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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (4326)	2/24/2004 10:43:41 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: Also note that this is the election time, politicians tend to promise a lot of nice things in the period and throw them away afterwards. Well, if Kerry is elected he'll probably scale down Bush's exalted anti-terror designs... Of course, he'll remain committed to stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan but that would fall far short of the Judeocons' agenda. Keep in mind that both Israel's Likud and US Judeocons are scrambling to bring "regime change" in Iran. Their most severe setback so far is Britain's unwillingness to take on Iran. The Judeofascists bombed the UK consulate and HSBC's office in Istanbul, they even launched a smear campaign against Prince Charles... to no avail. Britain won't budge as regards Iran --and that's really bad news for US Judeofascists. Hence my scenario of a second 911, a bio-911 pulled on the US complete with a trail of "evidences" pointing to Iran... Get the picture? So, just as Bush was hijacked and compelled to wage war against Afghanistan and Iraq, Prez Kerry will be forced to "retaliate" against Iran... However, at that point, the strain upon the US polity might prove too great for the US fabric to sustain. The alternative isn't better though: if Bush is re-elected then the emotional backlash will be even more perilous as millions of Americans will find themselves locked in four more years of "war on terror"... four more years of domestic terrorist threats (anthrax,...)... four more years of bodybags coming in from Afghanistan, Iraq, you name it! Four more years of job outsourcing to China... four more years of strained relations with Europe, Russia, Arab countries,... four more years of HELL! So, either way, Kerry or Bush, leads to the same ominous prospect of a civil war/breakdown in the US. Gus

To: Ed Huang who wrote (4326)	2/24/2004 11:01:06 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Besides, the US still has an old score to settle with Iran, hasn't it? 1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days The 52 American hostages held at the US embassy in Tehran for more than 14 months have arrived in West Germany on their way home to the United States. The former diplomats and embassy staff stepped from the plane onto the tarmac at Wiesbaden airport looking tired but elated after their 4,000-mile (6,437km) flight from Iran. Some waved to the crowd of well-wishers who had gathered, others gave the V-for-victory sign. Iran finally agreed to release the hostages after the US said it would release assets frozen in American and other banks, including the Bank of England, since the embassy was seized. Presidential presence Former president Jimmy Carter, appointed as President Ronald Reagan's special envoy, has flown in to welcome home the embassy staff he had hoped would be freed while he was still in charge at the White House. Stories of the "abominable treatment" the men and women suffered at the hands of their Iranian captors are beginning to emerge. Letters from home were burned in front of the hostages, there were regular beatings and some talked of games of Russian roulette. The Americans were flown via Algiers to Wiesbaden, where they will now be cared for at a military hospital while their conditions are assessed. The US government has tried to dissuade families from flying out to Germany for reunions with their loved ones until they have been confirmed fit. Reporters were able to shout a few questions to hostages who appeared briefly on the hospital balcony. One man said they had had no idea they were about to be released. Captive in US embassy The hostage ordeal began in November 1979 when a group of radical Iranian students stormed the American embassy in Tehran. Everyone inside was taken captive. The students were angered by American support for the Shah, who fled into exile in January 1979 and arrived in the United States in October for cancer treatment. They demanded the Shah's return to stand trial for alleged crimes in office. They had the backing of the Iranian government, led by Ayatollah Khomeini. But their demands for the Shah's extradition were foiled when he fled to Cairo. The students still refused to release their hostages, however, until President Carter was defeated in the US elections. This paved the way for fresh negotiations with the Algerians acting as intermediaries. news.bbc.co.uk So, just as Saddam Hussein was doomed to pay for his humiliating Israel back in 1990 --Israel's deterrence was badly ridiculed by a few antiquated Scud missiles-- the Iranian mullocracy must be made to atone for its humiliation of the US in the 1980 hostage crisis... I'm afraid that's been a daily obsession with many a Pentagon crusader ever since.