Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Next stop: Iran?


As we witness the fear mongering build-up that surrounds Iran’s nuclear program, it might be helpful—in the name of context—to hark back to previous threats (sic) against the land of the free, e.g. the myth of Soviet supremacy. Author Edward S. Herman defined the “Soviet threat” as “a large and formidable beast of prey, the size of whose claws and fangs varied with the demands of the Military-Industrial Complex.”

“It’s now virtually undisputed that the menace once attributed to the Red Army was greatly overrated,” adds journalist Ken Silverstein.

“Military history is full of trumped-up threats,” says Business Week columnist Stan Crock. “Time and again in military preparations, fears are raised that later prove unfounded.”

WMD, anyone?

Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense (sic) from 1981 to 1987, unrepentant Cold Warrior, and master of spin, Caspar Weinberger remained unfazed by any evidence of U.S. deception, vis-à-vis the Soviets: “In the end, we won the Cold War,” he said, “and if we won by too much, if it was overkill, so be it.”

Next stop: Iran?

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Posted on 01/11 at 05:27 AM
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