Next up in our SuperImperialist Murderfest: Iran!
US Bombs Iran: Hawks Readying For 2004 InvasionBy J. Stanton
26 March 2003While the slaughter continues in Iraq, the United States has its sights set on the real prize: the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even though Syria is next on the chopping block according to the authors of A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm -chief among them Richard Perle and Douglas Feith- it is Iran that Bush and his team of hawks covet.
In their view, it's payback time for the 1970's overthrow of the Shah and subsequent takeover by Khomeni, the occupation of the US Embassy, the ensuing hostage crisis, the botched rescue attempt that sullied America's military reputation, and tit-for-tat terrorist actions over the years between the US and Iran (US Navy shoot down of Iranian airliner, Iranian backed terrorist attacks on US troops, etc).
Nevermind that in 1953, the US, UK and Israeli intelligence were responsible for a coup which ousted the nationalistic Iranian prime minister Mossadegh and would ultimately lead to regional conflict with Iraq and hatred of the US to this day. The same stupidity was repeated in 1963 in Iraq, when US, UK and Israeli intelligence whipped up a coup decapitating prime minister Assem (a 25 year-old named Saddam Hussein played a key role in that effort) which would ultimately lead to regional conflict with Iran and Kuwait and hatred of the US to this day.