Could the Iraq Debacle have been caused by a spelling error? Tongue in cheeek of course. But a WaPo story today says the 9/11 Commission has determined there were colaborative links between Al Qaida and IraN. Fucking unbelievable - because, as we all know, Iran appears close to developing nuclear weapons. Now this can no longer be discussed in a rational fashion, but given that evidence and the Iranian drive for nuclear weapons, a military strike on IraN (maybe we should go back to calling it Persia to keep BushCo and Steve Hayes from getting confused) seems much more of a reasonable alternative for discussion than was the Iraq Debacle which no one in the Establishment ooposed.
Lesson to the Media - Blow jobs don't matter, War does. History will condemn them,
Here's a snippet from WaPo -
The Sept. 11 panel's findings on Iran have been eclipsed by the continuing political debate over Iraq, which the commission said had not developed a "collaborative relationship" with al Qaeda despite limited contacts in the 1990s. That appeared to conflict with previous characterizations made by President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other administration officials in their justifications for launching the war against Saddam Hussein.
In relation to Iran, commission investigators said intelligence "showed far greater potential for collaboration between Hezbollah and al Qaeda than many had previously thought." Iran is a primary sponsor of Hezbollah, or Party of God, the Lebanon-based anti-Israel group that has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6581-2004Jun25.html
I've been flip, but this is serious business. If this is true, this is a real threat. And if it isn't true, Bushco may pretend it is to launch an October Surprise.