at least Oliver North didn't sell these to them...that we know of
heard on the radio Friday: "certainly no one is talking about any sort of military strike against Iran." [paraphrased]
tonight's headline: "Senators say military strike on Iran must be option"
buckle up, everybody it looks like the Democracy Express has another stop to make. the fact that Bush has spent 4 years going after a faux-threat in Iraq while ignoring a serious threat in Iran seems like it will reflect poorly on him in the history books, successful elections or no.
elsewhere in failed U.S. policies of the past, Chile further cemented Latin America's full swing to the left, electing a socialist woman to the presidency continuing the tradition of leftist governments that have ruled the country since the illegally installed (with covert CIA help), human-rights violating murderer Augusto Pinochet stepped aside in 1990 after 17 brutal years in office. that legacy of attempted U.S. influence to resist Marxism of other left-of-the-spectrum governments south of the border continued into the 80s with the well-publicized, illegal sale of arms to Iran to help fund the Contras' insurgency in Nicaragua and has now come back to haunt us in the form of numerous heads of state who, to put it nicely, don't care for us very much (unless they can show us up by offering oil to low-income Bronx residents). meanwhile we're now trying to stop another insurgency from toppling a legally elected government in Iraq - an insurgency that might get help from Iran if they get pissed off (moreso) at the U.S. during this process. elsewhere, an angry Iran subjected to sanctions may also cause another rise in oil prices and/or encourage new attacks on the U.S. and Europe, neither of which would be particularly great for the economy. as Earl could no doubt explain to Nixonites and Reaganites in simple terms, karma's a bitch. let's just hope it doesn't decide to take us all out now that we have to try to prevent Iran from arming, rather than arming them covertly.