http://www.radiodujour.com/people/mcgovern_ray/mp3/20080625_alexjones_raymcgovern.mp3
"Imminent" actually means over the next 2 months.
The scenario he posits is Israel dressing up a ship to look like it's Iranian, and then sinking a US destroyer. Personally, I think a false flag operation of this type is more likely to involve US operatives. I mean, how many Israeli boats do you hear about in the Persian Gulf? I don't go fishing there, so maybe there's lots of them, but I've never heard of any.
What I'd like to know is if the war gamers who are gaming attacks on Iran have considered what happens if the Iranians respond via their Hezbollah allies, giving them nuclear materials to make, in effect, dirty rockets and missiles? If these come flying into Israel, causing a rash of birth defects, will Israelis be eager to reproduce? What, then, happens to Israel? Depopulating Israel may not concern US war gamers, but I'm sure the Israelis have a different perspective.
And what if dirty rockets become become established in terrorists' minds as a weapon of choice? Will dirty bombs be next, perhaps exploding in NYC? We've seen insurgents climb a learning curve wrt IEDs, which now also have seen a lot of use in Afghanistan. Do the war gamers ever worry about the 'lessons' that they are teaching their victims?
For a historical parallel, consider: The ancient Spartans were told by their great law giver, Lycurgus, not to have frequent campaigns against the same people, so that they not become proficient at warfare. This principle was ignored by the Spartan king Agesilaus, who had some sort of fixation on warring with Thebes. In the end, Thebes thrashed the Spartans so soundly at Leuctra (using an echelon formation that was unusual, at the time, and I believe, unknown to the Spartans), it spelled the end of Spartan dominance.
Besides all that, an attack on Iran may make it's central government disintegrate. While that may suite some war gamers or neocon lunatics, we can see from Iraq what sort of mess results when a state with no well functioning central authority nevertheless has lots of hidden weapons. With no central authority, how can ensuing factions with terrorism on their minds be suppressed? Dirty rockets that can't reach the US can still hit Israel from Lebanon. A central authority which doesn't exist can't be pressured to help suppress terrorism, or anything else.
BTW, Wayne Madsen is lately suggesting false flag ops by the Mossad in a Houston port is in the works, perhaps blowing up LNG ships.
"Imminent" actually means over the next 2 months.
The scenario he posits is Israel dressing up a ship to look like it's Iranian, and then sinking a US destroyer. Personally, I think a false flag operation of this type is more likely to involve US operatives. I mean, how many Israeli boats do you hear about in the Persian Gulf? I don't go fishing there, so maybe there's lots of them, but I've never heard of any.
What I'd like to know is if the war gamers who are gaming attacks on Iran have considered what happens if the Iranians respond via their Hezbollah allies, giving them nuclear materials to make, in effect, dirty rockets and missiles? If these come flying into Israel, causing a rash of birth defects, will Israelis be eager to reproduce? What, then, happens to Israel? Depopulating Israel may not concern US war gamers, but I'm sure the Israelis have a different perspective.
And what if dirty rockets become become established in terrorists' minds as a weapon of choice? Will dirty bombs be next, perhaps exploding in NYC? We've seen insurgents climb a learning curve wrt IEDs, which now also have seen a lot of use in Afghanistan. Do the war gamers ever worry about the 'lessons' that they are teaching their victims?
For a historical parallel, consider: The ancient Spartans were told by their great law giver, Lycurgus, not to have frequent campaigns against the same people, so that they not become proficient at warfare. This principle was ignored by the Spartan king Agesilaus, who had some sort of fixation on warring with Thebes. In the end, Thebes thrashed the Spartans so soundly at Leuctra (using an echelon formation that was unusual, at the time, and I believe, unknown to the Spartans), it spelled the end of Spartan dominance.
Besides all that, an attack on Iran may make it's central government disintegrate. While that may suite some war gamers or neocon lunatics, we can see from Iraq what sort of mess results when a state with no well functioning central authority nevertheless has lots of hidden weapons. With no central authority, how can ensuing factions with terrorism on their minds be suppressed? Dirty rockets that can't reach the US can still hit Israel from Lebanon. A central authority which doesn't exist can't be pressured to help suppress terrorism, or anything else.
BTW, Wayne Madsen is lately suggesting false flag ops by the Mossad in a Houston port is in the works, perhaps blowing up LNG ships.
