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BuroshKozorg

(21 posts)
13. Not really anti-semitic
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:23 PM
Feb 2012

Look up the Wikipedia article. The Lavon affair is a well-documented event. As was the USS Liberty Incident, when Israeli planes shot an at American ship, clearly displaying the American flag, in international waters, with the hope that Egypt could be blamed for it.

By the way it should be said that a lot of countries are engaged in "false flag" operations as a reason to go to war. The Mukden incident in 1931 involved Japanese officers fabricating a pretext for annexing Manchuria by blowing up a section of railway. Six years later in 1937 they falsely claimed the kidnapping of one of their soldiers in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident as an excuse to invade China proper. The 1953 coup d'etat against Iran was conducted in a similar way, and as a pretext for installing the Shah (Operation Ajax) And of course, who can forget that America went to Iraq in part because of the lie that Saddam had links to Al-Qaeda!

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the ayatollahs may be fanatics, but they're not stupid. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #1
They don't REALLY believe that Mahdi Twelth Imam bullstuff, do they? FrodosPet Feb 2012 #16
That's because there is no real difference between the fundys of ANY religion. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #17
Will preemptive war be tolerated this time? Puzzledtraveller Feb 2012 #2
Here's More war-mongering from the controlled media I suppose. naragdaban Feb 2012 #3
A tad anti-Semitic Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #12
Not really anti-semitic BuroshKozorg Feb 2012 #13
I think "The Power of Nightmares" should be sent to each Congressperson nanabugg Feb 2012 #4
Paying attention to what Israel and the USA are reportedly up too madokie Feb 2012 #5
Apparently, Erin and CNN have decided they speak for all Americans regarding this quinnox Feb 2012 #6
Remember, izquierdista Feb 2012 #7
Gotta keep on hyping up the fear and gasoline prices. Have to blame it all sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #8
One thing for sure malaise Feb 2012 #9
erin is filling the shoes of judith miller...and doing a bang up job spanone Feb 2012 #10
Greenwald Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #11
Other than the combined intelligence agencies of the United States government, of course. JackRiddler Feb 2012 #14
Who got Iraq wrong Redstate Bluegirl Feb 2012 #15
Actually, they didn't... JackRiddler Feb 2012 #18
WHY WAS I BANNED??? Blue in Red State Feb 2012 #19
Can you hear the Drums? bvar22 Feb 2012 #20
obviously they have no need for peaceful nukes magical thyme Feb 2012 #21
Aah! The sound of the drums of war in the distance lunatica Feb 2012 #22
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