Cheney building an explosive case to fight another war "Not Based On Evidence"

[kpete]

Middle East
Jun 4, 2008
Cheney builds an explosive case
By Gareth Porter

WASHINGTON - For many months, the propaganda line that explosively formed projectiles (EFPs) that could penetrate United States armored vehicles were coming straight from Iran has been embraced publicly by the entire George W Bush administration. But when that argument was proposed internally by military officials in January 2007, it was attacked by key administration officials as unsupported by the facts.

Vice President Dick Cheney was able to get around those objections and get his Iranian EFP line accepted only because of arrangements he and Bush made with General David Petraeus before he took command of US forces in Iraq.

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On February 2, while briefing the news media on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, Hadley asserted bluntly that the draft military briefing that had been circulated in Washington had not been based on evidence.

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Cheney had used the compliant Petraeus to do an end-run around the national security bureaucracy. Petraeus had already reached agreement with the White House to take Cheney's line on the EFPs issue and to present the briefing immediately without consulting State or Defense.


(please read the whole thing, as I could not choose 4 paragraphs that would tell the WHOLE of what is happening here, kpete)
more at:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF04Ak02.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. If Iran didn't exist, they'd be accusing Chavez of making these freakin' missiles.

[denverbill]

2. Congress needs to bring these assholes back in to testify under oath. n/t

[bdamomma]

3. it will never happen

did they round up the same criminals during Iran Contra a big NO, we have criminals ruining this country, and no one seems to want to hold accountable. This will bite us back....sadly.

[leveymg]

4. It already bit us back, on 9/11

Same cast in the leadng roles:
same banks
same sheikhs
same spooks
same coverup artists put to work.

:argh:

[samdogmom]

5. I am so disgusted with these clowns! Please....they're lame ducks now.

DON'T LISTEN TO THEM ANYMORE!

Plus Cheney is just a self-serving a-hole. He NEEDS to GIVE our country back the BILLIONS/HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars(? does the exact amount matter?) he raked in selling the U.S. out!

Edited to make clear it's MONEY I'm talking about!

[countryjake]

6. Impeach, then war crimes trials, for the lot of 'em!

Thanks for posting that article, kpete! A real eye-opener!

Somebody's gotta do something to stop this bastard, before it's too late!