US is already at war with Iran by Ted Koppel

[napi21]

"The United States is already at war with Iran," Koppel begins. "But for the time being the battle is being fought through surrogates."

(snip)
But Washington's greatest gift to the Iranians lies next door in Iraq. By removing Saddam Hussein, the United States endowed the majority Shiites with real power, while simultaneously tearing down the wall that had kept Iran in check.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/07/22/ted-koppel-in-the-nyt-t_e_25598.html

Lynn Cullen read most of this article on her show this AM.

[shain from kane]

1. He's trying to remind us when he almost destroyed the Carter

presidency with that Iranian hostage crisis. Trying to re-live the glory days, Ted? You're no longer relevant. Join Newt with your World War III predictions.

[OneBlueSky]

2. can there be any doubt that the entire BushCo enterprise is . . .

(and always has been) based on engaging the US in wars of conquest, particularly in the Middle East? . . . it's what PNAC called for, and it's what seems to occupy the BushCo psyche and actions, almost to the exclusion of everything else . . .

we've "elected" real, true, die-hard warmongers to run this country . . . and they're mongering away our freedom, our treasury, and our place in the world . . .

and maybe even our very existance as a nation . . .

[bananas]

3. free version here

http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/07/21/opinion/edkoppel.php