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After weeks, if not months, of US official planning to present a damning "dossier" of incriminating evidence against Iran, and after this same US administration presented us with lopsided, erroneous information about the capability and evil intentions of the Saddam Hussein regime, the best the US government can give us today is incendiary evidence presented at a Baghdad news conference by three US officials who refuse to be quoted by name?
That's disgraceful and unacceptable.
The American people deserve straight talk from identified US officials.
Here are some of the reports today:
-- Washington Post
-- AP
-- Reuters
-- AFP
If US officials are so sure of themselves -- their evidence appears credible but is disputed by Iranian officials and others -- then they should agree to be identified publicly and appear on-camera.
Also, the voluminous photographic evidence shared with journalists at the Baghdad news conference should be posted in full on a US government Web site.
But, wait, one of the three supposedly unnamed US officials apparently has been outed by an Iraqi news service, Voices of Iraq, whose report on the Baghdad news conference identified one of the three speakers as Major General William Caldwell, whose portfolio includes public affairs and who holds frequent news conferences and grants one-on-one interviews. So, if the VOI report identifying Caldwell is correct, why did every other news organization apparently agree to grant anonymity to the general who's the official spokesman of the US-led Multi-National Force in Iraq? Why would Caldwell insist on not having his name associated with these allegations today?
After the bogus Iraq evidence debacle in 2002 and 2003 -- allegations that led to war, tens of thousands of lives lost, and hundreds of billions of dollars spent -- only a fool would accept as the gospel supposed evidence against another country that's presented by officials who insist on making their allegations anonymously.
We deserve better from the US government. We deserve better from the western news media.
Hello, bring an end to the war in Iraq. well, we have been trying through our album "War Games - The Battle for America (cos that is what this is about..and how do I know.> easy! cos I am a Brit and with one of your guys, a real paid up patriot American called Barry David Butler we have penned and sung 18 GREAT ANTI WAR SONGS.HEY, NO, THIS IS NOT A SALES PITCH..the album is free to anyone. and especially anyone who can get it some AIRPLAY! the media has clammed up and clamped down on these protest songs of class, character and content. Try a sample at http://myspace.com/antiwarprotests. Or, email me, roger.carterUK@gmail.com or Mr Voice himself, MUZIQE@webtv.net. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED THIS IS THE TRACK LIST:
ReplyDeleteVIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN
WARGAME
MY COUNTRY
WESTERN MEN, EASTERN WARS
ONE THOUSAND DAYS
A FEW GOOD MEN
10 DOWNING STREET
COMMANDER IN THIEF
PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO
COME FLY (RENDITION)
THEY FOUGHT A WAR FOR YOU AND ME
NOT A SINGLE BOUQUET
COMMANDS FOR HEROES
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
SECURITY ALERT
NEVER AGAIN
WAR IS OLD FASHIONED
WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO ME
WE HAVE TO STOP THEM DOING THIS
ReplyDeleteB61-11
Bunker busting ballistics
what an inventory
Nuclear headed antics
aimed at foreign clerics
Its the latest in the physics
of nuclear armouries
more Washington tactics
some might consider drastic
No, little friend, its not a sign from heaven
that's just the terror of a B61-11
We can't take it anymore
this constant rush to war
it's all gonna end
in too much bloody gore
So we all have to act
to stop them in their tracks-
no more no more no more!
Bridge: Messianics everywhere
foretelling judgements
and judgement day
Voices in the pentagon
and in the D O D
are caught up in plans
that ignore you and me
No, little friend, its not a sign from heaven
that's just the terror of a B61-11
Ignore what we feel
Ignore what we say
That ain't no way
to run the USA
Droppin these new warheads
on any other land
ain't gonna stop them
from carryin out their plan
The backlash will be awesome
the blood will run deep
and one more bloody time
the whole world will weep
(c) roger antony carter 2006
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