- Over a quarter of a century ago, a group of students,
with the backing of the religious government of Iran, invaded and took
over the U.S. embassy in Tehran, holding Americans there hostage for months.
It was an action so violative of international law (embassies and consulates
are considered to be the terrority of the nation that occupies them) that
the U.S. has never forgiven Iran, and never restored relations.
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- How ironic then, to learn that our president, the loony
George W. Bush, personally ordered our troops in "sovereign"
Iraq to attack and overrun the Iranian consulate in Irbil, arrest and take
as hostages six Iranians there, and confiscate consular equipment such
as computers, as well as documents.
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- How predictable that days later, the U.S. embassy in
Greece was hit with a rocket-fired grenade--an action which was immediately
denounced by the U.S. as an "act of terror," though thankfully
no one was hurt.
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- We don't know who fired the RPG at the U.S. embassy,
but if it was the Iranians, or if it was a Greek leftist acting on behalf
of the Iranians, they'd be well within their rights, under the internation
rules of war, which include the doctrine of reciprocity. It would be, not
terrorism, but an act of war.
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- In authorizing the attack on Iran's consulate in Irbil,
President Bush was okaying an act of war--an attack on the sovereign territory
of Iran. What did he expect to happen? What's war for the goose is war
for the gander.
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- Now with all the preparations the administration has
under way for war with Iran--a second carrier battle group ordered to the
region, a Naval carrier commander placed in charge of the "Iraq War,"
and air force general put in charge of the "Afghan War," and
forces inside Iraq already selecting hundreds of targets--it is likely
that the attack on the Irbil consulate was a deliberate provocation, intended
to push Iran into a retaliatory action that would allow Bush to unleash
the bombers. But even if the president has such a hidden agenda, the American
people need to know what's going on here.
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- If the U.S. goes to war against Iran--a mad scheme if
there ever was one at a time when the Army and Marines are stretched to
the limit and are already losing in Iraq--Iran will fight back in ways
that will be hard to defend against. The U.S. embassy in Greece is a clue
about what will happen. If we attack Iran, no target in the U.S. will be
safe. No American or American facility in the world will be safe.
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- This is not what the American people want.
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- These are the actions of a madman.
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- It's time for Congress to stop dithering. Impeach this
loon an put him in an asylum. And bring the troops home where they belong.
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- http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/
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