“I have spoken several times about the strong possibility of a joint US/Israeli attack on Iran. This has not happened but understand that it has been on the drawing board for some time now waiting for events to “clarify” as the President says. Also being planned is a January, 2006, attack on Syria. This is not because Syria threatens the United States (to the contrary, seeing the destruction and slaughter of civilians the US troops are wreaking daily in their neighbor, they want nothing to do with us. The idea is that Kurdish oil from northern Iraq is wanted to ship, via a pipeline across Syria, to a shipping port in Haifa, Israel. At one stroke, Israel will gain access to cash-rich oil and get rid of a military and political danger on its eastern flanks. They hope the U.S. will do al the dirty work…and especially to suffert he casualties. They are weighing this now at the highest levels. Question: Would the American people put up with another disastrous war? The answer is probably not but Israeli pressure in Washington is awesome. I have seen, and copied, a list of the US units have been earmarked for the actions against Syria, in the event that they are needed. A significant number of these are:
Army National Guard's 1569th Transportation Company
Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment
Army's 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment
Army's 66th Military Intelligence Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Army’s 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Army's 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Army's 1st Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment, 1st Armor Division,
Army National Guard's 229th Military Intelligence Company, 29th Separate Infantry Brigade
Army’s 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Army’s 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Army’s 313th Medical Company, Army National Guard
Army’s 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade
Army’s 125th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment
Army Reserve's 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry
Army’s 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Army National Guard's 148th Field Artillery
Army's 129th Corps Support Battalion
Army’s 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Army’s 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Army’s 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
Army’s 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division
Army’s Army Reserve's 983rd Engineer Battalion
USMC 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
USMC Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
USMC 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
USMC 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division,
II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
USMC Marine Forces Reserve’s 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
USMC 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force
USN SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One
USN SEAL Team Ten
Also, on a final note, know that the recent “assassinate Chavez” crap from the loony Pat Robertson was a cooked-up deal between Rove and Robertson. Nothing would happen to Brother Pat but it would clearly serve (as it did) to kick the Sheehan woman off the front pages. I hope you notice that previous press comments about Karl Rove, the Fat Eunuch, being put in the spotlight on the Plame business have suddenly, and very quietly, vanished. Rove and his crew of poison dwarves must love the damage down in New Orleans because it was becoming increasingly difficult to use the Aruba business to entertain the general public. Is the media controlled in America? Yes, Virginia, it is and Karl Rove is the very skilful ringmaster.. Some day, if there is a God, the tables will be turned and it will be our turn to take a bullwhip to his flabby big butt.