and they are trying to gin up as much fear and hatred as possible.

It's possible also that the neocons wanted to occupy Iraq indefinitely and that Bush went against their wishes and now they want to do a mulligan and reoccupy the country.

Indefinite Printing?

Read the second half. Obama is called mad for not invading Iran. "Everything would be fine in the Middle-East, if only Obama had invaded Iran."

And, verbatim quote:
"The grim task of regional security policy is to channel the butchery into areas that do not threaten oil production or transport."

The last argument is that the US has to bomb Iran to smithereens or Hamas will get modern rockets one day. For the sake of peace, America has to attack Iran.

it seems odd they would allow Spengler to actively cheer on attacking iran, which would do a LOT of damage to China.

They generally avoid antagonizing the government in Beijing, but otherwise they do indeed speak freely.

They post very pro Iran people like Pepe Escobar. For them to outright promotoe someone who, after years of hiding his identity, turns out to be a former CIA spook, and hwo says the solution is to attack iran, and do so in a manner which is brutal, is a shock. And consider how much of China'soilcomes from iran, yes, it is antagonizing Beijing.

I remember the big deal it was when he came out. I've always considered him a Neocon. He has all the marks.

What I'm saying is that in Hong Kong they often antagonize Beijing.

Edit: it's like a little dance, where everybody knows where the boundaries are. They conform on some issues close to home, on others farther away they get to rebel. Hong Kong is rich, and ex-colonial, so it gets away with stuff. They are having an argument right now about who gets to select the leader of Hong Kong. That's why Snowden went there.

His otherwise often perceptive analysis is always corrupted when it comes to current events by his, hmmm, "pro-Western bias" I will call it, exemplified here by the notion that the Kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan sit secure on their thrones, and the idea that attacking Iran would have been the way to restore stability. In other words he drinks the Neocon KoolAid in deep draughts while yet criticisizing the folly of those same parties in precipitating the present mess.

Especially since the guy made his fame by slamming America, and lo and behold, he is former CIA.