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Analysis of Preparations for War On Iran Comment by Larry Ross, December 3, 2006 Dr Carmichael has an excellent analysis of US/Israel preparations for war with Iran. A major cause is the fundamentalism of national Leaders, as the leading quote below points out. "False Flag Operation?" Dr Carmichael quotes Ray McGovern (below) as predicting the US will use a covert terrorist act on the US (otherwise known as 'False Flag' operation) and blame Iran, in order to condition the US population to sanction any response George Bush chooses against Iran. There are many articles and references on the nuclear free site to 'False Flag' operations. Indeed, a convincing 'False Flag' may be the only way Bush can deceive and frighten the American people, reverse his popularity slump (now 30%), and get popular approval to launch a new war, including the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. He will also get approval for new fascist-type 'Patriot' laws and conscription to get a huge influx of new troops. He would be unable to do these things without a 'False Flag' to deceive and intimidate Congress and the Senate and gain their assent to his new laws and huge new military costs. The timetable for this "False Flag' and war has been altered, (now no longer June or July 2006) but it is still very much a part of the Bush agenda. Read articles by Professor Chossudovsky.and others on this site that indicate the growing momentum for war.
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A New "Perle Harbor": Neocon Foreign Policy Architect By Dr. Michael Carmichael, Global Research, June 7, 2006
"I think of war with Iran as the ending of America's present role in the world. Iraq may have been a preview of that, but it's still redeemable if we get out fast. In a war with Iran, we'll get dragged down for 20 or 30 years. The world will condemn us. We will lose our position in the world." Zbigniew Brzezinski, Vanity Fair , 2006.
The controversial neoconservative American bureaucrat, Richard Perle, visited Britain on the eve of the papal audience between Prime Minister Tony Blair and Pope Benedict XVI. Earlier in the same week, the Iranian Nobel Laureate for Peace, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, was in Britain to voice her concerns about a confrontation between the west and Iran. In London, Metropolitan Police swooped down on two suspected Islamist terrorists believed to be in the process of building a chemical bomb. Summertime tensions are building. In bland remarks delivered to a small audience of students at the Oxford Union, Richard Perle outlined the Bush administration's response to the crisis of 9/11 and the neoconservative doctrines of pre-emptive war. In a droning monotone designed to anaesthetize his keen academic audience, Perle explained the need for an invincible American military apparatus and a foreign policy predicated on the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war permitting direct and simultaneous interventions into multiple theatres. While Perle stated his hope that the need for military interventions would be minimal, he left the impression that his definition of excessive use of military power might well differ from that of the average American or European citizen. Perle is on the public record advocating pre-emptive strikes against North Korea, Syria, Iran and a list of other countries. Some of his critics accuse Perle of darkly malignant machinations. (Richard N. Perle, Sourcewatch )
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