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Post by gemwolf on May 23, 2007 2:31:16 GMT -5
Looks like the War on Iran is more or less here. The following appeared on the ABC (blog) site: blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.htmlThe CIA has received secret Presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government.
CIA plan that reportedly includes a coordinated campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran's currency and international financial transactions.
Iran had dramatically increased its ability to produce nuclear weapons material, at a pace that experts said would give them the ability to build a nuclear bomb in two years.
But the American people are furious. They feel that ABC shouldn't air "government secrets"... On the other hand they trust news agencies to reveal the truth?
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Post by SeventhSeal17 on May 23, 2007 8:41:55 GMT -5
You can't trust either of them, in my eyes.
But, going with presumption that it is indeed true...
Bush must not remember the Bay of Pigs very clearly... and how that ended with it's own "black" operations.
When will the madness stop?
Sounds to me like they're taking a page out of the Waffen SS handbook...
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Post by Ceci on May 23, 2007 16:14:20 GMT -5
Gem, when I heard about this on the news last night, I couldn't believe that they would publicize this out in the open. After all, the Bush Administration is the most secretive White House in American history. The first thing that came up in my mind was, "Now why would they want to report this to the United States public?" Could it have something to do with the Dems caving in at the last minute to not add time tables to the latest version of the spending bill of the Iraq War? Pres. Bush always has a way of pouring salt into the wound at the defeat of his enemies (in this case, the Dems) to show his supremacy above all others. It's appalling as it is just a factor of being in another day of the empire. So, I'm not surprised at the fact that they'd do this--especially if Special Ops is involved. They know that it would be unpopular in the American public's eyes if they out and out bombed Iran--especially in light of the Iraqi War. I mean, people still have memories of viewing the "Shock and Awe" display four years ago. But all of us know that if they tried the same thing with Iran, the U.S. would have awakened a sleeping giant. Let's hope that Mr. Bush has enough sense not to turn it up a notch. But then again, Mr. Bush doesn't have sense. He should have just left things alone and worked with foreign diplomacy instead of trying to disrupt another system of government. Mr. Bush cannot leave well enough alone, can he? Sounds to me like they're taking a page out of the Waffen SS handbook... Interesting insight. Could you explain this a bit further?
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Post by SeventhSeal17 on May 23, 2007 18:09:57 GMT -5
Sounds to me like they're taking a page out of the Waffen SS handbook... Interesting insight. Could you explain this a bit further? Well, there are many parallels that can drawn against the Nazi regime during their rise to power, but I will explain the instance I was referring to. During about the middle of WWII, right before the vaunted Thousand Year Reich would enter it's inevitable decline, Hitler, like Napoleon, turned his eyes to the one nation that both leaders obsessed about, and failed to conquer... Britain. Hitler was obsessed with Britain. Britons were the closest race to what Hitler considered the pure being, the Aryan race. He was envious of Mr. Churchill and the fighting spirit that the British displayed, even in the face of utter annihilation. He sent many letters to Churchill asking, nay, begging that he allow Britain to join the Reich in a peaceful manner. He did not wish to destroy Britain, he wished to learn from them. Naturally, Churchill shirked these letters with venomous words in return, as only Churchill could deliver. At this point, Hitler had his newly invented V2 Rockets aimed at the British capital and other important military locations from Northern France... but he denied them use. Instead he developed a concept that was largely ignored in war hitherto. Hitler was, above all else, an innovator. What he did next was send German spies into London with the missions to return with pounds of various denominations. Upon their return, he constructed mass factories filled with printing presses and began minting British pounds by the million, with plates constructed using the currency the spies brought back to Berlin. Once complete, Hitler thrust millions upon millions of counterfeit currency into the British economy in an effort to reduce the pound to a valueless scrap of paper. And, to a degree, it worked. But yeah, that is the Reader's Digest version. I am something of a World War II scholar, so I tend to relate many things to events in the 40's.
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Post by truthseeka on May 26, 2007 10:59:50 GMT -5
I think the reason they publicized this is because it's nothing new.
The CIA has BEEN coverting black ops in Iran since the 50s. You know, when they overthrew the DEMOCRATICALLY elected Mossadegh. The tactics they used apparently worked so well, they haven't really updated them, based on the article.
After they kicked him out, they installed the Shah and the SAVAK (I think), a special police force that took a few pages from the SS handbook as well. A bloody reign of terror ensued.
So now, the good old foreign nation-destabilizing CIA is at it again. Thumbs up to you, CIA; your list of accomplishments is mind-boggling (Iran-Contra, Mossadegh overthrow, Operation Gladio, 9/11....)
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