Iran
Have I mentioned lately that those crazy fuckers in the Bush administration are going to attack Iran?
According to Lieut. Mike Kafka, a spokesman at the headquarters of the Second Fleet, based in Norfolk, Virginia, the Eisenhower Strike Group, bristling with Tomahawk cruise missiles, has received orders to depart the United States in a little over a week. Other official sources in the public affairs office of the Navy Department at the Pentagon confirm that this powerful armada is scheduled to arrive off the coast of Iran on or around October 21.
The Eisenhower had been in port at the Naval Station Norfolk for several years for refurbishing and refueling of its nuclear reactor; it had not been scheduled to depart for a new duty station until at least a month later, and possibly not till next spring. Family members, before the orders, had moved into the area and had until then expected to be with their sailor-spouses and parents in Virginia for some time yet. First word of the early dispatch of the “Ike Strike” group to the Persian Gulf region came from several angry officers on the ships involved, who contacted antiwar critics like retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner and complained that they were being sent to attack Iran without any order from the Congress.
And you know what? From a military standpoint… sending in our capital ships into a narrow waterway against an enemy with hundreds of modern, fast (Mach 3+) antiship missiles sounds like a really bad idea. And that’s just one aspect of this insane, illegal drumbeat to war that’s still building.
This time, they’re not even going to cover it with a figleaf of lies, halftruths, or justifications. Caligula pt. 2 is just going to do it, and to hell with the lives of our brave soldiers.
Impeachment proceedings are too good for these people.
