15, January 2008 IRAN
The White House propaganda machine is in overdrive spewing out more unsubstantiated claims of a dangerous provocation in the Strait of Hormuz. New evidence now reveals that contrary to White House claims, the encounter was a routine incident. A Navy spokesman told ABC News that the recorded threat to US ships might not have come from Iranian gun boats.Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, commander of the 5th fleet in Bahrain, made it abundantly clear that US ships were never in danger, and had no intention on firing on the Iranian patrol boats – an important statement completely ignored by the US media.
It is tragic that the mainstream media which failed to challenge Bush’s bogus claims of Iraqi WMD’s, is still willing to echo more false claims of the White House which could easily have precipitated our nation into launching another war. Both CNN, CBS and other networks, as well as the print media, allowed itself to be completely duped by misleading White House statements. It is time the mainstream media insulates itself from the cancerous influence of the Pentagon and White House and serves as an honest watchdog.
It is incredulous that anybody would still believe public statements from the president who has demonstrated his complete disdain for the truth and the rule of law. It is time for Congress to stiffen its spine and remove this president and his partner in crime, Vice-President Cheney, from office. Failure to do so will plunge our nation deeper into the abyss.
Ref: Gareth Porter, Investigative historian specializing in U.S. national security policy. He writes regularly on Iran for the Inter Press Service. His latest book is called “Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.” Material from Democracy Now, 1-11-08
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