Not many of us seem to remember that Iraq was toying with the idea of converting their petrodollars to petroeuros before the invasion.
Well, following Bush's recess appointment today, you might find this interesting.
As the scandal about the alleged terrorist past of the Iranian president-elect grows up, it's becoming obvious that the world is witnessing a smear campaign not unlike those aimed at Milosevic and Hussein on the eve of the US-led aggressions against Yugoslavia in 1999 and Iraq in 2003.
The Bolton bit is below the fold.
the fact that the similar propaganda wars preceded military campaigns against Yugoslavia and Iraq may suggest that an attack on Iran is imminent. "Preemptive military action" against Iran requires presenting this country as a "rogue state" not only harboring Islamic terrorists, but even headed by a terrorist.
The strong doubts that the US does not fully embrace the EU's attempts to settle Iran's question through diplomacy arose when John Bolton, Bush's nomination as the next US Ambassador to the UN, had called them as 'doomed to fail'. Since October 2003 the U.S. closest ally in the Israel had a plan in place for a pre-emptive strike against Iran's major nuclear facilities, including the nuclear reactor facility, being constructed with a Russian assistance in Busher.
According to the political analyst William Clark, the US hostility toward Iran goes beyond the officially cited Iran's alleged nuclear intentions. As the invasion of Iraq was aimed at gaining control over Iraq's hydrocarbon reserves, rather than at eradicating Saddam's non-existent WMD program, the possible invasion of Iran is most likely connected with Iran's intention to create "petroeuro system" for oil trade, which can critically undermine U.S. dollar as the monopoly currency for the critical international oil market.
I thought he was clearing up the Senate docket for Roberts, and attempting (again) to take the attention off treasongate.
But treasongate will NOT go away. Period.
I also thought that Bush was hoping to get Roberts confirmed before that story breaks, and he's willing to send damaged goods to the UN to do it.
But Bolton is implicated in treasongate. He's known for wanting to dismantle the UN. He came out of committee without a recommendation. And Bush had to recess appoint him. The other diplomats are going to be slapping "kick me" signs on his back, and he could go down when Fitzgerald comes out with indictments.
It's an extremely weak card to recess apoint Bolton.
Could this be what I was missing?
(Update: Forgot to link the story. http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/366/15739_iran.html )