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Headlines : "War on Terror"

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The preparations for war with Iran continue. First the weapons, then al-Sadr. We must mobilize now, internationally, to oppose this new war, and quickly. If the air strikes go awry, and a land invasion becomes necessary, they will restore the draft. It’s the only possible way they could pull it off. They’re already barely getting by, after lowering their standards for recruits repeatedly. This is about more than oil, gas, & geo-strategic “full spectrum” (global) dominance. This is about the hegemony of the dollar on the world market.

As I’ve said before, if they have to choose between restoring the draft, which risks inciting domestic insurrection, and losing their geo-strategic and economic hegemony around the globe, they’ll quickly choose the former.

[Posted By ShiftShapers]

By Seymour M. Hersh
Republished from The New Yorker

Is the Administration's new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism?

A Strategic Shift

In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The “redirection,” as some inside the White House have called the new strategy, has brought the United States closer to an open confrontation with Iran and, in parts of the region, propelled it into a widening sectarian conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.

To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.

One contradictory aspect of the new strategy is that, in Iraq, most of the insurgent violence directed at the American military has come from Sunni forces, and not…

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