Chopped Garlic: Tinfoil Hats, or Canaries In The Proverbial War Zone?

A funny thing happened on the way to democracy in Iraq ... And it could end up being called "Iran".

We've had the PetraeusReportPalooza, and the now spotlight-sharing AhmadinejadPalooza ... The Bush Grindhouse is asking for for more money than ever, to continue the war-making machine they are so wedded to ... The spineless Congress (Democrats in particular) cave, abandoning common sense, and the lessons of their errors in the build-up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, with passing - supposedly a non-binding resolution, unless you've been paying attention to Senator Jim Webb - the chest-thumping Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment.

Transcripts surface showing The Commander Guy lying... Today, a new report offers that the Golden Boy General does admit that violence has increased in Iraq ...

And nobody seems to care ... Business-as-usual ... Keep going shopping

Well, a few people do seem to have their eyes on the ball.

One is the man who helped expose the lies of the Viet Nam War, Daniel Ellsberg, in a recent speech titled 'A Coup Has Occurred'.

The other is Juan Cole, looking at those Spanish transcripts and concluding "Transcript Reveals Impeachable Offenses by Bush Re: Iraq War".

Let us hope that Glen Greenwald, and his sources, have it right, with his post "The U.S. military's role in preventing the bombing of Iran".

Otherwise ...

Cue up Que Sera Sera...

Bonus Link

Seymour M. Hersh: Shifting Targets - The Administration’s plan for Iran.


Koppel On Discovery: Iran

Okay Conspiracy Theorists, Break Out The Tinfoil Hats - Nuke Solider Found Dead

This one should start - if it already hasn't - churning big-time out there in conspiracy world.

And, it could be argued, that this may be a candidate for one of those "Degrees of Separation" things ...

The Garlic indulged in the news at the beginning of the month, when it was reported the Air Force, in error, flew five (and by some reports, six) nuclear warheads from North Dakota to the Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana (see Top Ten Cloves: Reasons How Air Force Mistakenly Flew 5 Nuclear Warheads Across Country)

Soon thereafter, former CIA Intelligence Officer Larry Johnson posted on his blog - Staging Nukes for Iran?

And there was a nice, little caveat in it;

Barksdale Air Force Base is being used as a jumping off point for Middle East operations. Gee, why would we want cruise missile nukes at Barksdale Air Force Base. Can’t imagine we would need to use them in Iraq. Why would we want to preposition nuclear weapons at a base conducting Middle East operations?

Then, this morning, surfing around, The Garlic espied this story;

Airman that supplied security for the 6 missing nukes dead

And this linked to a bare-bones report: Minot Airman dies while on leave

As the old saying goes, just because you're paranoid, doesn't necessarily mean that aren't after you ...

Stock Tip-of-the-Week: Reynolds Wrap


Bonus And-Speaking-of-Conspiracy-Theory Links

Bill Maher: 9/11 Truthers need professional help, not publicity