Whitewasher Cites Brushback to Confusion of Anderson Cooper

Former White House Homeland Security Adviser Frances Townsend blew Anderson Cooper's mind with a "brushback pitch" analogy regarding Israel's response to Iran and its suspected nuclear weapons program.

COOPER:  Let us dig deeper, though, with CNN national security analyst Fran Townsend. She's also a member of the CIA External Advisory Committee.

Fran, we should point out, along with more than 100 members of Congress and other former senior U.S. national security officials, has publicly advocated the U.S. take the Iran opposition group, MEK, off the U.S. State Department's list of terror groups, just as the European Union has already done.

So what do you make of this report that Secretary Panetta basically tipping Israeli's hand like this? Why would this be leaked?

FRANCES TOWNSEND, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTOR: Well, you know, it's odd, Anderson. And this is one of the series. We talked last night. Leon Panetta has been out there talking about the drawing down of troops in Afghanistan. His views of Pakistan's counterterrorism relationship with us. All of this seemingly off message.

I mean, he's in a position to know. He's met with the Israelis. We know that there's robust intelligence exchanged. Most of which there's agreement on. There seems to be some conflict between the American and Israeli view about the ability of Iran and the intention of Iran to deliver a payload, that is the missile part of it. The delivery system. And so --

COOPER: Right. And that he was saying on "60 Minutes" that he thinks the actual development of a bomb could be a year or so off, but then the development of a missile that could actually deliver it could be another year.

TOWNSEND: That's right. That's right, and so when he describes that window, you understand why now he's talking about this three or four months, May, June, or July. The interesting thing, Anderson, is if he understands that from the Israelis, why would he signal that? Because of course he'll make it much more difficult for the Israelis if that's what they intend to do.

The answer to that may in fact be that it's a brushback pitch. It's a signal to the Israelis about just how strongly we don't want them to do this and pull us in with them.

COOPER: A brushback pitch.

TOWNSEND: Yes.

COOPER: So what? That's leaking something --

TOWNSEND: Well, it's making a public statement so the Israelis know very clearly, we're not just saying privately to them, we don't want them to do a bombing mission in Iran. We're saying, we're committing this publicly and we're making it much more difficult for them to do something we don't want them --

COOPER: How have I never heard that phrase? I like it. It's interesting.

This wasn't Panetta's first brushback pitch. It was nice of "whitewasher" Fran to toss it for Leon on international television. 

Two brushbacks?  Leon Panetta's halfway to walking Israel.  That is if they don't go for the home run first.

There's almost no way if there's a military action taken by Israel that the U.S. does not in some way get pulled into it.

Which is the plan.  Setup woman Townsend delivered the meme stream, once again.

Bipartisan March to War

Haaretz reported the position of The Bipartisan Policy Center, a D.C. based think tank:

The United States should deploy ships, step up covert activities and sharpen its rhetoric to make more credible the threat of a U.S. military strike to stop Iran's nuclear program, a bipartisan group said on Wednesday. :

Check, check, check.  All three are already in the works.  The BPC is selling the public for what's in play.  Here are the BPC's details:

The report calls for strengthening the United States "declaratory policy" to make clear its willingness to use force rather than permit Iran to acquire nuclear weapons; To intensify covert activities by U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies to disrupt Iran's nuclear program; To bolster the presence of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman by deploying an additional carrier battle group and minesweepers off Iran, conducting broad military exercises in the region with allies, and prepositioning supplies for the possibility of military action against Iran; To strengthen the ability of U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, to ship oil out of the region without using the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has threatened to close in retaliation for Western sanctions, and to amplify U.S. efforts to strengthen the militaries of countries in the region such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates through arms sales.

Should these steps fail to dissuade Iran from its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons, the report urges the United States to consider a "quarantine" to block refined petroleum imports by Iran, which is heavily dependent on gasoline refined abroad.

As a last resort, the group asserts that the U.S. military has the ability to launch "an effective surgical strike against Iran's nuclear program."

It's American branded global hegemony at work.

The report acknowledged a strike would carry many risks, including higher oil prices, possible Iranian retaliation against U.S. military installations, support of "terrorist" operations against U.S. interests and potential attacks on Iraq.  

Remaking the world in America's image is a violent and greedy thing.

Stand With, Not On

Worth the watch for those disturbed by America's implosion of personal freedom and the Davos gathering of global tamperers, who know how to celebrate their machinations: 



It may make people aware of the global race to the bottom on personal freedom, worker pay/benefits, taxes and regulations.  Exempt from the downward spiral are political donations and CEO executive compensation.  Hegemony and war, they're in the air.

Update 1-30-12:  U.S. DOD expects global "operational access."  It's hard to tamper without it.

Update 2-11-12:  President Obama will call for lower corporate income taxes.

Drums Beat for War with Iran

Driving home from work yesterday the radio blared the drums of war with Iran.  I checked several blogs which posed a false flag operation on the U.S.S. Enterprise, a soon to be retired aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.  HuffPo, FT, Haaretz, and Jerusalem Post ran pieces on looming war.

War is in the Air

Haaretz reported the U.S. is preparing to back up Israel, should it strike Iran:

Largely as a deterrent to Iran, the U.S. has 15,000 soldiers in Kuwait and has moved a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf region.

Additionally, the U.S. has been pre-positioning aircraft and other military hardware and has accelerated arms transfers to U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region.

The U.S. and Israeli war machines are attached at the hip.  If we don't want Israel to attack don't rush them stuff or preposition military hardware for their use.

Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Thursday and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will visit Israel next week.

I thought this would happen on W.'s shift, but it waited for his near twin on national security, President Obama.  Will Obama campaign on "don't change President's mid-war"?

King Obama Signs Indefinite Detention

New Year's Eve saw President Barack Obama sign a bill allowing indefinite detention of Americans without charge or trial.  Give the man his King George crown.

"2012 is going to be a better year. It has to be," said one New Year's reveler.

Nothing has to be, not in the global race to the bottom.  2012 is the new 1776.

Update 1-1-12:  Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX) voted yes on the the bill King Obama signed.   Only four Texas Congressional reps voted no or did not vote.  Congressman Ron Paul missed the vote on Dec. 14.  Did Congress sign its own arrest warrants?

Update 1-29-12:  Reporter Chris Hedges filed a lawsuit challenging indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.  Meanwhile, America's federal government continued usurping individual freedom via Homeland Secuity's targeting anonymous free speech, one of many freedom reduction targets.  Washington Blog reported "DHS has hired and instructed General Dynamics to monitor political dissent and the dissenters. The range of websites listed as being monitored is quite impressive."

U.S. Israel Set Triggers for War

What war will launch first, Israel's Round 2 on Gaza or Uncle Sam's blistering of Iran's military and nuclear capabilities?  Three years ago President Elect Obama sat on his backside as Israel pummeled Gaza.  This time he'll be in the Commander in Chief's seat, i.e. chief world tamperer.   

Decisions are made by these people like Panetta, Hillary, Donilon at the national Security Council and General Petraeus. And I think this is a very aggressive group right now.