CHENEY VISITS TURKEY, TURKISH CRISIS & WAR EXPANDS

First, Cheney visits Turkey, ostensibly, to discuss Afghanistan:

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8528032.asp?gid=231&sz=22028

Then, further dire comments/warnings by Turkey's "business association" of upcoming"regime crisis," in Turkey:

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8530143.asp?gid=231&sz=37761

Lastly, an analogy that is not so good in my opinion, but, nonetheless, at minimum, attempts to demonstrate the historic events taking place within Turkey, impacting everyone around it, which NOBODY here, in our so-called opposition or otherwise, can manage to find, except, of course, my lonely, little blog, "No End in Sight to Mounting Tensions":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid
=99845

All this unfolds against a background of 10,000 Syrian troops amassed on the Turkish-Syria-Kurdish border area where previous Kurdish PKK, independence, separatists were fighting.
And, of course, let's not forget the upcoming, impending Congressional, Armenian genocide resolution in the American Congress, the coup de grace.
So, the 100 years war has begun, destined to become deeper and larger than any one here, at this point, can possibly imagine, since they've been spurred down the path of darkness and complicity by those who supposedly are part of the opposition.
Meanwhile, the speculative Bubble in the Gulf, GCC, states, their investment conferences, Islamic finance, etc., continues rolling merrily along, unabated.
And, by the way, these "states" are busy spending fortunes on military hardware, since, after all, they are all protectorates, client states, of the US/EU/NATO umbrella, military forces, without whom they would cease to exist.
That includes Saudi Arabia.
So, it is one big happy family circle, which, of course, they would like to extend further outwards to the entire Middle East, Caspian and beyond, unless, of course, they are stopped, dead, in their tracks.
On that note, a final reminder:

www.londoncommunists.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-communist-party-comrades-and.html

ALWALEED AND CHENEY'S DAUGHTER, SADR LIQUIDATION, IRAQ RECONCILIATION & MORE

First, our roving US Ambassador at Large, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal meets with Dick Cheney's daughter, and some others:

www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080323114440

Next, following a story reported awhile back concerning plans to liquidate the Butcher of Baghdad, Sadr and his militia, as the article notes, after Ahmadimidget's recent Baghdad visit AND I might add, Cheney's meeting with Maliki, "Al-Hakim Formed Badr Awakening Militia":

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42322

Why are Sadr and his militia being liquidated now?
I had surmised awhile back, after our November, 2006 mid-term elections, policy shift and coup, that Sadr and his militia presented an impediment to economic "progress" in Iraq and the course of "internationalism."
Sadr and his militia have served their purposes, just as Hitler's Brownshirts were unceremoniously and brutally liquidated after Hitler came to power.
Sadr and his brigades have been exposed for their barbarism, brutality and cruel Nazi like torture techniques.
They're damaged goods.
They are in the way.
They are a liability towards obtaining recognition, "internationalization"and legitimacy for Iraq's "government," bringing back the UN, and creating a theoretical Iraq reconciliation process, "Iraq Reconciliation Conference in Japan on Friday, March 21":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/refid/E2F-20-03-2008/article/28822

On April 20, Iraq's neighboring countries will meet in Kuwait:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidWAM20080319155000108/lok114000080319

Additionally, there were and will be more Iranian elections, and, as I've also maintained, previously, Ahmadimidget will disappear from the scene for the same reasons while the Rafsanjani crowd will emerge victorious, instead.
And, more on the above,"Today's Puzzle":

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42236

Regarding the oil law, "...Iraq Needs Oil Law to Spur Investment":

www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=58506

All of the preceding coincides with escalating Kurdish, PKK separatist violence, tension both in Turkey and northern Iraq:

www.uruknet.info/?p=42311

www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=221895

As well as government arrests and assaults within Turkey on their Leftist opposition, as has been covered in my previous posts and English language Turkish sources.
Further, in early May in Washington, an important upcoming event regarding the impending status of Kirkuk, Article 140, Iraq, Kurdistan:

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/refid/E2F-12-03-2008/article/28459

In case you are unfamiliar with the major attendee and facilitator at this conference, Brendan O'Leary and his background, I will provide just one out of hundreds of links:

www.polisci.upenn.edu/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=73

Before finishing the subject of Iraq for this blog, one more excellent, contextual synopsis regarding all of the above, Part 1, "Out of the Arab Equation":

www.uruknet.info/?p=42318

Moving in the opposite direction from the US and Middle East, in Russia, "Duma Limits Access to Strategic Assets for Foreigners":

www.top.rbc.ru/english/index.shtml?/news/english/2008/03/21/21174307_bod.shtml

And "Privatization Gets Stuck in Russia":

www.rbcnews.com/komment/komment.shtml?2008/03/21/31868791

Three cheers for Russia! Allah Akbar!! Hip, hip, hooray!!

NAZIFIED TURKEY & THE WORLD WITH ACTIVE HELP OF US FAKE LEFT

First, "Turkey's Leftist Anti-AKP Journalist to be Taken to Court on Saturday":

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8516138.asp?gid=231&sz=64778

More on the above, "...Arrests Broaden to Include Party Leader, Journalists":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid
=99720

At the nub of the issue, Turkey's "Foreign Investment at Stake":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid
=99405

Not one peep, word of opposition, mention or even recognition against these policies and Nazification of the Turkish state from the US state/corporate/foundation sponsored fake, phony Left/opposition and totally corrupt, despicable, despotic US union leadership.
So far, not one word of support for Turkey's opposition to its Fascist, Islamic AKP and their privatization agenda.
Of course, not anything, equally, about last week's, militant, Greek general strike, not to mention anywhere else on the globe.
How about this one, regarding the privatization of French ports and an upcoming 24-hour strike organized by the CGT, which I read about from Turkish newspapers and other foreign sources, not here, of course:

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid
=99717

Here, they can't even find the results of the French provincial elections. NOW, A FOLLOWUP ON FALLON'S RECENT RESIGNATION:
Certainly, the pseudo-Left has not managed to find Iran-US collaboration policy in Iraq.
To further demonstrate the Big Lie technique and how it works, in a previous entry regarding US Central Command and Admiral William Fallon's sudden resignation, I speculated that Fallon's hasty departure, which occurred just after Iran's Ahmadimidget's Baghdad visit, possibly, had more to do with Fallon's OPPOSITION, or, disagreement to/with current, absolutely, utterly horrible, disastrous, despicable US policy of Iran collaboration and their pseudo-Islamic brand of Nazism and Fascism in Iraq and elsewhere in the region, than anything else.
Interestingly, in a speech Fallon gave this past week at the Navy League's Sea-Air Space Global Maritime Security conference, Fallon distinctly was CRITICAL, NEGATIVE, about Iran's destructive role both in Iraq and the region, generally, greatly substantiating what I hypothesized. Unfortunately, I could find no transcript of his speech, featured at the following link, under Wednesday, March 19, from 8-10PM:

www.sasexpo.org/2008/sas-program.htm

But, if one goes to the http://www.c-span.org/ website, you can/will find a video of his remarks.
While the following, for example, recognizes US-Iran collaboration in Iraq, "From the Department of Corrupt Bargains," to which I will link, momentarily, it, too, begins with the compulsory Big Lie, spin/propaganda technique that this policy is "against US wishes," i.e., it was not a planned event, planned since the inception of the Iran-Iraq war, about which I have had so much on previous posts, not to mention other sources.
At minimum, see my two entries from 2005 from my previous blog, first, inception of the Iran-Iraq War:

www.uruknet.info/?p=41617

AND, SIMULTANEOUS to when Seymour Hersh was blabbing about Cheney bombing Iran, "Iran's Top Nuke Negotiator [Nasseri] Faces Charges Over Halliburton Ties":

www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3040

So, with the preceding in mind, read the following about Iran and the US in Iraq, "From the Department of Corrupt Bargains":

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42287

Of course, our pseudo-Left, fake opposition can not manage to find opposition and resistance to Nazi and Fascists almost anywhere on the globe, including the Baltics, Ukraine, you name it.
They're too busy, instead, supporting Nazi/Fascist sponsored "independence, autonomy and self-determination" from Kosovo to Tibet to Kurdistan to the Caucasus and points in between and elsewhere.
Thus, "Another Kurdistan in the Making":

www.uruknet.info/?p=42298

Furthermore, this ties in directly to the US Presidential race.
The Big Lie, of course, is that Obama's splash represents ANY change from the above, somehow he is an opposition candidate of any sort or kind, whatsoever.
That's how he/it is being packaged.
Just the opposite.
Obama's role, as I've indicated in previous posts, will assure that the policies represented above stay on track and to help Republicans win the next election.
Obama's ROLE is totally, completely disingenuous, nauseating, despicable, manipulative and hypocritical.
His campaign is an ersatz one.
The "great uniter" divides, obfuscates and blows smoke.
Towards these ends, his Karl Rove, Republican sponsored and choreographed campaign of dirty tricks, delegate blackmail, crossover voting, and Nazi orchestrated rallies are consummately successful and Americans, as usual, are total fools and idiots.
Everything they get they have well deserved and earned.
And, while speaking of distractions, fools and idiots, as US and Western state sponsored terrorism and covert actions are busy doing their dirty work in Tibet, guess who was recently visiting not too far away, in another part of China, Mongolia, that is?
Of course, America's unofficial, roving Ambassador at Large, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080321135013

THE VISA IPO, MORGAN STANLEY, BEAR STEARNS, GCC BOOM

The day BEAR STEARNS was liquidated not just I but many others on the Business Channel noted no need existed for its unexpected demise.
As others pointed out, nobody even made an attempt to determine the actual numbers and real value of Bear Sterns debt, assets, collateral, etc, and then determine a program slowly adjusting what needed to be done.
It could all have been handled quite differently.
Instead, a predetermined plan was set into motion to collapse Bear Stearns, handing it and its assets, gratis, free of charge, on a silver platter, to JP MORGAN CHASE, (ROCKEFELLER'S bank in case you don't know the history) to gobble it up, all subsidized, by American taxpayers.
If this isn't/wasn't the deal of the century, I don't know what is?
If you're a smart cookie, you will immediately invest in JP Morgan.
Indeed, Morgan shares are up.
Their profits turned out O.K for this quarter, also.
It hardly ends there.
Guess who was/is involved with this most recent, LARGEST ever IPO (Initial Public Offering) in American history, "VISA Card" IPO?
If you haven't figured it out by now you are quite stupid, which, I suppose, includes an awful lot of Americans.
JP Morgan Chase led Visa's IPO offering, along with a few others, including, of course, the ever ubiquitous CITIGROUP:

www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=221054


But, it gets even better.
Now, guess who was the SOLE underwriter for this IPO in the Middle East region?
Our friends in the speculative, greatest story never told, Gulf Bonanza and Bubble:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080319142544/lok142500080319

What a happy coincidence.
Of course, a reminder, the largest regional private IPO offered in the Middle East, to date, is/was Dana Gas, about which I've written volumes.
While speaking of the Gulf, our unofficial Arab Ambassador-at-Large, SAUDI Prince Alwaleed TALAL has added to his list of social visits.
This time, Afghanistan's KARZAI amongst other Afghan notables:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080319141815/lok141800080319

And, finally, a little snapshot, an encapsulation, a lineup of the Fascist players and interests in Iraq, for those who STILL can't get it.
By the way, you can take mention of the Baathists with a grain of salt in the following:

www.arablinks.blogspot.com/2008/03/friends-and-enemies-of-people.html

I point this out ONLY because Cheney currently visits and associates with the very people in Iraq's government, the Iranians, the ones Cheney and Bush are supposed to bomb all the time, according to our lame brained peace movement.
It follows the latest dribble and drabble and nonsense in the US peace movement how one or another of our Fascist Presidential candidates will "end the Iraq war," etc. etc.
NOBODY, I REPEAT, NOBODY, not any one of these candidates and parties is about to end anything related to the above.
Just the opposite.
Tactics, strategies and parties may shift, but, not the objectives.
I live amongst morons.
They eat shit regularly for breakfast, lunch and supper and they love it.
Keep on eating.
You all live in fantasy land.

TURKISH AKP OUTLAWED, OBAMA AND MORE

First, an update from my previous post, Republican's secret weapon, Obama.
In my last entry, I indicated Obama deconstructs the Democratic Party, at this point, aside from anything else, by refusing to count/recognize Florida's official Democratic primary election results/delegates, thereby, according to Florida's own State Democratic leader, threatening a mass exodus of Florida Democrats from the Democratic Party and/or major intraparty confrontations.
Afterwards, basically, I heard on TV, a retaliation, blackmail, when another Obama supporter/surrogate threatened, IF Hillary is nominated by super-delegates at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, according to her interpretation, despite the popular vote, then, there will be a mass exodus of black voters out of the Democratic Party to the Republicans!! The Democratic Party can't win the November General Election without Florida, whose primary voted for Hillary and the Democrats can't win the General Election without the Black vote, either.
A Cache-22 conundrum.
This is how McCain and the Republicans can win.
And, should Obama actually get the Democratic nomination, in addition to, or, aside from the Florida State Democratic rebellion, he will be taken down by the sleaze factor, of which there's a-plenty.
This is an example of things to come related to sleaze and Obama, the tip of a very, very deep iceberg, "The Peculiar Theology of Black Liberation." Not mentioned in the following, article, significantly, is the curious role and association with Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, those involved with Malcolm X's assassination:

www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JC18Aa01.html

Now, shifting the subject away from the internecine struggle of the mafia/fascist parties of the US and onto the amazing ramifications of Turkey's EXTRAORDINARY, epochal making, historic developments, completely unacknowledged in the US, for obvious reasons.
Some of the financial, military, political implications after Turkey's court banned and dissolved Turkey's Islamic AKP, "Turkey's Cold is US Pneumonia":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?
enewsid=99295

And more on this, "Turkish Assets Hit Hard On Global Concerns & Lawsuit Against AKP":

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8474369.asp?gid
=231&sz=9030

Then, some of what Turkey's court said, "AKP Installs Shariah Using Democracy," referring to Fascist parties:

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?
enewsid=99170

Naturally, to be expected, the following response, "US, EU Against AKP Closure...":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?
enewsid=99172

What else is new?
All of this is a backdrop to McCain, Cheney, Graham, et.al, recent, unexpected visits to Iraq.
For good, informed, knowledgeable commentary on that matter, I'll link directly to Iraq's English language Arabic reporter-in-exile, "More Unwelcomed Visitors":

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42114

And, "Exploding Karbala":

www.arabwomannews.blogspot.com/2008/03/exploding-karbala.html

Is it any wonder, then, following from the above and all my many previous blogs, that, "Cheney Urges Arabs to Counter Iran In Iraq."
But, of course, precisely which Arabs and precisely how they should "counter" Iran is the nub of the problem:

www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=220782&s=&i=&t=Cheney_urges_Arabs_to_counter_Iran_in_Iraq

This is really comical, isn't it?
And, while on the subject of Saudi Arabia, America's unofficial Ambassador at Large, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal, just added two more countries to the growing social list to which he's been invited, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080317143646/lok143600080317

Additional important points to remember in this unfolding drama.
Turkey's military has refused to participate with NATO/UN troops in Serbia and Kosovo and, now, Turkey's General Buyukanit, Chief of the Turkish General Staff has just indicated, "not one single Turkish soldier will be sent to participate in NATO/UN operations in Afghanistan."
Meanwhile, in Kosovo, intensified violence, fighting and resistance continues, reported everywhere but in the US and missile defense plans also go forward in Eastern Europe.
Related to all these matters, another indicative announcement, an augur of future developments, "Central & East European Coalition Meets With McCain's Foreign Policy & National Security Advisors":

www.jbanc.org/ceec2008.html

Finally, one more word on America's ubiquitous fake Left.
All labeled American "progressive" coalitions and organizations which have any high profile visibility are a controlled arm, an adjunct, extension of the Democratic program and agenda.
That's why "the propertied establishment, the elite," never feels significantly challenged or threatened.
Presently, there's another such supposed anti-war/peace organization/coalition, "Campaign for America's Future."
See just a little snippet on them from the following:

www.prwatch.org/node/6981

I'm not going to elaborate further.
The pattern is clear.
Towards these same ends, there's an illustrative case study as to how this all works with internationally well known filmmaker, Michael Moore.
A fascinating Canadian documentary appeared in 2007 exposing Michael Moore's film career, "Manufacturing Dissent."
I would urge people to see this documentary.
I do not want to say much more about it before you have an opportunity to view it for yourself.
I will only add this.
If you've been reading my blog for some time, you will see and hear expressed in this film, quite clearly, a few of the views I've expressed many times in many different ways--there's no Left in the US.
Next, the most egregious and damning criticism of Michael Moore in this documentary, I, PERSONALLY, believe, deals with union and organizing footage and content matter which he intentionally DELETED, edited, cut out from his first film, "Roger and Me."
For me, that says it all.
That was a disaster and more than shameful.
The rest being open to nuance and interpretation.
So, here's the film:

http://www.manufacturingdissentmovie.com/

OBAMA DESTROYS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE 100 YEARS WAR

Obama story at the end.
First, instead, in the latest extraordinary, historic, revolutionary AND completely UN or UNDERreported (in the US) developments in Turkey, Turkish courts just declared their Islamist AKP governing party unconstitutional and banned the AKP from government positions!!!:

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8462652.asp?gid=231&sz=9787

Wouldn't we all like to see something comparable in the US?
Meanwhile, as part of the 'greatest story never told," the ongoing events in the speculative, Middle East bubble, America's unoffficial, unappointed, Ambassador-at-Large, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal, (the ubiquitous Citibank's largest shareholder) meets with a prestigious Scandinavian business delegation, and, especially, their infamous, Wallenberg family and Talal ALSO meets with the Presidents of both Armenia and Georgia, while Georgia currently has one of its pro forma, UK/US-Berezovksy sponsored election opposition rallies and protests.
But, I can't cover everything.
The patterns should be totally transparent by now, including Tibet:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080315093703

and

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080316115518

The UAE's Daman Fund which began only in April 2007, has since achieved appxly 28% total returns in less than a year:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080217100826

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is the wealthiest Sovereign Wealth Fund with appxly $900 billion in assets:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_15032008_10197535/lok000000080315

And, in a very, very important story, Iran apparently will be fulfilling its energy contract to supply gas to the ever growing, private, Dana Gas to/through/with the UAE.
Previously, there had been a price dispute holding it up:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080315033750/lok033700080315

And, the following article notes the obvious, an ORCHESTRATED worldwide economic "recession,"i.e., depression, part of the ever cyclical, boom and bust cycle.
Note, especially, NOT IN THE GULF, where, as I previously said, money will flow backwards in a circular fashion to be reinvested into the same economies and industries from which it previously flowed out and which are now conveniently depressed, bargain basement prices, high unemployment, cheap, non-unionized labor, etc., "US Monetary Policy Could Sink Global Economy...":

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?

Meanwhile, in light of spectacular events in Turkey and Turkey's military conflict with the PKK/Kurdistan, a very important article, "Red Crescent Warns of US Teaming Up with Pershmerga in the Coming Mosul Campaign":

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=42059

More ethnic cleansing and dislocation to come and, significantly, in my opinion, the urgent necessity to maintain a military counterbalance, a zone of protection and confrontation, to Turkey's growing regional leverage and threat.
This report regarding Mosul and the Peshmerga comes around the same time Republican Presidential candidate McCain makes a surprise visit to Iraq and, within the same month, in McCain's home state, the following fictional narrative and propaganda event occurs, presumably, to rationalize the above, "Halabja Remembered at Arizona State University":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/refid/E2F-15-03-2008/article/28542

In addition, someone else of note happens to be attached to McCain's home state and Arizona University and a whole lot of other pseudo-Left American groupings, including UFPJ, Iranian propagandist, Moji Agha:

www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/203.html

A fictional Halabja narrative and many others are advanced by ALL of those above.
And, speaking of fiction, in returning to her blog from an all too long absence, amongst the many worthwhile entries, I can not help but laugh at the reference to "Muslim" oil in the following:

www.arabwomannews.blogspot.com/2008/03/rgis-debray-has-spoken.html

I guess that's the same mysterious, religiously defined category as "Islamic" finance, about which I've pondered aloud so often.
Finally, regarding the Obama connection to all of the above.
In a previous post, I said there are two American Presidential Republican candidates.
The official one, McCain, and, the unofficial, Republican sponsored Democrat, Obama.
Today, this morning, I was listening on C-Span to the Democratic Minority Leader in Florida's State Senate.
The Democrats are in the minority, not majority, in Florida's State House and, as well, Florida has a Republican Governor, Jeb Bush.
The Florida State Democratic Leader/spokesperson, made the following point clearly, unambiguously, definitively, IF the Democratic Primary delegates from Florida are NOT counted/seated in the upcoming Democratic Presidential nominating convention, there will be a rebellion amongst Florida Democrats in the general election and Republican McCain will win Florida and the General Election.
Without Florida's electoral college representation, the Democrats cannot win the national Presidental race.
For those not following this battle, at present, the DNC, the Democratic National leadership, refused to acknowledge the previous Democratic Primary results in Florida, which Hillary Clinton won, because of a dispute between the State and the National Democratic leadership over the date of Florida's primary, which, as this fellow pointed out, was NOT determined by the State Democrats, but, by the Florida State legislature, a Republican dominated one.
Thus, the Florida Democrats are being punished by the National Democratic leadership for something over which the Florida State Democrats had/have absolutely no control .
This also happened in Michigan.
And, Hillary won both primaries.
Obama's group, of course, does not want to acknowledge/seat/recognize either the Florida or Michigan primary delegates, naturally, since that will effectively give the Democratic nomination to Hillary.
It gets even more complicated.
The idea of a do-over Democratic primary vote was floated, with mail-in ballots for both the Florida and Michigan state Democratic primaries.
This procedure has NEVER been done, tried, before, and, needless to say, there are all kinds of inherent, logistical problems with it and potential for enormous abuse.
The Democrat State Leader insisted the results of Florida (and Michigan's) previous, officially recognized, Democratic state primaries SHOULD be the ones that are counted and their respective delegates seated at the National Presidential nominating convention.
However, it appears, from what he's saying, neither side is budging and nobody has been able to find a satisfactory compromise.
It's a virtual stalemate.
This entire, arcane situation, says both he, and, I, previously, threatens to completely blow apart, split the Democratic Party.
As for the upcoming Democratic primary election in Pennsylvania, April 22, I fully expect Hillary Clinton to win, with a fairly decent margin, as well. So, the question of seating the Democratic delegates from both Michigan and Florida in the National convention will become THE determining factor. Obama is a fictional, created, Republican time bomb waiting to deconstruct in the Democratic Party.
Obama's campaign is totally and completely frivolous, a fake, phony, setup, posing as an "alternative" with no substance whatsoever, like our fake Left, thus, serving as a shill, a diverson, a distraction, a red herring, a straw man, ultimately towards promoting and advancing the one agreed upon, bi-partisan, policy goal and strategy represented by all above.

TURKISH EXPLOSION AND COMING TRADE WARS

I highlight the following regarding Turkey because it goes completely unmentioned, unnoted either in our US commercial, corporate media, of course, and/or our supposed, fake, pseudo-Left, state/foundation supported "opposition" media analysts and sources as well.
The coordinated policy of ALL above is/was best demonstrated in my blog of February 20, 2008.
In that blog, I highlighted previous US Attorney General Ramsey Clark's role regarding Milosevic, his International Action Center, the ANSWER coalition AND former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark's current role, as well, in India's recent, November, 2007, supposed Anti-Imperialist Conference where he/they passed the following resolutions, in a nutshell, support for Iran, Hizbollah, Nassrallah, Kurdistan and opposition to Turkey. That's all one need remember and know.
Everything else falls into place behind it.
That represents official, state and corporate policies.
Here's the link to that blog entry:

www.karlmarxwasright2.blogspot.com/2008/02/gulf-house-to-form-first-energy-bank.html

So, following from that analysis, NO SUPPORT, no acknowledgment whatsoever, to be expected for the following.
On the contrary.
All of the above pseudo-Left opposition forces in the US work overtime, in choreographed unison, rationalizing above stated policy goals and blunt, discredit, any possible support, recognition and/or unity with Turkey's opposition forces.
So, for Turkey's general strike, today,
"Turkish Unions End Two Hour [General] Strike to Protest IMF Sought Reforms":

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8454016.asp?gid=231&sz=2910

Then, "Nabucco Crisis Pits Turkey Against EU & Azerbaijan":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=98941

And, again, in Turkey, "New Barriers to Foreign Capital":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=98962

And, lastly, Turkish "Army Fund to Invest Outside Nation for the First Time":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=98879

This last one is NOT good news, from MY point of view.
It represents the same stupid policy of our corrupt, mafia trade unions who collude with and invest their employees pension funds into private corporations, here and/or abroad, instead of expanding their now highly limited, national pension system, i.e, Social Security.
However, it appears Turkey's policy, above, represents a new offensive, hardball quid pro quo.
"If we can do it, so can they," so to speak.
Following also from one of my previous posting, more from John Helmer on developments surrounding Russia's proposed, revised foreign ownership natural resources law, Russia's Norilsk Nickel and American-Australian international conglomerate BHP Billiton:

www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=49429&sn=Detail

Back in this country, the US, the stock market continues its decline, unemployment rises and everybody flounders around like fish flapping out of water, screaming, yelling, not knowing what to do.
Maybe they should take a lesson from Turkey's workers and opposition?
Of course, things are different in the GCC. Remember EFG-Hermes?
Well, their newly minted hedge fund has risen a whopping 20% in the last 4 months:

www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080313065542/secIndustries/pagFinancial%20Services

As I said on a previous blog, in typical, circular fashion, the same capital currently fleeing the US will subsequently be reinvested via the newly organized funds, represented above, when US stocks have hit their bargain basement prices, along with its now cheap dollar and equally cheap, unorganized, barely unionized, labor force.
Welcome, suckers, to so-called "Third World" economies.
On this final note, here's a reminder from another, related blogspot:

www.londoncommunists.blogspot.com/2008/03/soviet-national-anthem.html

SPINNING FALLON, IRAN, BARNETT OR P.T. BARNUM??

For those of you unaware of the reference in the above heading, P.T. Barnum's Ringling Brothers Circus was America's greatest circus entrepreneur.
Interesting, isn't it, the Esquire story on Fallon originated from Thomas P.M. Barnett, to whom I've linked numerous times in the past.
The usual spin came out from the same crowd, once again, with dire warnings of an inevitable war with Iran now that Fallon is gone.
Of course, just the opposite is/was the case.
If anything, Fallon might have disappeared or disagreed precisely because of difficulties or concern over Bush/American PARTNERSHIP, collusion, commitment and marriage to/with Iran in Iraq's government, Iranian militias and death squads and the many problems and backlash this policy creates regionally.
The ONLY people who do not know this are the brainwashed Americans. But, everyone else in the entire region is well aware of what's happening. So, as reports exist over clashes with the newly resurrected Butcher of Baghdad, Sadr, and his militias:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41944

Another group requests UN intervention in Iraq until new elections can take place:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41940

Should this happen, of course, a present US backed Iranian government in Iraq might just diminish substantially or disappear altogether.
See, for example, the following two articles, "Iraq as an Occupied State at APU Conference":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/28451

And "Zebari Criticizes Arab Diplomatic Representation in Iraq":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/28442

Of course, the above two articles merely represent the tip of the iceberg, since they all collaborate in dismembering and privatizing Iraq.
It's curious to me the timing of Barnett's piece about Fallon in Esquire and Fallon's sudden departure came only days after Ahmadimidget visited Baghdad and Iran's alliance with the US in Iraq was SO blatantly and obviously EXPOSED for the world to see.
And, then, shortly after, comes the Esquire piece and Fallon's sudden departure.
It seems to me Fallon's leaving might well be for the complete opposite reasons than that which is being spun, to ensure Iran's continued governmental presence in Iraq and obscure the above.
It's the same purpose served by those who talk about stopping a war with Iran.
Double/triple speak.
Smoke and mirrors, etc.
Of course, this is the way everything around here works.
Although not specifically related to the above subject matter, nonetheless, I feel compelled to include an article at this point by John Helmer in which he discusses the present governmental conflict around revising/limiting Russia's current law and qualifications for foreign direct, i.e., private ownership, of Russia's state natural resources.
Potential implications of these developments are so enormous that I was compelled to include it in my entry, a sort of news alert or news flash:

www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=49279&sn=Detail

In the opposite direction, some of you may have heard a little news items about the well placed Carlyle Group losing money somewhere.
But, not in the GCC.
The Carlyle Group, as so many others, invest heavily in the GCC.
Here's alittle article from not too long ago, November 2007, mentioning Carlyle and the GCC, "Opportunities in Islamic Finance," additionally, quoting someone I highlighted from one of my previous entries, March 11, 2008, below, Aamir A. Rehman

http://www.rehmaninstitute.wordpress.com/

associated with Harvard's Business School, Middle East Center and their circle of wealthy Iraq expatriates from Kanan Makiya, Rand Rahim Francke and others on Harvard's Iraq Project:

www.dinarstandard.com/finance/IslamicPE112207.htm

Depending on which source one reads, the estimated amount of monies projected in this new Middle East speculative Bubble range upwards in the TRILLIONS of dollars!
To die for, literally.

RISE OF THE DOLLAR, BIG LIES, ISLAMIC FINANCE, RESISTANCE

From the same folks who gave us all the other Big Lies, they continue to ignore the biggest of all Lies, the rise of a Middle East speculative bubble, regional "transformation," nationalist economic enclaves to capitalized ones, "emerging economies," and, thus, renaissance of the speculative dollar.
The same folks who discussed the end of the petrodollar and failed to notice Iran IN Iraq, advanced the bogus peak oil theory, and on and on, also now fail to note significant, contradictory developments represented by the Middle East bubble and GCC states.
The reason what happens in the US and Western Europe becoming irrelevant because another part of the world, this part, that future exorbitant profit margins and the expansion of global, privatized corporate wealth being destined to occur.
The current "enterprise" in Iraq critical because it is a centerpiece of these plans and represents strategic leverage against both China and Russia, as well.
This is why the US and the West has a new found love affair with so-called Islamic finance, a mythological, religiously named entity.
Why not Jewish, Kosher, Christian, or Buddhist finance, perhaps?
In addition, a now expropriated and cheap Middle Eastern labor force can compete or replace China, as the center of the global workhouse and industrial expansion.
Free trade agreements with the greater Middle East already occurring and scheduled to significantly expand.
Virgin territory.
Further, in ever circular fashion, capital that left the US will flow backwards from the Middle East to become reinvested into depressed US industry, real estate, infrastructure and US cheap labor, thanks to the low dollar, unemployment, corrupt unions and an abysmal, abhorrent, fake Left.
So, let me explore deeper just a few of the many interconnections and intersections to the above process, the Middle Eastern bubble, from my previous entry from March 9, 2008, below.
In my March 9, 2008 post, I referred back to a Harvard circle of expropriated Iraqi propertied interests and their "Iraq Project," from Kenan Makiya, Ayad Rahim to Rand Rahim Francke and others.
This is one of the links I used in that post:

www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/04.20/iraqiproject.html

Here's more from the ubiquitous Harvard University circle, their Middle East Center and the Harvard Business School, a book about "Dubai and Co.:Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States," from another Harvard Professor, Aamir A. Rehman, connected to/with all of the above, of course, and, convenient reminder, as well, about the strategic role of the ubiquitous, worldwide, financial octopus, Citigroup:

www.dinarstandard.com/intraoic/DubaiCo30608.htm

On Aamir Rehman's own website, following, one can find an "Islamic Finance Program" at Harvard, naturally. The link to Harvard's Islamic Finance Program embedded in one of the articles on the subject on his website, following:

http://www.rehmaninstitute.wordpress.com/

In further developments I highlighted, America's unofficial Ambassador-at-Large, as I've dubbed him, our Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal, also, Citigroups largest, single, private investor, recently added to his social list receiving both Pakistan's PM, Aziz, another former Citigroup Executive, as well as Musharraf's son, (be sure to look on right hand sidebar):

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080309104549

Then, following on Eygpt's EFG-Hermes expansion, of which Citigroup also is a partner, and related to events around the former conflict and war over EMG/BG/Israel/PA gas deal, "EFG-Hermes...Reaffirms Middle East as Hub for Foreign Portfolio Investment":

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080311142603

But, I'm glad to see others are also aware of the economic agenda about which I've been writing so much.
In the following, "Hegemony Through Free Trade," the discussion centers primarily around Palestine, but, as you can see from the above and all my entries, Palestine is but one ingredient of a much larger plan:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41874

As for global resistance to all of the above, here's a rundown of items that one will NOT find in the US, ALL dealing with privatization.
First, a belated international women's day acknowledgement.
Bless their hearts and souls, from Turkey,"Public Protest of Privatization":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=9854

"Turkey's Unions Call Two Hour Strike on March 14" (note: the article says April 14. That is a typographical error):

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8421579.asp?gid=231&sz=55949

More developments from Turkey.
First, another, better article than that above, regarding the upcoming Turkish general strike:

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8428916.asp?gid=231&sz=4706

And, then, additionally, a related, very significant, internal political development in Turkey, "Turkish Opposition Changes Target from Army to AKP":

www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8426663.asp?gid=231&sz=52078

And, of course, from our friends in Pakistan and their ongoing struggle:

www.ptudc.org/content/view/146/1

Now, finally, an interesting side note.
Any of the above and alot else certainly could and should be supported by anyone calling themselves Left or opposition, here, in the US.
But, instead, an an example of the utter debased decadence and depravity of what labels itself opposition in the US, even our so-called, progressive, independent Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, who happens to be of Lebanese background and even speaks some Arabic, in the ONLY SPECIFIC policy statement he issued so far on foreign policy, suggests Israel should be negotiating with Hamas!!
Well, here's a response to Mr. Nader and the utter depravity of American politics and society, in general:

www.arabwomannews.blogspot.com/2008/03/fait-accompli-behind-smokescreens.html

Nader has just lost both my support and my vote.
Anybody wishing to contact Nader regarding any of his positions on anything, can go to his website:

http://www.votenader.org/

And, in a somewhat related, ongoing story to the hypocrisy represented, above, I cannot help but highlight something I came across in the Turkish press regarding the so-called Armenian Genocide vote in the US Congress, "Armenian Terror Leader Visits Capitol Hill":

www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=219545

Here's the event to which they were referring, I BELIEVE, altho, I'm not quite sure:

www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=547

So, here's the full listing of their events and press releases for this year:

www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?pressyear2008

Meanwhile, in the latest episode in the ongoing, filthy, power struggle between the Nazi-Republican sponsored Obama and the other Fascist Hillary in the Democratic Presidential race, New York's powerful former Attorney General and now Democratic Governor, and, supporter of Hillary Clinton, was entrapped in a sex scandal.
Elliot Spitzer, as former NY Attorney General, actually went after some of the powerful names in American finance.
This, in and of itself, would be sufficient to get him eliminated.
In addition, he's supporting Hillary Clinton.
So, after the Clinton campaign dared to expose just alittle bit of the sleaze surrounding Obama, here comes some quid pro quo retaliation.
The mudslinging is just starting.
On the Business Channel, those in the NY Stock Exchange expressed joy at the news.
They hate Spitzer.
Personally, I hope Spitzer does not resign, as he is being pressed to do so. I hope he drives them crazy by refusing to go.

AHMADIMIDGET'S BAGHDAD VISIT, MUWAFAK AL-RUBAIE & OUR REPUBLICAN SECRET WEAPON: OBAMA

Here's some news you will not get elsewhere, news "not fit to print," regarding Iranian Ahmadimidget's recent Baghdad visit and red carpet treatment.
NOTE, in the following, the reported presence of Muwaf(f)ak Al-Rubai(e) at the meeting between Ahmadimidget, Maliki and, apparently, Al-Rubaie:

www.arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2008/03/bazar-dealings-in-baghdad.html

On the significance of Al-Rubaie's reported presence at the above meeting.
At my first blog, on October 6, 2007, karlmarxwasright, I reported on "National Security Advisor,"Muwaffak Al-Rubaie's featured presence and speaking engagement at the "prestigious," quintessential, US Establishment think tank, CSIS, on October 5, 2007, regarding,
"The Future of Iraq."
Since my previous blog is blocked to the public for reasons beyond my control, I will link, instead, as a reminder, directly to the organization's website and Rubaie's talk/speech at the CSIS.
At the following link, you have the option of accessing Rubaie's talk either by transcript and/or audio/visual, and, please, it's important to read/listen to the question and answer session following Rubaie's prepared comments:

www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,3268

Further, I had another link in my October 6, 2007 post which I will also provide, once again, directly, on Al-Rubaie's background:

www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4488

Interestingly, a simultaneous development.
A new biography of Chalabi emerges:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41821

Since the Chalabi bio is new, I ASSUME it is a FULL, not a partial, background and accounting of the Chalabi family's former, extensive property holdings in Iraq, their regional dynasty, financial, political and economic interconnections, including OPEC, their ties to ALL other named, appropriated propertied interests in Iraq and elsewhere.
For example, those in the Harvard circle project like Kenan Makiya, Ayad Rahim and Rand Rahim Francke, amongst others, and their "Iraq Project":

www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/04.20/iraqiproject.html

If the new Chalabi book does NOT explore all this, it is simply another whitewash, serving partisan political purposes and extended historical fiction, rather than fact, once again. Additionally, as I reported, again, on one of my previous blog entries from June 17, 2006, on my previous post, BOTH CHALABI AND KISSINGER, amongst others, attended the June, 2006 Bliderberg Conference in Canada.
From that previous entry, two links regarding that event, the first one has a complete list of those who attended the meeting:

www.bilderberg.org/2006,htm#spreadsheet

The second, brief press release notes both Kissinger and Chalabi's unusual presence in particular:

www.gp.org/press/pr_2006_06_14.shtml

The date and timing of the 2006 Bilderberg Conference and Chalabi's notable, unusual presence along with Kissinger, amongst others, was important to me in reference to the events and chronology I described in my previous post, below, from March 5, 2008, regarding the lead up to the orchestrated "November Coup (midterm elections) of 2006."
These connections and events are characteristically bipartisan in nature.
To miss the preceding point, and the ex-appropriated Iraq propertied circle which Chalabi represents, par excellence, is to miss everything.
See my previous blog, below, from March 5, 2008, for a recapitulation,
"US Global Engagement, Iran Annexes Iraq..." or, use the following direct link, instead:

www.uruknet.info/?p=41756

Even more curious, considering all of the above, depending on which source one reads, Sadr, the Butcher of Baghdad's apparent disappearance over the last few months either, from the propaganda mouthpiece of Newsmax, he is near death from food poisoning and under medical treatment in Iran, or from the other propaganda source, the BBC that he is studying religion!

PERHAPS, we might paraphrase, conclude, "news of his [political] death is premature?"
Maybe.
Maybe not.
Meanwhile, as for the US Presidential circus, two Republican sponsored and financed Presidential candidates co-exist in space and time, the official one, the Republican McCain and the other, unofficial one, Republican strategist, Karl Rove's Democratic orchestrated Obama campaign and Obama's Nazi type rallies.
That's a Republican win-win.
The ONLY question still remaining in my mind is Obama being set up in order to be taken down in the General Election?
Another October surprise?
Alot of us think so.
Obama's got lots of deep, mafia money pockets supporting him, from Ruppert Murdoch to mafia unions, a long laundry list, including his advisers.
As others besides myself note, Obama wins primarily caucuses in states that have traditional Republican majorities.
Lots of Republicans openly and proudly telephone into C-Span claiming they're voting for Obama.
They think it's just fine and dandy to keep Hillary off the ballot.
So, it doesn't take much to put two and two together, following in the tradition and disinformation of Nazi collusion and collaboration between Nazi Iran and the Nazi US in Iraq, above, or, the other Nazi/Fascist state under guise of democracy, Kosovo/greater Albania, or, for that matter, the various "colored revolutions" in Eastern Europe.

NAZIS OFFICIALLY MARCH IN LATVIA, LEBANON'S GEMAYEL & THE BILLIONAIRES CLUB

Many events occur simultaneously throughout the globe, at the moment.
But, I lead with the above, below, because it nicely encapsulates everything, the canary in the coal mine.
First, the Nazis marching in Lativa:

www.en.rian.ru/world/20080307/100934937.html

People reading my blog for some time might recall
http://www.jbanc.org/
their sponsors, collaborators, issues, including our oxymoron US Democratic "peace" candidate, a co-sponsor of the Baltic Caucus in Congress, Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
Reconciling such irreconcilable and contradictory positions of Kucinich as a co-sponsor of the Baltic Caucus with his identification as a peace candidate is no problem if one lives in the US. Just ignore and deny.
Plausible deniability.
Practiced by just about everyone, obviously, from a lowly Congressional Representative, such as Kucinich to the President himself, Bush.
Likewise, our very affable, sociable multi-billionaire, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Talal, US unofficial Ambassador-at-Large and single largest investor in Citigroup, has been busy receiving most everyone of any significance on the planet and Talal has just added to his social portfolio by receiving Lebanon's Fascist former President, Gemayel:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080306064854

Of course, everyone might recall, it was Citigroup's Siniora who emerged victorious, the new leader of Lebanon, after Lebanon's manufactured Cedar Revolution, Syria's subsequent withdrawal, Hariri's assassination, and, then, courtesy of Iranian sponsored terrorists, Hamas and/or Hezbollah, depending on place and circumstances, provocations and Lebanon's subsequent occupation by US/NATO/EU/UN forces after Israel's invasion.
"If Hamas and Hezbollah did not exist, we would have to invent them," to paraphrase an oft quoted expression.
And, that, precisely, is what happened.
As a reminder of the above interconnections, the following with pictures in case words are too abstract and not sufficient for concrete thinkers:

www.arabwomannews.blogspot.com/2008/02/zionist-kurdish-connection.html

And, since the Kurdish connection happens to be mentioned, above, here's the latest in this ongoing saga I have been following for some time, "Kurdistan Deepens Ties with British Business...":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/28266

Elsewhere on the globe, but, certainly NOT here in the US, strikes in abundance, Germany and France, to name but a few recent ones, with local elections in France threatening to bring down Sarkozy's government election mandate.
Turkey's military continues being recalcitrant regarding Kurdistan in the face of US pressure. Belarus threw out the US Ambassador.
The conflict between NATO expansion and Russia deepens regarding Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo, Serbia, etc.
But, there is good news.
The world's billionaire club has grown.
Forbes Magazine said so.
Adding to the globe's new billionaire list are oligarchs in Russia and China, as well:

www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html

It's time we get rid of every one of the people above.
There is one and only one way they become rich, billionaires and millionaires, by privately appropriating society's natural resources and the social means of production and distribution. There is absolutely no other way to make billions and billions of dollars.
It is, pure and simple, theft, outright robbery, sanctioned legally through, with and by state coercion.
Marx analyzed it almost 150 years ago.
It is no less true now then it was then.
Even more so.
Ask any anthropologist.

US GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT, IRAN ANNEXES IRAQ, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Before commenting on recent, utterly nauseating and despicable developments regarding Ahmadimidget's Baghdad visit, Iran IN Iraq, first, a statement, a warning to the rest of the globe as to the real meaning, purpose and issues surrounding current US Presidential elections.
In earlier entries from my initial, previous blog, I linked to global, internationalist strategies, a sort of worldwide division of labor, finance and responsibilities elaborated by Thomas P.M. Barnett in his initial book, the "Pentagon's New Map."

(Too many links for him/his writings/talks, so, here's his website: http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/ )

As you may recall if you have been reading my blog for some time, October 2005 was when I first forecast a REVERSION back to the former, strategic policies of "trilateralism, internationalism," represented by Kissinger, the CFR, PRIOR to the US 2006 midterm elections, which is precisely what happened, our November Coup, as I called it.
On October 13, 2005, I did an entry entitled, "Silent Coup in Washington."
Since I am unable to link directly back to that post, I will excerpt one link from it, a reminder, from the Jan/Feb 2005 CFR's "Foreign Affairs" magazine.
Note, especially, the following two articles in their journal entitled the "Unwinnable War in Iraq" and "Grand Strategy in Second Term":

www.foreignaffairs.org/2005/1.html

Further on the subject, in my February 2, 2006 post, I reconfirmed my earlier analysis from October 13, 2005, with the following official pronouncements, aptly entitled, "Washington's Geostrategic Shift":

www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HB02Ak03.html

What then ensued, as I said in my posts, was an orchestrated, predetermined, November 2006 mid-term Congressional shift represented officially by Democratic victories and their subsequent policy shifts represented above, i.e., a November Coup, which is why there has been and will be no US Presidential impeachment proceedings.
For all THEIR above intents and purposes, the coup already occurred.
For purposes of partisan politics, political posturing, global expediency, it is much more convenient and better to keep the current asinine idiot in the White House, present him as a titular leader, obscure responsibility and blame, with no messy hearings, continuity of government and power, the facade of democracy and so on.
I think others can extrapolate on the possible innumerable unmentioned reasons why such a policy would be politically advantageous, from domestic to global purposes.
Thus, the current US Presidential campaign/election is a continuum of the process begun, above, culminating officially with a new President, a new titular head, whomever it may be.
The following organization represents this clearly:

http://www.usglobalengagement.org/

And their testimony, today, in Congress on "Smart Power...":

www.usglobalengagement.org/Portals/16/ftp/Testimony.pdf

This is what is meant by the word "change" that everybody busily tosses around in US Presidential elections.
No matter which Fascist comes to office next, the above is the blueprint, the policy.
It is not new. It is old, but, reconfigured to meet changed global needs.

Now, for Iran in Iraq.
The moronic population in the US is so brainwashed and brain dead by their pseudo-Left, phony opposition, they still can't get it when Iran's Ahmadimidget marches right into the heart of the Green Zone of Baghdad, the middle of Sadr's reign of terror, the Butcher of Baghdad, courtesy of US troops and money.
Mission accomplished!
The spin from our utterly debased, nauseating, hired help and pseudo opposition is predictable, falling in line with the above scenario and narrative.
This was NOT the original plan, say they, and, blame Bush for this "failure."
But, it was/is NOT a failure.
Precisely the opposite.
Where oh where has the "don't bomb Iran" crowd gone as Ahmadimidget marches into Baghdad?
They apparently evaporated into the mist of Ahmadimidget's historic, triumphant visit.
Of course, in reality, this outcome is exactly what had been planned for a long, long time, since the advent of the Iranian revolution, with the help of ALL concerned, the fake US Left, Iran, US money and troops.
For fact rather than fantasy, here's something I posted in 2005, conveniently ignored by all and everyone concerned, not by accident, but, by design on the initiation of the Iraq-Iran war.
As you see, ALL of this plan is coming to fruition:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41617

Thus, the purpose of the US invasion on Iraq with collaboration from both Iranian and Kurdish militias, death squads, etc., is/was to destroy Iraq's secular, progressive, nationalized Pan-Arab Baath Socialist Party, government, military, state institutions and society, the last remaining impediment and bulwark against regional privatization and the last bastion of the Pan-Arab Socialist movement.
Towards this project, EVERYBODY collaborated.
And, still they do.
However, while Americans might be brain dead, people living in the Middle East and nearby parts of the world understand perfectly well what is happening regarding long term US-Iranian collaboration and regional, strategic objectives and the role of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Just a few links:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41629

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=41621

The repercussions of this policy are going to rebound indefinitely against the US and their Fascist allies.
This is just the beginning.
Significantly, Turkey's military sword of Damocles continues to hang over the KRG like low hanging fruit.
May it fall HARD upon their collective heads, "Turkey's Troops to Go Into Kurdistan Again If Needed":

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/28151

As I write this, conflicting reports exist that Turkey's military has just resumed air strikes on Kurdistan.
In addition, another major, major, explosive development from Turkey's military,
"Nixing NATO Use in Kosovo":

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?
enewsid=98017

That's a big story.
Needless to say, NO US pseudo-Left opposition support for any of the progressive positions in Turkey.
Just the opposite.
And, remember Dana Gas?
They're busy supplying Kurdistan:

www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId
=1093187548

And, likewise, remember Abraaj:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080304091439

For those who might have forgotten, Dana Gas and Abraaj entered into a "strategic alliance,"with Hamid Jafar overlapping Board Directorates.
Further, as part of my ongoing coverage of developments in the GCC, "The Greatest Story Never Told," while US/Western stock markets continue to tank, rolling merrily downwards, things are heading up, in the opposite direction, in the Gulf for "high net investors/individuals" at another world Hedge Fund Conference in Dubai:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080304125319

And, just a note for those of you who can't get enough of the pomp and circumstances and hoopla in the US regarding Obama versus Clinton.
Obama's bubble has burst.
I can safely guarantee everyone Clinton will win the upcoming Pennsylvania Democratic primary on April 22.
Pennsylvania has NO caucuses and NO crossover voting, i.e., Republicans and Independents voting as last minute Democrats, which is how Obama wins so many state caucuses.
Pennsylvania has voting machines, only, and one must be pre-registered in one party to vote in that party's primaries.
Changes in party affiliation go thru official procedures and must be completed BY March 24.
So, Hillary will win the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.
I expect Hillary to get the Democratic nomination.
Then comes Ralph Nader's independent candidacy and whomever else is chosen by the Green Party.
As I have said previously, NONE of these candidates will call for nationalization of anything with the one exception of a government sponsored, national, universal, single-payer health care by both Nader and the Greens.
And, you can rest assured, they will not bring up the subject of Iran in Iraq.
None of the candidates and none of the parties here, no matter who they are, will hold a candle to Iraq's Baath Arab Socialist Party, State and Iraq's 1991 constitution, all of which everybody collectively contributed to destroy.
May they all drop dead and not rest in peace.