WASHINGTON An updated version of the Bush administration's national security strategy, the first since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, includes a vigorous defense of striking pre-emptively against countries seen to threaten the United States. The document declares for the first time that diplomacy to halt Iran's nuclear program "must succeed if confrontation is to be avoided."Can we even make this simpler?? Only by a tiny bit i think. The US, once again four years later after the illegal and unwarranted attack on Iraq, publishes its official position that it intends to attack Iran. We, the US, sees Iran as a threat. We will see that diplomacy fails, as we saw to it that diplomacy failed with Iraq (we threw out the inspectors), and we will attack Iran.
But first a word from our sponsors. Dubai is upset because of how that dastardly Congress treated them. Dubai, and the UAE, had worked hard to help bushco create 9/11 to justify the military takeover of the US. They wanted some financial incentives to keep helping, as their lands and ports are essential to any effort bushco makes towards Iran. They also wanted some recompense for propping up the USdollar, when all their neighbors, friend and foe alike, decide to abandon USD and start using Euros. From UPI yesterday:
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WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- A number of Middle Eastern central banks said Tuesday they would seek to switch reserves from the U.S. greenback to euros. The United Arab Emirates said it was considering moving one-tenth of its dollar reserves to the euro, while the governor of the Saudi Arabian central bank condemned the decision by the United States to force Dubai Ports World to transfer its ownership to a "U.S. entity," the UK Independent reported.
Dubai, and the UAE, are getting all pissy. Well what better way to shape them up and get them back in line, than to threaten them, while simultaneously sending them new business. Or did you all miss that other story buried yesterday, regarding the uptick in troop deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, wherein hundreds of Marines and US Army regulars and another cruiser group have been deployed to the region? As if that weren't enough, bushco further upped the ante with increasing open discussion of withdrawing our Iraqi personnel onto our four, large, (permanent?) well-fortified bases from which attacks can be launched against Iran.
