Loose Nukes Looming Near

[FourScore]

"...Like all bullies, our King George likes to frighten others. The loose nukes may have been intended to bait the Russian bear, whose President Putin has been growling for a year that Neocon America reminds him of Nazi Germany. In response to our predatory Pax Americana, Russian bombers are now overflying foreign territory for the first time since the end of the Cold War; Russian nuclear facilities are ramping up for a new generation of production as their nation prepares to withdraw all from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1988; and Russian ground forces are now training alongside their Chinese counterparts in preparation for a Central Asian showdown with us.

It's ill advised, though, to suppose that the nuclear warheads flown across America were only a bluff, and not intended for use. There are two other sets of Bush opponents for whom the weapons could have been meant as either a demonstration -- or as an awful action.

Iran and Syria, defiant Middle Eastern nations, have been on the Bush target list since before the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Israel is still in an un-ended war with Syria, and a few days ago sent its jets into Syrian territory, where they were fired upon by Syrian forces. As Colonel Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, recently pointed out, Israel was pushing for a US attack on Iran instead of Iraq as early as 2002. Washington insiders whisper that the Bush administration has promised an attack on Iran to its supporters in the Israel Lobby. AIPAC was instrumental in ensuring that the Democratic Congress did not take measures to repeal Bush's unilateral war making authority, given him by the War Powers Act of 2002.

There is a still more dreadful prospect though. Our "unitary executive" may be threatening or preparing a strike against US, the unruly and now war weary American People who are the greatest impediment to the Neocon New American Century plan. It used to be that only the 911 Truth community would entertain the idea that the next 911, the "911-2B" attack, could come from our own government. However, a recent spate of Bush administration pronouncements that we are due for such an attack has made it apparent to many other Americans that Bush would welcome a 911-2B event -- or might even arrange one

Six of my last seven columns have examined the prospect that a false flag nuclear attack may be in our near future, and this week's loose nuke story has not done anything to undermine my thesis. It's fine to wish that our own government were not such a threat to us, but anyone who thinks the loose nukes in our skies are not a threat to us is only engaging in wishful thinking."

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/09/18446411.php

[Kagemusha]

1. Why would Russia need convincing that the US has nukes?

The US isn't Iran. The world knows it has nukes.

[Purveyor]

2. Oh I don't think a 'false flag, Reichstagg' moment is now necessary. Bush and his neocon klan has

a sufficient number of democrats eating right out of the palm of his hand.

[FourScore]

3. They need it to support war with Iran. n/t

[ChicagoRonin]

4. What would happen if W did drop a bomb on his own people?

I could see in the mass panic and confusion, he (and those behind him) could institute "emergency powers", implement martial law and try to turn the U.S into a police state. The majority of the U.S. would likely act emotionally instead of rationally. However, a nuclear attack on U.S. soil would have devastating environmental effects: fallout, radiation, firestorm. In addition, the civil and social damage upon whatever area was hit would be like Katrina in New Orleans times a thousand. I'd also guess the economic devastation would be incredible, which would likely rule out the desire to take out a major metropolitan area such as New York, Los Angeles or Chicago (unless they are THAT crazy).

[Gman]

6. Never doubt that they are THAT crazy

they stole the United States presidential election that gave rise to the right wing revolution. They are quite capable of literally anything.

[Kelly Rupert]

5. Two things about the first graf:

1. Putin, and Putin alone, is to blame for Russia's return to militarization. The man is an absolute fucking thug, and it's appalling that Bush turned a blind eye to his rise to power.

2. How on Earth is, "Hey, we're such an efficient, precise war machine that we can't even keep track of our nukes" a threat? Did the author actually think any of that through?

Now, one about the third:

1. Apparently, the author is yet another who believes that nuking Iran is not possible with either our submarine fleet or our ICBM arsenal, or (for that matter) our actual strategic air fleet, but rather would require an elaborate scheme that only looks like total incompetence. Apparently it is not possible for the President to order a nuclear attack on a foreign nation without sneaking a few near-obsolete bombs from point to point first.

Now about the last:

1. People have been predicting a false flag attack--conventional, nuclear, bio, chem, whatever--ever since 9/11. We've had warnings regarding the next year, week, month, what have you. Still waiting for that wolf to show up.