U.S. 'HYPOCRISY' ON IRAN MAKES WAR MORE LIKELY Posted By: JonathanSE <Send E-Mail> Date: Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 10:57 a.m. This article is an interesting take on current and past events involving Iran. I like most informed Americans, have been watching Iran very closely. It seems to me that Iran has been steadily becoming more confident in their defiance towards some of the West's key players. I, like most hope that war will not take place in Iran and all things can hopefully be resolved diplomatically. But I am finding an increased amount of stories both in and out of the MSM that in a subtle way are drumming up support for a possible war with Iran. Iran has been in talks with Chinese state ran oil giant Sinopec since 2004. Sinopec would take the lead in developing the Iranian oilfield and purchase 10 million tons of liquified natural gas every year for 25 years in a deal worth close to 100 billion dollars. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=5570§ionid=351020103 This deal is not closed yet, however I have to wonder if there is indeed any sort of attack in Iran, how the Chinese would respond to protect their interests in that country if this deal is made. ( snip ) When it comes to hypocrisy, the United States takes the cake. It takes the soup, the salad and the main course, too, for that matter. Consider this: a few months ago, Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Iraqis who had plotted to kill him back in July 1983. A heinous crime for sure, but what was the U.S. response when the crime actually took place? A few months after the slaughter, Donald Rumsfeld was in Baghdad, presenting Saddam with a set of golden spurs from Ronald Reagan. After that, the U.S. established diplomatic relations with Iraq and started selling it helicopters, toxic chemicals and pathogens. These are the same helicopters Saddam used to gas the Kurds in his own country and the Iranians, with the aid of satellite photos supplied by the United States. Now the U.S. is getting ready to invade Iran. The motive? You guessed it: weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. says Iran is developing an atomic bomb. But 30 years ago. the U.S. was working on a plan to build a nuclear industry in Iran, including giving it control over large quantities of plutonium and enriched uranium -- the means to develop a nuclear bomb. LINK