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The First Reveal

11 Responses to “The First Reveal”

1. Comment by Jackmormon —
   April 3, 2007 @ 11:29 pm

   Christ. Free Baluchistan indeed. I’d better look again at that much-mocked Ralph Peters map of the New Middle East to see where else we’re intervening.

2. Comment by Thoreau —
   April 4, 2007 @ 6:54 am

   Um, would this constitute a casus belli for Iran?

3. Comment by Thoreau —
   April 4, 2007 @ 7:06 am

   The leader, Regi, claims to have personally executed some of the Iranians.

   “He used to fight with the Taliban. He’s part drug smuggler, part Taliban, part Sunni activist,” said Alexis Debat, a senior fellow on counterterrorism at the Nixon Center and an ABC News consultant who recently met with Pakistani officials and tribal members.

   What could possibly go wrong if we support this guy?

4. Comment by Jon H —
   April 4, 2007 @ 8:52 am

   ABC was running a “Iran will have nukes by 2009!!!!111!!!” story recently.

   I wonder if they’re being played to foment war by giving *both* sides casus belli.

5. Comment by Dan —
   April 4, 2007 @ 1:51 pm

   The immediate question that popped into my head when I saw this was how does this relate to Seymour Hersh’s Jan ‘05 claims of covert American operations in Iran.

   Or perhaps I’m behind the curve.

6. Comment by Dan —
   April 4, 2007 @ 1:55 pm

   Also, from the Perfesser:

   UPDATE: C.J. Burch is questioning the timing: “Don’t kid yourself even for a second — this story was floated to give Iran cover, period.”

   Being floated by whom and to give cover for what (period)?

7. Comment by Gary Farber —
   April 4, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

   “I’m sure that it will turn out that the US has been sponsoring attacks inside Iran since before 2005 – possibly as early as summer or fall 2003, when the US decided to maintain the anti-Iranian MEK on Iraqi soil.”

   I’d just like to say, deeply uselessly, that based on nothing more than bits and pieces, tiny clues and hints, and — most of all — general knowledge of the history of the CIA, special operations, and covert actions by the U.S. government, my purely subjective opinion is that I would be deeply surprised were this not the case.

   It’s nothing resembling proof. But I expect memoirs in under fifteen years.

8. Comment by Wild Pegasus —
   April 4, 2007 @ 7:24 pm

   If we don’t support the terrorists, the terrorists have won.

   - Josh

9. Comment by Happy Jack —
   April 5, 2007 @ 1:09 am

   I’m sure that it will turn out that the US has been sponsoring attacks inside Iran since before 2005 – possibly as early as summer or fall 2003

   I’m told that they’ve been at war with Oceania since 1979.

10. Comment by Jonathan Goff —
    April 5, 2007 @ 2:04 am

    Jim,
    Wow. Good thing we’re maintaining that moral high ground. I just can’t wait to see the mental contortions from the war crowd explaining why being a state sponsor of terrorism is in fact the only manly way to fight those evil…state sponsors of terrorism…

    Nothing to see here folks…these aren’t the droids you’re looking for…

    ~Jon

11. Trackback by Making Light —
    April 6, 2007 @ 12:51 am

    Iran scheme…

    Remember a couple years back when Seymour Hersh claimed that the US was already fighting a covert war against Iran?……

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