hell’s handmaiden

A quick redirect to an interesting bit of news. Ray McGovern, “veteran Army intelligence officer and a former CIA analyst for 27 years’ as per his signature line, has written a letter to Gen. Fallon about attacking Iran. In this letter he talk about oaths taken to uphold the constitution and about the general stupidity of attacking Iran. The letter has already been published online in a number of places. Check Google or read it where I found it–peterthottam.com

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I’m tempted to start spreading the rumor that Mark Noonan has died and been replaced with someone significantly more reasonable.

… is not what the cartoonist thinks it is, but what the cartoonist thinks.

Makes me bloody ashamed to be a US citizen.

The cartoon comes from Investors.com. There are more. I found the cartoon via The Discerning Texan.

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And when Iran reacts it will somehow be their fault. It will somehow be Iran who provoked us. The US will be innocent and Bush will be the ‘defender’ not the attacker. Please.

The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, say President Bush has signed a “nonlethal presidential finding” that puts into motion a CIA plan that reportedly includes a coordinated campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran’s currency and international financial transactions.

The Blotter

Hat-tip: Dyre Portents: Bush Authorizes Ops Vs Iran.

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