A New Enemy in the War on Terror
The United States has another enemy in the war on terror. It’s not Iran, Syria, or even France. It is Russia. A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the evidence about what happened to the WMD’s in Iraq (It has more recently become a favorite topic for bloggers), evidence mysteriously missing from the MSM.
What startles me more, however, is the accusations that Russia was implicit in the transportation of WMD’s from Iraq to both Syria and Lebanon…Why would Russia be involved in the movement of Iraqi WMD’s? These were weapons that were prohibited under 17 UN Resolutions, so why would Russia be involved in hiding them? Because most of the weapons are of Russian origin.
These accusations were made by John A. Shaw, the former undersecretary of defense. However, his accusations went mostly unnoticed or ignored by the MSM.
While moonbats all too often seem to claim that this is a war all about oil, it should be remembered that Russia had lucrative oil contracts with Iraq prior to the war. While this may be one the reasons why they disputed UN Security council 1441, I think protecting the secret that they had illegally supplied Iraq with contraband weapons would be a stronger motive for Russia to lobby against passing the resolution.
Yesterday, new accusations came out from the pentagon that Russia fed US war plans to Iraq. This is a very disturbing accusation. While Russia not only ignored the UN security council in order to arm Iraq and may have been integral in moving these weapons from Iraq into Lebanon and Syria, supplying US war plans to Iraq is a much more serious offense. If true, it would mean that Russia is not an ally of the United States, or the war on terror.
Rightwinged.com chimes in with regard to the recently released Iraqi documents, saying
Many have wondered if the administration’s reluctance to release the documents might be over concern of embarassing and alienating our Russian “allies”, because we think we’re going to need their help with the current Iran situation…Personally I say “screw Russia”
Rightwinged is right. In light of Russia’s recent actions regarding Iraq, both before and after the beginning of the war, I do not feel that Russia can be trusted. The US should not allow the plan to allow Russia to supply Iran with fissionable material for use in nuclear power plants. Considering Russia’s actions, allowing such a close relationship between the two countries makes me as nervous as allowing North Korea to supply Iran with the same material. The security of Israel, the US, and the entire world may very well rest upon how the current Iran situation can be resolved. I would not feel comfortable knowing that Russia is keeping me safe.
Cross-posted at The Gentle Cricket
March 25th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Jesus, is there ANY country that isn’t trying to fuck us over?!
March 25th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Dangerous Liaisons
I remember so vividly the many reports surfacing shortly after 911, citing how Russian President Putin and others had warned the CIA and US officials of imminent terrorist attacks against key targets on American soil.
March 26th, 2006 at 2:49 am
I’m sure the U.S. government knows stuff about Russia that would more than stun the average American.
After Putin’s remarks a while back that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the worst geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century, I’ve been sceptical of him and his administration’s motives.
March 28th, 2006 at 3:34 am
I was really disappointed when I heard that Russia was involved in giving information to Iraq. It really does tell you that the only ones that you can really trust are your own men and women dedicating their lives to this country. Everyone else (like Russia) should be given a short leash and not told anything more than we would want our enemy to know.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:11 am
Wait, I thought there were no WMD’s in Iraq - isn’t that what the left is saying. In fact, they say reason President Bush has given for going to war is false. I guess this information didn’t get to the Media; or maybe they were too preoccupied with blasting news that Iraq is engaged in a civil war (but that’s not true either is it?). Our freedom is constantly threatened by those who hate our values and success as a nation - I appreciate our troops who are working hard to make sure we always have those freedoms.
March 30th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Regardless of if he had WMD’s or not, we needed to take out this horrible dictator. It has been a policy of the US to take him out and the first one to have the guts to make it happen was Bush. Our brave troops take their mission seriously and are over there fighting to protect us and make us safer.