Fine-Tuning the Sell Job for the Next War

Source: army-technology.com"The basis of the whole thing was, 'we're going to go into Iran and what do we have to do to get you guys to go along with it,'" said Laura Sonnenmark, a participant in a recent focus group apparently funded by the Republican-associated lobbying group Freedom's Watch. Sonnenmark, a "focus group regular," said the moderator "used lots of catch phrases, like 'victory' and 'failure is not an option.'" She added, "I've never seen a moderator who was so persistent in manipulating and leading the participants." The final questions of the session were: "How would you feel if Hillary [Clinton] bombed Iran? How would you feel if George Bush bombed Iran? And how would you feel if Israel bombed Iran?" Neither the firm involved, Martin Focus Groups, nor Freedom's Watch would confirm that the organization funded the focus group. But focus group participants were handed a flier with a Freedom's Watch logo, and the group has advocated for confronting Iran, organizing forums on the "threat" posed by the country, and running ads calling the Iranian president a "terrorist."

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"The basis of the whole thing was, 'we're going to go into Iran and what do we have to do to get you guys to go along with it[?]'"

Looks like the Iranians aren't holding up their end:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IK20Ak03.html

US tripped up over Iranian captives
By Gareth Porter

WASHINGTON - The George W Bush administration's campaign to seize and detain Iranian Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials in Iraq, presented by Bush himself in January as a move to break up an alleged Iranian arms smuggling operation in Iraq, appears to have run its course without having been able to link a single Iranian to any such operation.

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From [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7101591.stm the BBC]:

"Using nuclear energy is every nation's right, but we have obvious other rights including security, peace and welfare," she told a press conference. ...

"In the past 30 years there has been a revolution and eight years of war. People are tired and want peace and quiet to lead their lives."

I guess that's why she's a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Also, what's with the [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7103204.stm willingness to talk]? Come on, people - be more belligerent!