Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
Rational Review
by Michelle L
01/14/08
After watching wall-to-wall coverage in the mainstream media concerning the incident in the Strait of Hormuz between Iranian speedboats and US warships, one would be hard pressed to not experience a feeling of deja vu — the parallels to the Gulf of Tonkin are amazing. For a few days now, the major networks have breathlessly trumpeted the provocative confrontation and reported that ‘US warships were seconds away from firing on the speedboats.’ Everybody panic! Eh, not so much...
http://www.rationalreview.com/content/40873
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dogs+of+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hormuz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tonkin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warships
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=speedboats
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michelle+L
by Michelle L
01/14/08
After watching wall-to-wall coverage in the mainstream media concerning the incident in the Strait of Hormuz between Iranian speedboats and US warships, one would be hard pressed to not experience a feeling of deja vu — the parallels to the Gulf of Tonkin are amazing. For a few days now, the major networks have breathlessly trumpeted the provocative confrontation and reported that ‘US warships were seconds away from firing on the speedboats.’ Everybody panic! Eh, not so much...
http://www.rationalreview.com/content/40873
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dogs+of+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hormuz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tonkin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warships
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=speedboats
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michelle+L
rudkla - 15. Jan, 10:45
