hjmaiere

hjmaiere

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14 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - Liberty and the Tehran... · 1 reply · -1 points

People are frighteningly easy to manipulate. Justin understands this. If Justin is wrong about anything, it's in his estimate of the incompetence of those who set government policy. The goal in Iran as in Iraq before it is to eliminate the country as an *economic* threat. The truth is that U.S. government policy in Iraq has been wildly successful.

Those orchestrating the upcoming conflict with Iran are not at all concerned with the specifics of the election. All that matters is that the issue be as emotionally charged as possible. That's why the protests in Iran received far more press coverage than the far bigger anti-war protests around the world got. That's why the oppression of the people of Iran gets attention and not the oppression of the people of e.g. Saudi Arabia.

The true policy makers don't care where the spark comes from. It's the fire they care about.