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Deja Vu All Over Again
Author: BobR
Date: 03/14/2008 12:29:26
The great Yogi Berra uttered the famous phrase "it's like Deja Vu all over again" when discussing Roger Maris and Mickie Mantle hitting home run after home run. It's hard to look at the Iraq war and remember Viet Nam and not think the same thing. The wasted lives, the wasted money, burning the village to save it, the inability to get out of it despite its unpopularity.
Looking back on how we got into this war in the first place, are we experiencing another case of "deja vu"? How likely is it we'll start another war - this time with Iran?
Pretty likely, based on certain observations. Writer Dave Lindorf refers to it as the Oh Shit Moment:
There are numerous other indicators that we are on the precipice, gazing down into the abyss, and waiting for that inexorable tip that will begin our descent. Terry Atlas at U.S. News & World Report points out 6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran. Some of them are a bit of a reach, but you can read the article yourself. Briefly, they are:
Fallon's resignation reminds me of the revolving door of generals we had during the lead up to the war with Iraq. Anyone that didn't toe the line, both in ideology and support for the poor military planning was "retired". Remember General Shinseki?
Then there was the trumped up "evidence" of WMD. Despite an intelligence report to the contrary, Iran is still being accused of developing nuclear weapons. Last time the Bush Administration used manipulated intelligence and this time Bush is just ignoring it.
Here are some more "rememberies" from the early days of the Iraq war. How often do you still see the mainstream news "report" (or should I say "repeat") the propaganda coming out of the White House as if it's all credible fact?
Bush sees the authorization to use force in Iraq as carte blanche to use force anywhere in the world at his discretion, including in Iran. We can see the signs - it's like deja vu all over again. This war, however, needs to be stopped before it gets started.
Looking back on how we got into this war in the first place, are we experiencing another case of "deja vu"? How likely is it we'll start another war - this time with Iran?
Pretty likely, based on certain observations. Writer Dave Lindorf refers to it as the Oh Shit Moment:
Every horror movie has that “Oh Shit!” moment, when the hero or heroes are huddled in some creepy hideout, and suddenly something happens that tells you that the monster is just around the corner, or just about to attack. In “Jurassic Park” it was the pulsing ripples in a cup of water, heralding the arrival of a T-Rex. In “Jaws” it was the deep bass music, letting you know that a monstrous shark was about to attack.
Well, we just got our “Oh Shit!” moment with the just-announced resignation of Admiral William J. Fallon, the military commander of US Middle East operations.
Adm. Fallon, 63, famously said that an attack on Iran would not happen “on my watch,” and is widely believed to have already threatened, along with a number of other top generals and admirals, to quit the service if the Bush administration were to launch an air attack on Iran.
There are numerous other indicators that we are on the precipice, gazing down into the abyss, and waiting for that inexorable tip that will begin our descent. Terry Atlas at U.S. News & World Report points out 6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran. Some of them are a bit of a reach, but you can read the article yourself. Briefly, they are:
1. Fallon's resignation
2. Vice President Cheney's peace trip
3. Israeli airstrike on Syria
4. Warships off Lebanon
5. Israeli comments
6.Israel's war with Hezbollah
Fallon's resignation reminds me of the revolving door of generals we had during the lead up to the war with Iraq. Anyone that didn't toe the line, both in ideology and support for the poor military planning was "retired". Remember General Shinseki?
Then there was the trumped up "evidence" of WMD. Despite an intelligence report to the contrary, Iran is still being accused of developing nuclear weapons. Last time the Bush Administration used manipulated intelligence and this time Bush is just ignoring it.
Here are some more "rememberies" from the early days of the Iraq war. How often do you still see the mainstream news "report" (or should I say "repeat") the propaganda coming out of the White House as if it's all credible fact?
Bush sees the authorization to use force in Iraq as carte blanche to use force anywhere in the world at his discretion, including in Iran. We can see the signs - it's like deja vu all over again. This war, however, needs to be stopped before it gets started.
