clipped from www.commondreams.org
To introduce a couple more elements to the excellent coverage given this story by other writers here:
Navy officers now admit that these small boats, some with machine guns, others unarmed, were virtually incapable of damaging the US vessels. The much-heralded "objects" in the water were never thought dangerous. Follow the link to read the details. Best comment I've read: What happened to the skier?
Navy officers now admit that these small boats, some with machine guns, others unarmed, were virtually incapable of damaging the US vessels. The much-heralded "objects" in the water were never thought dangerous. Follow the link to read the details. Best comment I've read: What happened to the skier?
How 'bout we learn from this?
The President's government wants very much to dominate Iran. Big Media wants very much to support overseas corporate adventure. Reminds me of what Kurt Vonnegut said when asked what he learned from military service in World War II: "Not to believe anything my government said."
From Havana harbor to the Gulf of Tonkin to Iraqi WMD, we gullible Americans have swallowed utterly unreliable tales, and followed leaders with ulterior motives into murderous tragedy. Here we go again. (It bears repeating that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad never said that Israel should be "wiped off the map." It's an English colloquialism! See Iran-US relations, part 2.)
In this tall tale, as in all the others, the corporatocracy scores: most Americans will never know the story was groundless.
But then, there's this blogosphere . . .
1 comment:
Sophia left a BRILLIANT comment on this issue:
"if these people were after "suicide attack" why were they wearing life Jackets?"
:)
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