Bush: "Wanna Leave Iraq? Then We'll Give You Another Terror Attack"

Aware of the overwhelming public opposition to the endless slaughter in Iraq, and fearful that an eventual Democratic victor in the presidential race just might yield - albeit grudgingly, and albeit only partially - to the will of the people, Bush has just threatened the US with another terror attack should the next Prez withdraw the troops "prematurely." (the link is to the Guardian article summarizing the key points, not the actual transcript of the interview, which is a nauseating foray into Bush's daughter's wedding, Bush's (non)use of e-mail, etc.)

Undoubtedly, Bush here, as always, is serving as the mouthpiece for sectors of the military-industrial-petroleum-media-banking-intelligence-mercenary complex who are simply making too much cold cash in Iraq to let this cow go out to pasture. Plus, the US and Israel want to use Iraq to attack Iran.

By the way, these are the forces that are probably stealing US elections (not something so dingy as the Republican "Party"), because the covert operatives, ex-special forces, ex-CIA, ex-DIA people and mercenary thugs working for this vast array of huge interests probably share Bush's mostly unfounded fear of the Democrats, even though the Dems have always been as war-friendly as anyone could be. But when hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, they figure, you can't take any chances. 

 

Empire Dusts Off New Toy: MEK

Yesterday, NY Times reporter John Burns filed a story from London on the UK courts' ruling that the weird "Marxist" sect, the MEK (Mujahedeen e-Khalq), the "People's Mujahedeen," should no longer be on the UK's list of terrorist groups. Abundant in its favorable descriptions rosy-eyed view of the group, Burns' story suggests that the MEK is being readied for use as a proxy in a prospective attack on Iran, much as something called the Iraqi National Congress and the infamous Ahmed Chalabi was used before the invasion of Iraq. Burns is alive to the implications of the decision, i.e., that the MEK would now be able to fundraise and organize in the UK and Europe, if they are indeed removed from the terrorist lists.
Don't be surprised if we soon see a motion in the US Congress to demand that the State Department remove the MEK from the US' own terrorist list.
Justin Raimundo has an interesting take on the MEK and Bush's recend presidential finding authorizing stepped up covert action against Iran.