Yesterday, news of the Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador the United States here in our capital was all over the media. Soon after, naysayers began to question it, sounding just like the Iranian regime, pointing at a potential distraction from our domestic issues, and even our own demonstrations here at home. The Iranian regime sure knows all about facing demonstrators cowardly. I do expect them to deny it all and point at our domestic issues. But when the denials and theories come from our own people here at home, especially from right wing conservatives, it outrages me.
Earlier today I read an article in the Atlantic, questioning why would Iran want to blow up the Saudi Ambassador here in the capital. That was the last straw that sent me to address this issue right here. The writer questions Iran’s motivations to the point of defending the bloody America-hating Iranian regime, framing what he believes is the correct Iranian thinking. The writer goes even as far to accuse the Obama administration of having come up with a plot so “far out of left field that it should raise more questions than accusations.”
The further I read, the more I disagreed, but when the writer questioned why involve the Mexican drug cartels, I realized how this person really needs to brush up on their Latin American news and current events.
This was without a doubt, a right wing-conservative article, designed to plant the seeds of doubt against the hard work of the current administration, keeping us safe from the new emerging style of global threats. It was clear this person still has last century mentality when it comes to modern warfare and spy games.
Unfortunately, this writer, and this article, are not the only ones questioning the veracity of the latest Iranian plot in the United States. I can understand that some things are very hard to believe, especially if you don’t have any factual proof connecting the dots. Perhaps I can forgive the media, the real centrist media asking the tough questions. But when it comes from someone’s clear political agenda, I find it outrageous and unforgivable, almost to the point of treason.
It’s really shameful to see how right-wing-leaning commentators are so blind and so politically motivated to go as far as making the case for the Iranian regime to defend itself. These conservatives will do and say anything to ensure Democrats and our well-meaning-but-too-naive-to-believe-in-the-good-faith-of-the-GOP-to-do-the-right-thing President are kicked out of power come election day.
I bet if Bush and Cheney had been in power, the con response would have been the opposite, with calls to even bomb Iran. I recall well at the end of those chaos-causing eight years of Republican regime, how talks about attacking Iran began to emerge from the administration. No con questioned it.
What the people who are questioning the veracity of this Iranian plot need to see is the ominous network developing south of the border, where dictators (who call themselves “president” and rig elections to keep the appearance of “democracy” to the naive world) have joined together in the so called ALBA, founded and led by Castro and Chavez. Castro with his ideas, anti-American hate and methods to extend stay in power, and Chavez financing it all, not only with oil money, but also with DRUG money.
Have you heard of El Cartel de Miraflores? That is the drug cartel run from Hugo Chavez’ presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela.
Have you heard of the chummy relationship between Ahmadinejad and Chavez? Check out this video right here, where they are holding hands! This video segment was televised by a Latin American news network, which sadly, today is under threat of closure by a Chavez-friendly administration. They have risked themselves so much that now they have caught the ire of these Chavez allies for exposing things as they are.
Have you heard of the tiny farmer towns in Venezuela hosting Hezbollah and other terrorist training camps? Hugo Chavez has expropriated lands and property from farmers, regular innocent people, from small towns, kicked them out, thrown them in jail if they protest, to make room for his new terrorist, guerrilla and drug cartel friends.
Have you heard how drug money and cartels are fighting for territory in Mexico, the link to Chavez’ terrorist network?
Have you heard how Manuel Zelaya (Chavez’ puppet in Honduras, which happens to be right south of the border of Mexico) is fighting to go back in power, after being kicked out of the country two years ago for trying to pull a “Chavez-style” vote on the people of Honduras, breaking constitutional law?
Did you know that Honduras is a key “entrance” port for Hugo Chavez and associates to infiltrate Mexico and the USA not only for smuggling drugs, but also weapons and their newly-trained “English/Spanish/Arab speaking” terrorists? Given their skin color and appearance, they usually pass as Latin Americans. So, of course he’s going to need a puppet as leader of Honduras letting him do whatever he wants. It was already happening before Zelaya got kicked out. Ask the people of Honduras about the overnight “small plane drops.”
Ask the police in the Dominican Republic about the Venezuelan owned planes that have been confiscated from illegal landings, all with traces of coke and other drugs? All these are registered Venezuelan-owned property. What’s more, it is old news that the drug traffic from Latin American into the USA and Europe has increased since Hugo Chavez has been in power.
So, can you connect the dots?
Iran—>Venezuela/Cuba—->Bringing terrorists via Latin America—->working with drug cartels—->smuggling drugs, money, weapons, people—->Up north into the United States.
And that is keeping it simple! Let me not confuse you with the complexities and all the other players such as Lybia, Bolivia, The FARC from Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua…
I bet you the questioners of the Iranian plot know very little of this slow-growing threat south of the border.
After all, many of them don’t care, because these are “third-world” countries, and only we the USA and key allies count.
It DOES make sense that Iranian operatives went to a Mexican cartel guy. The ties of trust between Iranian thugs and drug cartel thugs have already been established, thanks to Hugo Chavez’ leadership in Venezuela. It makes complete sense if you’re paying attention to what’s building south of our borders.
It makes complete sense that Iran is aligned with drug cartels from Latin America. Mexico is only a piece of the puzzle, the final step, the closest.
The door that Hugo Chavez has opened to all these terrorist thugs from the Middle East over in Venezuela, where he hosts them in their own towns, (AKA “training camps”) is designed exactly for the type of plot that writers like the one from the Atlantic are too blind to see.
I strongly encourage those who question, to do a little homework before devoting long paragraphs in well known publications, knitting a web of right-wing spin just to make the Obama administration’s actions look questionable. In reality we all know there are political motivations behind these uninformed “questions”, unbelievably enough to the point of defending the hideous Iranian thugs. Anything to make the President and current administration look badly, and score winning points, even if it is at the expense of the American people. Unfortunately it isn’t the first time right wingers show their disregard for the welfare of the American people, as long as they can regain power in the next election and keep their rich donors happy. Thankfully, there are exceptions. Tonight I saw NY Republican Representative, Peter King, validate the threat of the plot.
While the use of the first amendment is guaranteed by our constitution, I advice these “questioners” to do the responsible thing and do their homework first. Despite their aversion to it, brush up on their Spanish. There’s tons of material in Spanish, on what I describe above backing up my explanation. Unfortunately, not enough of it gets translated to English. In fact well-respected journalists and news organizations in Latin America are either imprisoned, go under, or are killed when reporting all this, some have even gone undercover risking their lives. We rarely hear about it here, unless you tune to Univision and the great and courageous journalist Jorge Ramos, who’s constantly shedding light on this. He has also incurred the wrath of Hugo Chavez. In fact there is a story that Jorge had to flee Venezuela once because his coverage of Chavez angered the dictator and his mob of blind followers, armed by the very dictator. But again, you would only know this if you spoke Spanish and watched news from Latin America.
The English-speaking media here won’t cover it because we’re so self absorbed in our worlds. The ratings would suffer.
It seems to me the Obama administration IS paying attention to what’s going on. This is the picture of the new 21st century global warfare tactics. It is what it is, whether we like it or not.
If you find all of this hard to believe, think of the Twin Towers. Did we EVER believe they would fall? When they unfortunately did, it caught millions of us by surprise. Did you ever think a dumb terrorist would carry a bomb in his underwear? Sounds like fantasy?
If we keep analyzing things using a last century mentality, we are due for more of these “nasty” surprises.
Whether you agree with the President or not, with his administration, you have to give them credit for uncovering this plot, which for now makes complete sense to those of us who are paying attention to the full picture.
Many sources, many well-known, other lesser known, in English and in Spanish, are provided here in links to give you factual background on statements above. The following sources were used and linked:
CNN.com
TheGuardian.co.uk
Boston.com/bigpicture
Wikipedia.com
AlianzaBoliviariana.org
TheAmericasReport a project by the Center for Security Policy
NoticieroDigital.com
Fausta’sblog.com
Investors.com
DiariodelosAndes.com
Globalvoicesonline.com
La Prensa, Honduras
Library of Congress, Federal Research Division
Economist.com
AtlasShrugs2000.com
MSNBC.com
USAToday.com
ElPais.com
JorgeRamos.com
