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05/30/2003 Archived Entry: "Cranking up the Wurlitzer on Iran"
Cranking up the Wurlitzer on Iran
Well, it has begun as of today - CNN introduced their new 'Inside Iran' logo, and have been dropping frequent mention of Iran's nuclear program all day long. I was just watching Wolf Blitzer's show, and it's obvious by now that after 2 conquests in the past 2 years, the military/media complex has got this war-stoking thing down pat.
Back in the day, Blitzer used to feature a debate on his program with a member of the moderate Left (with the occasional exception of Katrina van den Heuvel) against an administration flack like Cliff May on the subject of the day.
Today, they had a guy from right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation facing off against a guy from the lunatic-right fringe group Center for Defense Information. The argument was basically the Heritage guy saying Iran was very bad and needed to experience regime change, against the CDI guy saying Iran was really, really bad and needed to be invaded and occupied. It's telling that the debate was not whether or not we should 'do something' about Iran, but that 'doing something' was a given, and the only argument was the degree to which we punish Iran.
Other nifty features on Wolfie's show today - CNN's crack graphics team made up a map of Iraq and Iran which showed no border between the two countries (hey, Iraq, Iran - only one letter's difference, so they must be the same country, right?).
And Wolfie read an email that said we have to invade Iran, now that Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Al-Queda have all moved there and taken their WMDs with them.
It's a good thing I was sitting down, because the shit was making me dizzy. I fully expect US troops on the ground in Iran by January. That bell has now been rung, and the media will do nothing to try and un-ring it.
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The Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Instsitute, the Cato Institute, what's the diff?
That Dept. of Offense Ghoul, Rumsfeld, that necrophiliac, is hell-bent on destroying all those monsters under his bed. It's too bad his mommy didn't hug him enough. It's too bad his mommy didn't have an abortion.
Onward Christian soldiers,
Marching as to War.
With the Cross of Jesus,
Marching on before.
I feel ill... (Damn ellipsis!)
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 05/30/2003 04:46 PM NY
the heritage foundation has been busy today- smudge has a link on his site where they claim media consolidation is a myth. can't believe the nazis really believe that...
Posted by jeff @ 05/30/2003 05:09 PM NY
I'm not sure they can wait that long for Iran. There won't be any dance with the UN this time, cuz they'll just say Iran's harboring al Qaeda and go after'em under the guise of rooting out terrorists. If they think they need to, they'll say they can do it because of the authorization they got from congress already b4 Iraq.
Since I don't think they can wait long enough for Iran, I'm still trying to figure out which country they'll invade and/or what atrocious terrorist attach will be perpetrated on us late next summer so we're in the shit deep come campaign time.
Posted by Spade Hammer @ 05/30/2003 05:59 PM NY
