Key to Opening the Gates of Hell? Another questionable slideshow. Bush Admin makes another weak case

[Mugsy]

Key to Opening the Gates of Hell? Another questionable slideshow. Bush Admin makes another weak case to justify expanding war.

“The idea that somehow we’re manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs is preposterous” - President Bush, last Wednesday, Feb 14, 2007

You’ve probably noticed that the Bush Administration has been talking a lot about Iran lately and appear to be making the case for an invasion that we can neither afford, have the troops for, nor necessary.

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Not unlike Colin Powell’s “devastating” slideshow making the case against Iraq at the U.N. in early 2003, the Bush Administration… proving they have learned NOTHING in the last four years, has produced a similar slideshow suggesting evidence of Iranian involvement in Iraq. The presentation does anything but. It makes a strong case that “EFP’s” (Explosively Formed Projectiles) are being used in Iraq… which no one has ever disputed and have been in use since 2004… and tells you that the weapons came from Iran… yet only one seizure actually took place at the Iraq/Iran border: a cache of TNT, not mortars or missiles. The ENTIRE basis for their claims of “Iranian government complicity” seems to be that capture of five Iranian officials in Iraq last month (see last weeks column) whose release was lobbied for by the President of Iraq. Let’s look at a few of the photos from that slideshow (this was the first photo to capture my attention):



This weapon was both made in “September, 2006″ and found “September 9, 2006″, barely more than a week later.

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Also notice that the font and information on the weapon on the left looks nothing like the “confirmed Iranian munition” on the right (81 MM HE is 81mm “high explosive”). Some have pointed out that it seems highly unlikely that Iran… a longtime ally of Russia (and the Soviet Union before that)… would produce American-style 81mm mortars instead of the Soviet format 82mm shell size

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[Mugsy]

1. Please bump

Please bump this post so others get a chance to read it. Thx.

[rock]

2. It certainly is preposterous

that they’re manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs.

[AzDar]

3. K &R n/t

[Mnemosyne]

4. Liars, one and all. knr n/t

[Mugsy]

5. Read the rest

Hopefully, others are going onto read the full story.

The case the WH is making for WAR is soooo incredibly weak, it's frightening.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

8. Even M$M is questioning the reports

That is the good news.

The bad news is their willingness to publish this stuff with unnamed sources that has a 90% chance of being bogus.

[Mnemosyne]

9. And they don't give a damn that it is weak either.

A very frightening time in the world, completely agree.

The harder the BS is pushed, the clearer it is shown as BS - to those of us with IQ's.

Mad world Mugsy, simply mad. :hi:

[Czolgosz]

6. K & R

[immoderate]

7. Mugsy rocks!

I'll be sending this link around. Thanks.

--IMM