), and this
(which is called "anti-Semitism") but both of which depictions were
called to mind by the actions of these two men. Being
"anti-Islam" it was a natural response for Harper to say this.
He's anti-Semitic too. He thinks all
Jews are heathens. His church is going to convert them all as
soon as they get finished with all those ignorant Africans.
Zerbisias:
Badger Gate
Some updates to Shame, shame, shame below, about the National Post's
disgraceful invocation and exploitation of the Holocaust yesterday to
incite the west against Iran.
YYC:
Canwest, owned by Zionists wanted to discredit
Iran so much that it (further) discredited itself. And in the
process, even the Simon Weisenthal Centre which passed the news on to
Jewish groups without verifying its veracity.
For anyone out there who still thinks we
aren't being deliberately bombarded with mis/disinformation by
so-called "credible sources", please give your noodles a little
exercise and think again.
Zerbisias:
Shame, shame, shame
It certainly didn't help that Canada's Conservative Prime Minister,
Stephen Harper, commented on the story without verifying it with his
official sources as well. Instead, he only added fuel to the fire. That
was extremely irresponsible and is definitely not what you'd expect
from a world leader.
YYC: Zerbisias rips the National Post for its lies
about Iran, and Harper's stupid repetition of them, as well as
commenting on how it all got started. She ends by saying this:
I wonder if we have our newest zombie lie -- a story
that won't die no matter how often it's debunked.
YYC: Heck, the story about the Iranian president
saying that all the Israelis should be wiped out is being preached by book-hawking
evangelists at this very moment. I accidentally saw John
Hagee mangling scripture on TV last evening, and saying that the
conflict with Iran could come within a few weeks, but that the Rapture
would take place first.
In a few weeks! The Rapture is not going
to happen, but if it did one advantage to us sinners is that at least
we wouldn't have to listen to the likes of Hagee anymore.
NationalPost:
Experts say report of badges for Jews in Iran is untrue
“These kinds of slanderous accusations are part of a smear campaign
against Iran by vested interests, which needs to be denounced at every
step.”
YYC: This didn't stop Stephen Harper from
repeating the falsehood, and he foolishly went on to say: “It
boggles the mind that any regime on the face of the earth would want to
do anything that would remind people of Nazi Germany” completely
forgetting about this (which is
called "anti-Americanism"), and this
(which is called "anti-Semitism") but both of which depictions were
called to mind by the actions of these two men. Being
"anti-Islam" it was a natural response for Harper to say this.
He's anti-Semitic too. He thinks all
Jews are heathens. His church is going to convert them all as
soon as they get finished with all those ignorant Africans. He's also helping to
spread a lie. Man,
he must have tons to ask forgiveness for when he says his bedtime
prayers.
Hasn't your guardian angel told you, Stevie,
that the more lies you tell, the less people are going to believe
anything you say.
yayacanada
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