Can we stop the next war...
...before it starts?
We are on the verge of war with Iran, and most of America doesn't even know it.
But make no mistake. George W. Bush wants to attack Iran.
He wants to do it for his own last chance to create some sort of legacy.. His oil buddies, including the vice-president, want him to attack Iran, to eliminate one more wildcard in the deck of world petroleum suppliers. His long-time family friends in the House of Saud, the people he owes for bailing him out of one failed business venture after another, want him to attack Iran to curb Iranian Sh'ia hegemony in the region. And mostly, his last bastion of support in the fundamentalist Church wants him to attack Iran, because they believe it will be good for Israel and is therefore what God wants him to do. Oh, and it doesn't hurt that Israeli Likudnik hard-liners, who tell the fundies what to believe about what's good for Israel, want him to bomb Iran so they won't have to.
So what is Bush doing to prepare for a new war? Well, he appointed a Navy four-star to run U.S. Central Command. There has NEVER before been an admiral in charge of CENTCOM. It's a ground-based theater, suited for the employment of Army and Marine Corps units. Except for the Persian Gulf, of course. A president whose focus was on Iraq or Afghanistan would want an Army or Marine Corps officer in charge.
But a president more interested in military operations in the Gulf?
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