The US war with Iran has already begun

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The US war with Iran has already begun

Americans, along with the rest of the world, are starting to wake up to the uncomfortable fact that President George Bush not only lied to them about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (the ostensible excuse for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of that country by US forces), but also about the very process that led to war.

On 16 October 2002, President Bush told the American people that "I have not ordered the use of force. I hope that the use of force will not become necessary."

We know now that this statement was itself a lie, that the president, by late August 2002, had, in fact, signed off on the 'execute' orders authorising the US military to begin active military operations inside Iraq, and that these orders were being implemented as early as September 2002, when the US Air Force, assisted by the British Royal Air Force, began expanding its bombardment of targets inside and outside the so-called no-fly zone in Iraq.
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Crap, this wasn't supposed to be made public yet. :eek:
 
That's the type of accusation you make yourself open to when you lie. It is well known the comittments to war was made well before 2003. If people are now wondering what the current intentions of the Bush admin are, you can hardly blame them for assuming the worts.
 
a_unique_person said:
That's the type of accusation you make yourself open to when you lie. It is well known the comittments to war was made well before 2003. If people are now wondering what the current intentions of the Bush admin are, you can hardly blame them for assuming the worts.
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I hope that's what Iran assumes.
 
Grammatron said:
I hope that's what Iran assumes.
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Are you serious Gramm? Do you think it would be a good thing if Iran believed it was going to be attacked no matter what it did? Sounds more like a recipe for disaster to me.
 
As far as I'm aware, the Bush admin continues to insist that the USA has no harmful intentions on Australia, and that no force is going to be used on us.

















RUN FOR THE HILLS!
 
Zep said:
As far as I'm aware, the Bush admin continues to insist that the USA has no harmful intentions on Australia, and that no force is going to be used on us.

















RUN FOR THE HILLS!
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Don't worry, Zep. This is the secret Bush World Domination Plan, I have obtained it from sources that have proven reliable in the past:

No one likes us
I don't know why.
We may not be perfect,
But heaven knows we try.
But all around
even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one
And see what happens.

We give them money,
But are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful, and they're hateful.
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them.

Asia's crowded, Europe's too old,
Africa is far too hot, and Canada's too cold.
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one,
There'll be no one left to blame us.

We'll save Australia, don't want to hurt no kangaroos.
We'll build an American amusement park there,
They got surfin' too!

Boom! goes London, Boom! Paree
More room for you and more room for me.
And every city the whole world round,
Will just be another American town.

Oh, how peaceful it'll be!
We'll set everybody free!
You'll wear a Japanese kimono, baby
And there'll be Italian shoes for me!
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now,
Let's drop the big one now!
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Too bad for the rest of you. ;)
 
I would imagine that the Iranians would think it in their best interest to assist in keeping the pot stirred in Iraq.

As long as we are so heavily committed there, agression against Iran seems unlikely.

There is a strong tie between the Shia in both countries.
 
a_unique_person said:
That's the type of accusation you make yourself open to when you lie. It is well known the comittments to war was made well before 2003. If people are now wondering what the current intentions of the Bush admin are, you can hardly blame them for assuming the worts.
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AUP, I think you are finally beginning to grasp the nuances of the Bush doctrine. Well done.
 
By the way, does anyone remember all those bets that were made in that thread in the spring and summer of 2004, the bet being that the US would invade Iran before the 2004 US Presidential election? IIRC the losers of the bets were to donate their money to the JREF.
 
Number Six said:
By the way, does anyone remember all those bets that were made in that thread in the spring and summer of 2004, the bet being that the US would invade Iran before the 2004 US Presidential election? IIRC the losers of the bets were to donate their money to the JREF.
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That money was unfortunately misplaced during the "wagers for food" scandal. :D
 
Zep said:
As far as I'm aware, the Bush admin continues to insist that the USA has no harmful intentions on Australia, and that no force is going to be used on us.

RUN FOR THE HILLS!
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We like the Australians because they are one of the two other countries in the coalition of the willing, but don't get too confident! We're planning on attacking Australia as soon as Paraguay attacks us!
;)
 
Mephisto said:
We like the Australians because they are one of the two other countries in the coalition of the willing, but don't get too confident! We're planning on attacking Australia as soon as Paraguay attacks us!
;)
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Someone, I forget who, recently said we like Australians because they're just like us...on spring break.
 
The Fool said:
Are you serious Gramm? Do you think it would be a good thing if Iran believed it was going to be attacked no matter what it did? Sounds more like a recipe for disaster to me.
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Well since that's not at all what happened in Iraq, it's not what I'm inferring.
 
Mycroft said:
Someone, I forget who, recently said we like Australians because they're just like us...on spring break.
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:)

And for that, we'll even forgive them for celebrating Christmas in the middle of summer!
 
Mephisto said:
We like the Australians because they are one of the two other countries in the coalition of the willing, but don't get too confident! We're planning on attacking Australia as soon as Paraguay attacks us!
;)
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I seem to recall the US supplied arms and "support" to Iraq not so many years back, but look what happened there - so much for "stabilising the region".

Instead of Paraguay, what about another basket-case South American country? Columbia. Yeah, Columbia is good. As I understand it, they have already attacked the USA anyway (Escobar, the War on Drugs, the threatened "invasion", etc). So I'm going to go build a deep, fortified underground bunker in the outback somewhere right now.

Why do I get the impression that the Bush admin think that "Team America - World Police" is an apologist documentary?
 
Mephisto said:
:)

And for that, we'll even forgive them for celebrating Christmas in the middle of summer!
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:) Summer in the middle of Christmas. :)
 
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