Reply #55: They are setting up an Iranian Hostage Crisis 2007-8: Limited War-->All Out War

[McCamy Taylor]

From the article:

A Pentagon consultant on counterterrorism told me that, if the bombing campaign took place, it would be accompanied by a series of what he called “short, sharp incursions” by American Special Forces units into suspected Iranian training sites. He said, “Cheney is devoted to this, no question.”

This might make sense if you are dealing with some backwater nation where the people fight with sticks and rocks, but it is a bullshit tactic when dealing with a country with a sophisticated military. These men and women are fodder . Why the hell is a draft dodger like Cheney making any military decision? Because the decision to send in small ground special ops forces is a political one.

There is evidence that the US (i.e the administration) conspired with Israel in advance of last summer's invasion of Lebanon. That means that the kidnapped soldiers were just an excuse. When Cheney says that he wants to send a small group of US forces into Iran, he is setting them up to get captured and become hostages.

Now that Congress has declared the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, Cheney can declare that the special forces were in Iran legally. If the Iranian leaders do not immediately turn over the blue eyed blond Jessica Lynch lookalike Private Fodder that Cheney has sent is, he can put her picture on FOX News and make a case for war, just like Israel's leaders made a case for the invasion of Lebanon.

The only thing that has been holding the Neo Cons back is the determination of the Pentagon commanders, a few journalists like Hersch and NBC. Congress has its head up its ass. If they would go ahead and impeach Cheney, we would not be on the brink of war. But no, instead they have to give him legal justification for sending his Private Fodder into Iran.

Once again, there is no logical reason for VP Cheney to make any military decisions about combat in Iran. Anything he insists upon must have a political motive. There is no reason for the White House to keep changing its reasons for invading Iran unless the reasons are all bogus and the truth is that it has already made up its mind to do it and is simply trying to find a way to get it done--like with Iraq.

What the hell is Congress doing? Do Democrats even understand the meaning of Congressional oversight?