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Cheney's "Peace Keeping Mission" to Saudi Arabia
    -The next day Saudi newspapers told the people to prepare for nuclear fallout if the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

    -"Back in March 2002, Cheney made a high-profile Mideast trip to Saudi Arabia and other nations that officials said at the time was about diplomacy
toward Iraq and not war, which began a year later." (Atlas)

Demonization of Iran:   

    -Declaring a threat of nuclear weapons even though the "National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) reported in November 2007 the consensus of all the American intelligence agencies "with high confidence" was that Iran is not actively seeking to develop nuclear weapons. (Polk)"
   

    -Statement from IAEA head says that this is a reminder of pre-war Iraq""We have not seen any weaponization of their program, nor have we received
any information to that affect - no smoking gun or information from intelligence. Based on the evidence, we have, we do not see ... a clear and present danger that requires that you go beyond diplomacy... For the last few years, we have been told by the Security Council ... that we needed to clarify the outstanding issues. We obviously had to welcome Tehran's decision to cooperate with the agency."

    -Declaring Iran a member of the "Axis of Evil" and labeling its military a terrorist organization

    -Blaming Iran for the rise in violence in the Iraq. It has been reported that over 950 lies were told in the build up to the Iraq War about why it was necessary to invade - the script's the same. (Still don't think so? Test yourself; jump to the quiz at the end.)

Admiral Fallon's Resignation in March
    -Fallon was said to be "a lone voice against taking military action to stop the Iranian nuclear program." (Atlas)

    -"Apparently, President Bush's firing of Admiral Fallon was meant to signal to the Iranians that "all options remain on the table." This is the publicly proclaimed policy of the Bush administration and has also been adopted by theDemocratic Party aspirants to the White House, notably even by Barack Obama who recently said, "all options, and I mean all options, are on the table." (Polk)

Israel Bombs Syria

    -Israel bombed Syria in what may be an attempt to force Syria to activate their anti-aircraft electronics. This would allow Israel to discover the gaps in their defenses and to be able to develop a flight path to Iran
A major part of the U.S. Navy is deployed in and around the Persian Gulf.

    - "The numbers are stunning and include not only a vast array of weapons, including nuclear weapons, cruise and other missiles and hundreds of aircraft but also "insertion" (invasion) forces and equipment" (Polk)

Take the Quiz!
 

1.. What Country in the Middle East refuses to confirm or deny that it has a nuclear weapons program and refuses to sign the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty?

2. What Country agreed to be monitored by the    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and opened up its country to IAEA Inspectors?

3. What Country has the IAEA severely criticized for falsifying information on Iran's nuclear program?

4. What country(ies) has/have ever used nuclear weapons on civilian populations?

Answers: 1) Israel; 2) Iran; 3) the U.S.; 4) the U.S.
Sources:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2008/3/11/6-signs-the-us-may-be-headed-for-war-in-iran.html
http://www.juancole.com/2008/03/iran-danger-and-opportunity-polk-guest.html
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4307&Itemid=220

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