HELLO KETTLE, POT CALLING

The US charge that Iran orchestrated what appears to be a "Keystone Kops" type terrorist attack against the Saudi ambassador, and the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington should be viewed with extreme skepticism by anyone familiar with decade long US lying to provoke military ventures in the Middle East. The plot described in court was simple minded, easy to discover and unlikely to succeed. It involved an Iranian immigrant used car salesman, Mansour Arbabsiar, with a family connection to the Iranianh Quds Force, hiring members of the DEA infiltrated Mexican gang Los Zetas to do the deeds. The fact that such a cockamamie scheme goes completely against the highly sophisticated Iranian intelligence community does not disprove Iranian government involvement; but it sure should make us wary of the shrill cries of proof positive emanating from Washington. The pro Iran war extremists in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US are once again beating the drums for a third major war in the Middle East in spite of the two colossal loses we've racked up there already.

With our record of creating millions of dead, injured and homeless through our lying about the need to instigate and maintain endless wars, this congers up the old adage of the pot calling the kettle black.