George Bush delivered a speech before the Knesset in which he insinuated that Barack Obama is a Neville Chamberlain-like appeaser who if elected will oversee the destruction of Israel. The Obama campaign released a statement. Obama responds today in South Carolina; his remarks are predictable.
The pundits are not dissecting John McCain’s response to this contrived crisis. He stated that Iran is supplying Iraqis with weapons that kill Americans.
Is McCain bewildered, is his campaign experiencing technical difficulties?
Where is the media?
Gareth Porter: Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall U.S. Plan on Iran Arms
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IPS) – Early this month, the George W. Bush administration’s plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks.
The government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki refused to endorse U.S. charges of Iranian involvement in arms smuggling to the Mahdi Army, and a plan to show off a huge collection of Iranian arms captured in and around Karbala had to be called off after it was discovered that none of the arms were of Iranian origin.
The news media’s failure to report that the arms captured from Shiite militiamen in Karbala did not include a single Iranian weapon shielded the U.S. military from a much bigger blow to its anti-Iran strategy. [Read the report]