Betul, Mbak... Terimakasih atas apresiasinya.... Di bulan Ramadhan ini kita memang sebaiknya bicara yang sejuk-sejuk saja. Maka saya nggak pernah atau jarang sekali komentar, apapun tanggapan orang terhadap tulisan saya.
Saya juga heran, kenapa orang kok senang betul sama yang panas-panas ya? Tapi kalau buka puasa pakai sop panas, soto panas, atau bakso panas, nah itu saya suka.... he..he..he... Salam adem ayem, Satrio --- ndah maldiniwati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ini ms satrioarismunandar di blogspot.com?? saya > suka banget baca > blogg-nya njenengan terutama resensi2 bukunya & > dunia jurnalisme. > moga membawa AC-nya di milis yg sedang panas ini:) > > > --- In [email protected], Satrio Arismunandar > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Crisis Is Upon Us > > by Paul Craig Roberts > > > > A number of experts have concluded that despite > the > > Bush administration' s desire to attack Iran, the > > aggression would be too rash and the consequences > too > > dire even for the irrational Bush administration. > > > > Military experts point out that at a time when > > generals are calling for more troops for > Afghanistan > > and Iraq, it would be ill-advised for Bush to add > Iran > > to the war theater. Experts note that Ira is well > > armed with missiles capable of attacking US ships > and > > oil facilities throughout the Middle East and that > > Iran can direct its Shiite allies in Iraq to > assault > > US troops there and set in motion terrorist > actions > > throughout the Middle East. > > > > Diplomatic experts point out that the US is > isolated > > in its desire for war with Iran and has no ally > except > > Israel, thus validating Muslim claims that the US > is > > Israel's instrument against Muslims in the Middle > > East. Experts note that military aggression is a > war > > crime and that US violations of international law > > isolate the US and destroy the soft power on which > US > > leadership has been based. An attack on Iran could > be > > the last straw for Muslims chaffing under the rule > of > > US puppet governments in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan > and > > Saudi Arabia. > > > > Economic experts point out that the impact on the > > price of oil would be severe and the economic > > consequences detrimental. With the US housing > bubble > > deflating, now is not the time for an oil shock. > > > > It is difficult to take exception to this expert > > analysis. Nevertheless, the Bush administration > > continues to send war signals. Credible news > > organizations have reported that US naval attack > > groups have been given "prepare to deploy orders" > that > > would put them on station off Iran by October 21. > > > > How can Bush administration war plans be reconi > led > > with expert opinion that the consequences would be > too > > dire for the US? > > > > Perhaps the answer is that what appears as > > irrationality to experts is rationality to > > neoconservatives. Neocons seek maximum chaos and > > instability in the Middle East in order to justify > > long-term US occupation of the region. Following > this > > line of thought, neocons would regard the loss of > a US > > aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf as a way to > > solidify public support for the war. US public > anger > > at the Iranians could even result in US public > support > > for a military draft in order to win "the war on > > terror." > > > > The Bush administration could bring Congress > around by > > announcing a "Gulf of Tonkin" incident or by > > orchestrating a "terrorist attack." However, this > is > > unnecessary as Bush has prepared the ground for > > bypassing Congress with his propagandistic > allegations > > that Iran, by arming Iraqi insurgents, sponsoring > > terrorism, and building nuclear weapons, is the > major > > part of the ongoing "war against terrorism." Now > that > > Iran is blamed for rising violence in Iraq, an > attack > > on Iran follows as a matter of course. All Bush > has to > > do is to continue with his lies in order to bring > the > > American public to a new war hysteria. > > > > Bush's attorney general has demonstrated that he > has > > no qualms about validating any and all extra-legal > > powers that the White House requires for violating > the > > US Constitution and international law. The > > congressional attempts to block illegal > wiretapping > > and torture have failed. The Senate has refused to > > authorize torture, but the Senate has not > prevented > > the administration from torturing detainees. The > > compromise leaves it to the White House to decide > by > > executive order whether its interrogation > practices > > are objectionable. In an editorial (September 22, > > 2006), the Washington Post concluded that "the > abuse > > can continue." > > > > Polls show that Bush administration propaganda has > > convinced a majority of inattentive Americans that > > Iran is making nuclear weapons. Polls show that a > > majority support an attack on Iran under this > > circumstance. The neoconservatives and their media > > allies have succeeded in causing the public to > confuse > > Iran's legal nuclear energy program with a weapons > > program. > > > > The International Atomic Energy Agency, whose > > inspectors pour over Iran's nuclear energy program > for > > signs of a weapons program, recently denounced a > House > > Intelligence Committee report as "outrageous and > > dishonest." Written by the Republican neocon > staff, > > the Republican report falsely alleges that Iran > had > > enriched uranium to weapons grade last April and > that > > the IAEA had removed a senior safeguards inspector > to > > keep the alleged breach of the Nuclear > > Non-proliferation Pact secret. > > > > Once again neoconservatives have shown that they > will > > tell any and every lie to achieve their goal of > > attacking Iran. Jingoistic anti-UN Bush supporters > > will automatically believe the neocon lie and will > > swallow right-wing talk radio claims that the UN > is > > protecting Iran's nuclear weapons program. As we > > learned from the Iraq hysteria, facts and experts > are > > no impediment to the Bush administration' s lies. > > > > Rumsfeld's neocon Pentagon has rewritten US war > > doctrine to permit preemptive nuclear attack on > > non-nuclear countries. As the USpaid a huge public > > relations cost in terms of world opinion and > distrust > > of the US by endorsing the first use of nuclear > > weapons, the revision of US war doctrine must have > a > > purpose. > > > > Neocons claim that tactical nuclear weapons are > > necessary to destroy Iran's underground > facilities. > > However, the real reason for using nukes against > Iran > > is to intimidate Iran from retaliating and to > threaten > > the entire Muslim world with genocide unless > Muslims > > bend to the neocons?will and accept US hegemony > over > > their part of the world. > > > > September 25, 2006 > > Dr. Roberts [end him mail] is Chairman of the > > Institute for Political Economy and Research > Fellow at > > the Independent Institute. He is a former > associate > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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