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Iran Friday, 09 February 2007 17:21 by Edward Strong  Is the
Political Left a Patsy in Bush's Propaganda War on Iran?  Left-
wing websites are full of articles predicting the war against
Iran. This is playing into the Bush Regime's hands. Hyping the
threat of war was supposed to be the task of the right-wing.
Yes, they've done their bit. Particulary, the Zionists in Israel
and Washington.  Then along came the Left, only too ready to
escalate the threat. Why have we been dupes? Bush has been using
'games theory' with Iran. Playing 'bluff & bluster'. We have
backed him by writing jeremiads about the impending catastrophe.
Leftist writers should have ridiculed Bush's bellicose rhetoric,
rather than believing it. Unfortunately, we pounce on a 'good'
story. Especially, one that portrays Bush as a madman, out of
control [see the 'madman theory' of conflict below].  It's only
a game of “chicken". By now most of the mainstream media are
proclaiming that th