"America's democratizing effort amounts to the establishment of a new totalitarian theocracy (with a democratic veneer). The fall of Saddam has benefited Tehran, not Washington."
"Iran has deployed 46 brigades near the Iraq border. These are positioned to support Iraqi Shiites who want to form their own Iranian-backed state. Meanwhile, Saudi military officers have been defecting to the Iraq insurgency at the rate of 100 per month. According to Geostrategy-direct.com, 6,000 Saudi nationals may have already joined the anti-American side. Surviving fragments of Saddam's army continue to fight the coalition (with Syrian support)." "With as many as 150,000 fighters, the Iraq insurgency is building." "A mighty chain of secrecy links enemy intelligence services to mafias. In turn, criminal mafias are linked to American banks and banks to businessmen and businessmen to politicians. In the end, the great wheel of misguided policy is greased." Interesting points: 46 Iranian brigades poised on their Iraq frontier, large numbers of American-trained Saudi officers defecting to the Iraq insurgency bringing knowledge of U.S. military tactics and a possible high total of 150,000 insurgency fighters which means U.S. forces are outnumbered. Not a pretty picture this author paints. That last quote fits in nicely with the recent revelations of a connection linking DeLay to Saudi banker Saleh via the lobbyist Abramoff. Saleh's bank is reputed to be Bin Laden's bank of choice. David Bier http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/pastanalysis/2005/0819.html Weekly Column - 08.19.2005 THE IRAQ DIVERSION by J. R. Nyquist The defeat of Iraq has opened the way for Iran. If America pulls out of Iraq, or if democracy is allowed to advance to it's logical conclusion, the Iranians pick up the pieces. Even now, Iran has deployed 46 brigades near the Iraq border. These are positioned to support Iraqi Shiites who want to form their own Iranian-backed state. Meanwhile, Saudi military officers have been defecting to the Iraq insurgency at the rate of 100 per month. According to Geostrategy-direct.com, 6,000 Saudi nationals may have already joined the anti-American side. Surviving fragments of Saddam's army continue to fight the coalition (with Syrian support). It now appears that President Bush's plan for Iraq cannot succeed unless Syria and Iran are overrun and pacified. Of course, such a plan is politically and militarily impractical. The United States Army is too small and the American people would not approve. With as many as 150,000 fighters, the Iraq insurgency is building. Will America persevere in the face of continuing resistance? Will the American people tire of the administration's policy? Will America's guns and butter economy survive the fall of the dollar? It may yet be possible to build democracy in Iraq if democratic norms are imposed gradually, with stern resolve, over a period of years. But democratization has been hurried and the results are already embarrassing. Since the Shiite majority dislikes America and cannot grasp the fundamentals of democracy, America's democratizing effort amounts to the establishment of a new totalitarian theocracy (with a democratic veneer). The fall of Saddam has benefited Tehran, not Washington. Supporters of President Bush will say that the strategy needs more time. But administration policy relies on haste, and the result is waste. Coalition forces did not subdue, disarm and pacify Iraq. The coalition merely destroyed one totalitarian regime in favor of another. Last week Iran recommenced its nuclear weapons program. France and Germany offered Iran a tray of economic goodies but Tehran wasn't tempted. The Iranian leaders want bombs that can level entire countries (especially Israel). Their dream is destructive and their beliefs are fixed. It's not about economics. Strategically, the hour is late. It is not a question of holding the line against Iran. Like Iraq, the Iranian regime is a diversionary pawn in a larger game. It is a question of stopping Iran's leading sponsors Russia and China. According to an AP account by Burt Herman, Chinese and Russian forces are presently rehearsing a "mock intervention" against a country "riven by ethnic strife." One might, at first, think of a Central Asian country, but no, that isn't it. Think East L.A. Think of the interrelationships between and behind the larger players: Afghanistan has reverted to poppy growing. America's streets are loaded with drugs. The Russian mafia and Chinese triads are moving the product. American banks are laundering the proceeds. A mighty chain of secrecy links enemy intelligence services to mafias. In turn, criminal mafias are linked to American banks and banks to businessmen and businessmen to politicians. In the end, the great wheel of misguided policy is greased. Capitalism succumbs to its own logic. Democracy destroys democracy. Freedom destroys the foundations of freedom. Capitalism implodes. Could it be that America is a "misunderstanding" that gives forth embassies and makes treaties until, at last, it is understood and sinks away? The Great Crisis has little to do with Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran. (Though Iraq has become the focus of a successful strategic diversion.) Despite hissing and spitting from the gallery, there is nothing immoral about thumping an evil dictator or eliminating gruesome zealots (with minimum collateral damage). But have the sense to know when you've been diverted to a rabbit hole, that the dictator of the rabbit hole is a tertiary creature. Your survival doesn't depend on his elimination. Your survival depends on complex structures that deter ICBMs hidden in rail tunnels beneath the Urals. Your survival depends on an intelligence community that watches Russia and China, first and foremost. Common sense teaches that every negation is an affirmation. Negate Iraq and affirm Iran. Negate Israel and confirm the PLO. Negate America and affirm Russia and China. Those who negate America, who blame and slander President Bush, are unwitting supporters of Vladimir Putin and the Russian General Staff. Just as the anti-war rhetoric of the 1960s strengthened the Communist Bloc, condemning millions of Southeast Asians to death and worse than death, the anti-war rhetoric of 2005 strengthens the butchers in Beijing, the madman in Caracas, the windbag in Havana, the murderous recluse in Pyongyang and the crazy ayatollahs in Tehran. Behind this rotten crew stands the old Communist machine, hidden by pseudo-democratic props and KGB-capitalists. 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