as soon as i saw this report on wire, i asked myself, who's passing out unreleased IAEA reports to the news media -- and what could be their motive? check out the lede:
"(Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog has received new information regarding allegations that Iran may be seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile, the agency said in a report voicing deepening concern about the issue.
The confidential document from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signaled growing frustration at what it sees as Iran's lack of cooperation with a long-running investigation into its disputed nuclear program." IAEA says gets info on possible Iran military work | Reuters
with all the hubbub in the MENA crescent, is it any wonder that the neo-cons and other interested parties -- who are watching their well-laid plans for perpetual domination of the oil-producing heartlands -- would be anxious about reasserting themselves?
they're really just one-trick ponies. the only leverage they have any more is brute force, and the ability to strike overwhelmingly and mercilessly against powers who thwart their will. they no longer have the dollar with which to purchase allegiance -- nobody wants their worthless paper any longer. hillary clinton keeps making speeches about american ideals, freedom and human rights and all that, but people stopped listening to that self-serving tripe soon after george w. bush unleashed his crusades against islam.
iran is a particularly attractive target. on one hand, it's a thorn in the side of the israelis, who wish to oppress and humiliate muslims in pursuit of something akin to "manifest destiny" which led to genocide against the native north american people in the USA. on the other, the US hates having been humiliated when the shah was overthrown, and it chaps washington's ass to have the mullahs refuse to take orders, and sell iran's oil exclusively to western oil companies.
it was a pathetic spectacle in the run-up to the iraq invasion when the cheneyites threw everything they could come up with against saddam -- donald rumsfeld's famous quote hours after the WTC attacks comes to mind. those aluminum tubes, the uranium from africa, those 15 minutes, the smoking gun being a mushroom cloud. the US government was completely unburdened by any compulsion to tell the truth. bush and company almost blew a gasket when the then-head of the IAEA, mohamad elbaradi, refused to rubber-stamp their increasingly desperate assertions about saddam's weapons -- which after all was said and done, never existed.
after the stuxnet computer worm that the US and israel unleashed against iran's siemens centrifuges, and sabotaged the iranian enrichment program, i wonder how the IAEA can find the iranian program so threatening. whatever the iranians may have been up to has no doubt been set back considerably. if iran has been less than forthcoming, it could well be due to embarassment over what has befallen their program, or they simply may suspect the IAEA to be in league with the US and israel. when it comes to trustworthyness, washington would frankly not be very high up on anyone's list.
the US is beset with problems around the world, not the least of which is its precarious economic situation. as unrest flares around the globe, particularly in places the US previously had in its pocket, there's more than a hint of some of the same grievances simmering across the US itself. we've been taught to fear the islamists, but now it turns out that they weren't the real driving force in the middle east after all. how will the government keep a lid on things when the economic recovery begins to falter, and prices are no longer always lower at wal-mart?
war is hell. but for the ruling oligarchs, losing their grip on the reins of power is worse. so if it's a war they need, it's war we'll have.
count on it.
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