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Mary Maitlin, Mark Murphy, and other stalking heads will let it slip that Iran is a growing danger, and the surge would have been a complete success BUT FOR IRAN's INTERFERENCE.
Tomorrow will be worse, with some other performers will have articles in papers warning about the nuke threat Iran poses. Tuesday, they will be out in force - pounding the warning, with Condi, the VP and others showing up to bloviate the new and improved lie.
It matters not that a week ago, Al Maliki thanked the Iranians for helping rebuild and create peaceful zones. It matters not that we found several factories IN BAGHDAD making IEDs. (the really sophisticated ones that can pierce anything. It matters not that the UN found that Iran was cooperating on all nuke projects and inspections and was NOT aiming for a nuke weapon. It matters not that there is no evidence of Iranian support for insurgents against US troops.
What does matter is the concerted, organized and non-stop attack on our sensibilities and logic, aimed at their base and aimed at our pols.
In normal times, you could have expected the MSM to pick up the slack, investigate and call a lie a lie. But in the era of Judith Miller (It is not my job to investigate WH claims, it is my job to report what those claims are), the chances that our MSM will do its job are nil.
In normal times, you could have expected the opposition party to stand up and ask the tough questions. Unfortunately, the hard question from Pelosi and Reid consists of "If you don't play nice, I going to, well, probably, maybe, think about, consider, wonder whether I SHOULD WRITE A LETTER! ! !"
Ah, the potent letter writers of the democratic party. The scary word processed missives, unerringly sent, regular mail, return receipt not required, sent to put fear in the bowels of the White House leadership. The incredibly potent attack of folded paper! What are you and nancy thinking, Harry? That they get a paper cut and therefore act constitutionally?
That leaves one group to stand up to the upcoming bullshit. Us. DU. And not just us. Here is a list of other warriors for truth and justice and the REAL AMERICAN WAY from Firedoglake: agonist ain't no bad dude alicublog alternate brain americablog anonymous liberal attytood bob geiger brad blog brad delong brilliant at breakfast busy busy busy cafe politico calling all wingnuts chase me ladies, i'm the cavalry connecticut bob correntewire crooked timber crooks and liars daily kos david e. david sirota democratic underground democratic veteran dependable renegade digby dohiyi mir echidne of the snakes emboldened enter the jabberwock eric alterman eschaton fallen monk first draft glenn greenwald horse's mouth howie klein huffington post inflatable dartboard intoxination jack & jill politics james wolcott jay rosen jesus' general juan cole kevin drum king of zembla kung fu monkey larry johnson laura rozen lawyers, guns & money left coaster liberal avenger liberal oasis mad kane's notables mahablog majikthise making light margaret cho mark kleiman matt cooper maxspeak mercury rising mockingbird's medley moderate voice multi medium my left wing mydd needlenose next hurrah night light norwegianity oliver willis orcinus pam's house blend pandagon pharyngula politics tv pollyusa psotd raw story rick perlstein rising hegemon rittenhouse review roger ailes rude pundit sadly, no! seeing the forest sideshow sisyphus shrugged skippy steve audio steve gilliard suburban guerrilla talk left taylor marsh tbogg the heretik the talent show tiger beat tom maguire tom tomorrow vinyl mine wandering hillbilly whiskey bar whiskey fire wonkette words on a page world 'o crap
We need to stand up, because we know the MSM and our leadership will not.
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