There are a whole array of US officials lined up to make a case for a war against Iran, and they’re always eager to use any source for any argument. It doesn’t have to be a great source, or a very convincing argument.
Today, that means the Bavarian Sports Ministry, which has released a 340-page document only tangentially related to Iran. Iran is mentioned a few times, though, and when it is, the report is pretty accusatory.
The big allegation of the report is that Iran is trying to forge business ties within several high tech countries, of which Germany is one, and potentially using those contacts to develop unspecified weapons of mass destruction.
Broadly though, it just reiterates long-standing narratives about Iran that could’ve been written any time in the last several years, centering on the idea that Iran is plotting to export its revolution, and has threatened Iranian musicians who are active within Bavaria.
US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who most recently was involved in building the case against Iran during the launching of a campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality, was quick to endorse the Bavarian report.
Grenell called for Europe to work with the US to deny Iran money, accusing them of planning to use it “to fund their malign activities.”
Having read the parts of the Report pertaining to Iran, I do not see how it can be used to build a case for War.
Like any presidents have let that stop them before…
The warmongers may try using the report to build a case for war, but it will only backfire on them. Iran’s a peaceful country that hasn’t attacked its neighbors in nearly 500 years .. However, the Islamic Republic’s well prepared enough to defend itself from any attacks from either the US, Israel, or both.
In addition, Iraq – Iran’s current ally – is about to expel ALL US forces from its soil; thus, preventing any war with Iran. Iraq’s in an area wherein NO ground invasion of Iran is possible, and air attacks are also in jeopardy, should the US be arrogant, stupid and suicidal enough to try.
… what a web we weave. But getting transparent, boring, nauseating.
Of course from Bayern, once the “Hochburg” of Hitlerism. This does not represent German athletics as a whole. Yet it may be all over the front pages of major German newspapers which is exactly what the German neo-Hitlerites want: propaganda.
Our Servicemen are so good, the best, actually, as i told Ivanka the other night. Clearly the Corrupt and Failing Iranian Regime needs Nukes to beat us with. Sad!
Assuming Iran does indeed have anti-gay laws, what threat does that pose to our national security? Are we going to declare war on the strength of an anti-anti-gay policy?
Yep. Saudi Arabia has anti-gay laws (including capital punishment), but that’s seldom brought up and never used as a foreign policy talking point by the US government.