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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Targeting Iran: A Day at the Arms Races

Since quoting Marx makes a writer appear both more educated and more serious, I figured I’d start this piece about Iran with a bit of Marxism...from Duck Soup.

Ambassador Trentino: “I am willing to do anything to prevent this war.”
President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho): “It’s too late. I’ve already paid a month’s rent on the battlefield.”

Now I’m not trying to imply the reasons America goes to war are this frivolous but...WMD? Hussein connected to 9/11? Spreading democracy? Even Harpo would be laughing out loud.

The U.S. has a long history of conjuring up dubious rationales to wage war...and this goes for those on both sides of the proverbial aisle. During the 2004 campaign, for example, Senator John F. Kerry declared: “The United States of America never goes to war because we want to; we only go to war because we have to.”

Can someone ask Harpo to quiet down?

To read the complete article, please click here:
http://tinyurl.com/7c4um

Listen to Groucho here:
http://tinyurl.com/clhl4

More serious stuff about Iran:
http://tinyurl.com/7cceu

(Exactly 45 years ago today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned in his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.")

Expendable Michael from Scotland…

...sent me this about the welcome he and some friends gave to Colin Powell: http://tinyurl.com/83shj. Watch the video.
(Don’t forget Michael’s blog: http://thumpingthetub.blogspot.com)