Comments on: Another Shoe Drops in the NIAC Story http://www.lobelog.com/another-shoe-drops-in-the-niac-story/ Personality Blogs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/another-shoe-drops-in-the-niac-story/comment-page-1/#comment-89407 Jon Harrison Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:31:52 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=308#comment-89407 Thanks, TutuG, for the link. But it seems the key point re the MEK is that it definitely does NOT present any kind of threat to the Iranian regime. It can be no more than the smallest bit player in any U.S.-Israeli machinations, even from the PR point of view. Thanks, TutuG, for the link. But it seems the key point re the MEK is that it definitely does NOT present any kind of threat to the Iranian regime. It can be no more than the smallest bit player in any U.S.-Israeli machinations, even from the PR point of view.

]]> By: TutuG http://www.lobelog.com/another-shoe-drops-in-the-niac-story/comment-page-1/#comment-89381 TutuG Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:28:04 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=308#comment-89381 Those who wants to know what the Mujahiddin-e-Khalq believe these days, may find this interview with an ex-MEK member useful: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE18Ak01.html Those who wants to know what the Mujahiddin-e-Khalq believe these days, may find this interview with an ex-MEK member useful: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HE18Ak01.html

]]> By: Jon Harrison http://www.lobelog.com/another-shoe-drops-in-the-niac-story/comment-page-1/#comment-89218 Jon Harrison Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:33:16 +0000 http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=308#comment-89218 The level of intrigue is below old Washington standards, but notable nonetheless, particularly for those who fail to comprehend how much U.S. public opinion (and, sometimes, government policy) is shaped by forces the average citizen is largely unaware of. I was surprised to learn that recent polling shows increasing public support for military action against Iran, should the Iranians refuse to abandon their nuclear program. Given that the threat to the U.S. is all but nonexistant, and that deterrence is a proven alternative to war, this shows just how well those in the shadows have done their work. The Obama administration will never attack Iran, but if he's out in 2012 and a hard line Republican gets in, a U.S. ( and joint Israeli?) strike could occur. That, in my opinion, given the military/economic/budgetary strains we are under, would spell finis d'Amerique -- at least as the world's power number one. The level of intrigue is below old Washington standards, but notable nonetheless, particularly for those who fail to comprehend how much U.S. public opinion (and, sometimes, government policy) is shaped by forces the average citizen is largely unaware of.

I was surprised to learn that recent polling shows increasing public support for military action against Iran, should the Iranians refuse to abandon their nuclear program. Given that the threat to the U.S. is all but nonexistant, and that deterrence is a proven alternative to war, this shows just how well those in the shadows have done their work. The Obama administration will never attack Iran, but if he’s out in 2012 and a hard line Republican gets in, a U.S. ( and joint Israeli?) strike could occur. That, in my opinion, given the military/economic/budgetary strains we are under, would spell finis d’Amerique — at least as the world’s power number one.

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