A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.
Not that you would expect them to, but the CNN journos should have pressed Hayden on what he means by "destabilization". It is clear that the Iranian "threat" is understood as being an effective check to US/Israeli dominance in the region. This hegemony is what will be "destabilized", and by leaving that unsaid the hinted implication for the great unwashed is an aggressive Iranian military "destabilizing" the region by force.
The opposite, of course, is what is actually happening. The mainstream US media, simply by being pathetic, is as responsible for the deprivations of empire as any other institution.
Not that you would expect them to, but the CNN journos should have pressed Hayden on what he means by "destabilization". It is clear that the Iranian "threat" is understood as being an effective check to US/Israeli dominance in the region. This hegemony is what will be "destabilized", and by leaving that unsaid the hinted implication for the great unwashed is an aggressive Iranian military "destabilizing" the region by force.
The opposite, of course, is what is actually happening. The mainstream US media, simply by being pathetic, is as responsible for the deprivations of empire as any other institution.
July 25, 2010 @ 6:07 pm
"depredations",…but otherwise, right on the money.
July 25, 2010 @ 6:19 pm