Saturday, July 12, 2008

Iranian Missile Test Not All it Seemed?


Photo from source, Raw Story

I haven't yet commented on the Iranian missile test earlier this week, because something felt odd about it. It seemed like a show of bravado, but maybe not one worth worrying about. Predictably, right-wing world went nuts, somehow conflating non-nuclear weapons with nuclear ones. And--for reasons I cannot fathom--right-wing world desperately wants to go to war with Iran. So this just fanned the flames.

Then, it turned out that Iranian media sources had PhotoShopped one of the tests to make it look more dire. And now, we're hearing that the test may have all been for show after all. Don't expect that to make a big splash on FOX "News."

[Excerpt]

Iran missiles were 'old equipment ' but tensions remain high

Iran's missile tests earlier this week didn't demonstrate any new capabilities and may not have included the long-range missile Iran claims among those launched, a US official said. . .

Read more at: Raw Story

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