The ‘psychological effects’ of threatening war with Iran 2

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   Erik Hoffner Posted 4:43 am
   06 Aug 2008

   trueTrue, it'd help everyone to cool it on Iran, but that doesn't seem to be of interest to Cheney & co, if you believe Seymour Hersh:
   "Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed the Bush administration recently held a meeting in Vice President Cheney's office to discuss ways to provoke a war with Iran. Hersh said it was considered during the meeting to stage an incident where it would appear that Iranian boats had attacked US forces in the Straits of Hormuz.
   Seymour Hersh: "There was a dozen ideas proffered how to trigger a war. The one that interested me the most was, why don't we build--we, in our shipyard--build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats, put Navy Seals on them with a lot of arms, and, the next time one of our boats goes through the Straits of Hormuz, start a shoot-up. Might cost some lives. And it was rejected, because you can't have Americans killing Americans. But that's the kind of--that's the level of stuff we are talking about: provocation. But that was rejected."
   Seymour Hersh discussed the report during a recent interview at the Campus Progress journalism conference."
   - Democracy Now, Aug 1
   Not even an original idea. It's like they think that the Gulf of Tonkin incident was never reported on. Incredible.
   Erik
   
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   Wolverine Posted 10:18 am
   06 Aug 2008

   If You Think Gas Is Expensive Now ...just wait till the U.S. attacks Iran.

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