"...catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor."
posted by The Vidiot @ 3:22 PM Permalink Sound familiar? It was from the PNAC document that said that in order for US foreign policy objectives to be met in the Middle East, a new Pearl Harbor type of event had to happen. And they got it with 9/11.Well, now it seems there's a new 'think tank' paper out there, this time it's the Brookings Institute. And this one says:
‘With provocation, the international diplomatic and domestic political requirements of an invasion would be mitigated, and the more outrageous the Iranian provocation (and the less that the United States is seen to be goading Iran), the more these challenges would be diminished. In the absence of a sufficiently horrific provocation, meeting these requirements would be daunting.’The authors of the report sound like a who's who in the run up to the Iraq war:
, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Labels: iran war prep, pnac
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