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Thursday, December 21, 2006
Tinfoil Hat Time
I just had a thought while I was reading this post by Glenn Greenwald. Glenn is outlining the huge military build-up in the gulf to support "sending a message" to Iran that the U.S. is capable of attacking. I've been reading bits and pieces of this elsewhere too, but it's generally gotten lost in the coverage of Iraq.

Is it possible that the proposed increase (I refuse to call it a surge) in the number of troops in Iraq is really a cover for an attack on Iran? Could it be that Bush thinks he can solve his Iraq problem by taking out Iran? It's pure nuts, but can't you imagine Bush naively figuring that with a "free friendly Iran" the politics of Iraq would dramatically change in our favor? And how about the Saudi's (remember Cheney's recent visit)? Wouldn't they, and the rest of the Sunni world, be thrilled to see such an action?

Of course, any such plan is totally nuts, but that's no reason to eliminate it as pure tinfoil hat conpiracy theorizing, now is it? Not with this bunch.
Written at 2:23 PM by Greyhair.
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