{"article":{"id":212559,"heading":"Ron Paul and False Flag Fever","author":"Captain Eric H. May","created":"2008-01-14 11:13:05","modified":"2008-01-17 15:37:40","last_modified":"Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:37:40","article":"

Ron Paul and False Flag Fever



By Captain Eric H. May

Military Correspondent



False Flags Afloat



\"We should remember that Iran, like Iraq, is a third-world nation without a significant military. Nothing in history hints that she is likely to invade a neighboring country, let alone do anything to America or Israel. I am concerned, however, that a contrived Gulf of Tonkin- type incident may occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran.\" -- Ron Paul, speech to US House of Representatives, Jan. 11, 2007



International events this week have proved Ron Paul a most insightful American. A year ago Paul worried aloud that a contrived incident at sea might neocon us into more Middle East mischief. A year later, on Jan. 6, just before Bush was to make a hawkish visit to a Jewish state eager for us to start a war with Iran, the US Navy reported that five Iranian speedboats were threatening to attack three heavily armed and armored US fighting ships, the smallest of which was one and a half football fields long.



US mainstream media gamely chimed in with the act. Since 9\/11, they have regularly told us whoppers to lure us to and keep us in the quicksand of a Middle Eastern war. In 2003 they sold us a \"Saving Private Jessica Lynch\" farce to avoid showing us the Battle of Baghdad, which US forces took only after four days of fierce and bloody fighting. In 2005 they suppressed the Downing Street Memo, which proved the criminal aggression of Bush and Blair's Iraq war. In the later months of 2007 they cheered the stalled surge of war weary American ground forces, and kept smiling as the UK abandoned Basra. They hope that the American people, if sufficiently misinformed, will accept either a Democratic president who lies about getting us out of the war or a Republican president who lies about winning it.



Needless to say, the cheerleader in chief and his presstitute corps didn't spoil the story of Persian naval provocation by reporting the facts that debunked it. By Friday the US Navy had admitted that the guttural, bellicose radio threats allegedly made by the five Iranian speedboats were US insertions. Iranian government officials insisted all along that the incident in the Strait of Hormuz was a US\/Israel contrivance, and that only real provocation in the Persian Gulf continues to be the presence there of half the US Navy.



Dr. Paul's 9\/11 Prescription



\"Everything we have done in response to the 9-11 attacks, from the Patriot Act to the war in Iraq, has reduced freedom in America. Spending more money abroad or restricting liberties at home will do nothing to deter terrorists, yet this is exactly what the 9-11 Commission recommends.\" -- Ron Paul, The 9-11 Commission Charade, Aug. 24, 2004



The establishment growls at Paul for having rowdy supporters, and for refusing to denounce the 9\/11 truth movement. It scowls at him when he regularly uses his vote to challenge \"post-9\/11 realities\" like an emergency Homeland State and an unending Global War on Terror. It fears that a growing Ron Paul Revolution will continue to champion the Constitution, and will one day begin to preach the Declaration.



9\/11 zealots are the most energized of all Paul's people, and the most chaotic. They urge him to declare outright that 9\/11 was an inside job, as did former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, ousted by her party last election, who is now running as a Green Party presidential candidate. Last summer they saw how the Bush administration pushed the country toward a war for Israel against Iran, and how the mainstream media played along. They are afraid that the government may be preparing another terror attack against the American people, and they don't consider Paul's patience a virtue.



I'm sure that Dr. Paul knows who really attacked America on 9\/11, and that he can best serve his country by running for a presidency badly in need of a man of courage. He understands what he is up against, and appreciates that it can be quite dangerous. The establishment that merely growled and scowled at him yesterday may attack him murderously tomorrow. Still, I don't think he will back down from his unwavering prescription of more liberty and less tyranny as the cure-all for what ails us. After all, Paul knows just how malicious the neocon malady can become. His own congressional district around Texas City has long been the most likely place in America to be nuked by its own government, and in fact was very nearly nuked on July 27, 2005.



Texas City Target Zone



\"We are facing things our founding fathers could have never ever imagined. Even 7\/27 I don't think they could have imagined at the time.\" -- Glenn Beck (CNN), interviewing Ron Paul, Dec. 18, 2007



In my column last week, Ron Paul's 9\/11 Truth and Glenn Beck's 7\/27 Treason, I pointed out that Beck had made a huge Freudian slip when he mentioned the 7\/27 date as he chatted with Dr. Paul in December. 7\/27 was the date in 2005 that a task force of 9\/11 truth activists predicted four weeks in advance for the \"911-2B\" attack in the Houston area. I led Ghost Troop, a cyber-intelligence militia, into that most unusual military intelligence\/public affairs operation, and began to receive calls from Houston Police CID and the Houston FBI after the London bombings of 7\/7 convinced a widening circle of experts to take our 7\/27 alert seriously.



Houston police did not trust the FBI, that much was clear, and they discouraged me from confiding in the feds. They wanted me to keep them updated on Ghost Troop efforts, though, as we looked for indicators of the attack. Sgt. John Karshner and Lt. Felix Garcia were my two primary contacts at HPD. The FBI had selected Special Agent Skip Midcap to contact me, but I only replied to his calls through my lawyer. I had been threatened by the Houston FBI for correctly forecasting the British Petroleum, Texas City explosion of March 30, 2004, over a year previously. I knew that the FBI's job was to set up the false flag attempt, not shut it down. Major William Fox (USMC) recently wrote a thorough article about the 3\/30\/04 explosion and the FBI obstruction: Did Ghost Troop Prevent a Nuke Scheme on Its First Mission?



Summer of 2005 may seem like a long time ago now, but a few observations will sketch the mood of things back then. Bush had started the year with a second term awarded him by a second corrupt election, and with an ominous promise to use his new political capital. Neocons were beginning their mainstream media monologue that Iran was an existential threat to Israel and the US, and began predicting a nuclear attack by Al Qaeda, probably against a US petrochemical port city, and probably soon. The Bush administration was ready for just such a scenario. In May, the Pentagon's CONPLAN 8022 became operational, allowing US military forces to initiate unilateral nuclear war against Iran in the event that the US endured another terrorist attack, no matter who was behind it. Just as New York City's 9\/11 had justified the war on Iraq, Texas City's 911-2B would justify a war on Iran. As our 7\/27 prediction date neared, my Houston-area media contacts were exchanging Ghost Troop's Internet intelligence and the Houston FBI was trying to stamp out the fires of speculation. I made calls to, or received calls from, dozens of reporters nationwide. All were anxious, and all of them took very seriously our prediction date. When swarms of reporters began showing up in the Texas City area in the days before 7\/27, most of my contacts considered the attack imminent.



Proving the Point for Paul



\"Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean war, let it begin here.\" -- American Revolutionaries at Lexington (quoted by Ron Paul)



In future columns, I will continue to delve into the 7\/27 treason against Texas City. Readers of my column last week have likely already listened to the audio clip of my live international broadcast from July 28, 2005, in which I describe the Texas City British Petroleum explosion of the early evening and a simulated nuclear explosion just after dark: http:\/\/www.cloakanddagger.de\/media\/Captain%20May\/capt1.htm<\/a>



Given that the entire sky above Texas City looked very much like an erupting volcano that night, my publishers and I believe that many thousands of Southeast Texas residents saw the spectacle, and many of them photographed it. We ask all sources with any knowledge or photographs of the events we describe to contact The Lone Star Iconoclast or the writer.



Individuals or agencies may want to make statements or submit photos anonymously. If so, then both the publisher and the writer agreed to keep identities confidential, if requested. We look forward to pursuing the story, whatever the evidence shows it to be, and sharing the results with the public. We are eager to compare information with other researchers, and quite willing to discuss our claims with interested and independent media.



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Captain May is a former Army military intelligence and public affairs officer, as well as a former NBC editorial writer. His political and military analyses have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Houston Chronicle and Military Intelligence Magazine. For more information on Ghost Troop and their 911-2B missions, refer to the unit home page: http:\/\/www.spiritone.com\/~pazuu\/pow-mia\/Ghost_Troop_Captain_Eric_H_May.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, examines the Ron Paul campaign in its approach to the 9\/11 event. May suggest that Paul's own 14th Texas congressional district has been the target of a Bush false flag terror attack.","numcomment":23,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2008\/01\/212559.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":212566,"heading":"Ron Paul & False Flags","article":"Dr. Paul wants a full and open investigation of the Sept 11th attack.\r\nBy enemies either foreign or domestic.","author":"S_D","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-14 19:17:37","modified":"2008-01-14 19:17:37","fileurl":""},{"id":212568,"heading":"Irans military is the 16th largest in the world","article":"\r\n\r\n"We should remember that Iran, like Iraq, is a third-world nation without a significant military.\r\n\r\nNothing could be further from the truth. Irans\u2019 military is among the largest in the region. Its ranked # 16 in the world today\r\n\r\nArmy\r\n\r\nThe Iranian army contains 345,000 total active duty members, of which 2\/3rds are conscripts. The army is divided into 3 army headquarters with 4 armored divisions and 7 infantry divisions, 1 airborne brigade, and 1 special forces division.\r\n\r\nEquipment:\r\n\r\n* MBTs: 1245+ T-54\/55, Chinese T-59, T-62,T-72, Chieftain Mk3\/5, Mk-47\/48, M-60A1\r\n* Light Tanks: 80 Scorpion\r\n* RECCE: 25 EE-9 Cascavel\r\n* IAPCs: 200 BMP-7, 700 BTR-50\/-60\r\n* Artillery: 2,320 individual pieces\r\n* Gnd-Grd Msl: Frog-7, 6+ Scud-B and C (under local development)\r\n* Air Def Guns: 1,500 individual pieces in range from 23mm, 57mm\r\n* SAM: SA-7, some HN-5\r\n* Army Helos: 100 AH-1J (attack helicopter), 40 CH-47C, 170 Bell 214A, 40 AB-205A, 90 AB-206\r\n\r\nNavy\r\n\r\nThe Iranian navy numbers about 18,000 officers and seamen.\r\n\r\nSurface Combatants:\r\n\r\n* 2 destroyers\r\n* 3 frigates\r\n* 2 corvettes\r\n* 10 fast attack craft-missile\r\n* 3 fast attack craft-gun\r\n* 7 large patrol craft\r\n* 72 coastal patrol craft\r\n* 71 inshore patrol craft\r\n* 4 landing ships (logistics)\r\n* 5 landing ships (tanks)\r\n* 18 utility landing craft\r\n* 14 hovercraft\r\n* 3 minesweepers-coastal\r\n* 2 minesweepers-inshore\r\n* 3 replenish and supply ships\r\n\r\nSubmarine Forces:\r\n\r\n* 2 Kilo class diesel submarines\r\n\r\nNaval Aircraft\r\n\r\n* 2 Lockheed P-3F Orion\r\n* 5 Lockheed C-130H-MP Hercules (used for long range maritime reconnaissance)\r\n* 7 Agusta AB 204 ASW helicopters (shipborne)\r\n* 6 Agusta-Sikorsky ASH-3D Sea King (shore-based)\r\n* 2 Sikorsky RH-53D (shore-based)\r\n\r\nMarines\r\n\r\n3 battalions reported.\r\n\r\nTop\r\nAir Force\r\n\r\nThe Iranian air force numbers some 30,000 members. The American equipment cannot be assumed to be fully operational. Additionally, some of the 112 Iraqi combat aircraft flown into Iran during Desert Storm remain but they are probably not operational.\r\n\r\n* Fighter Bomber Aircraft: 9 squadrons -- 60 F-4D\/E, 20 Su-24, 60 F-5E\/F\r\n* Fighter Aircraft: 7 squadrons -- 60 F-14, 25 F-7, 30 MiG-29\r\n* RECCE: 5 RF-5, 3 RF-4E\r\n* Transport\/Tanker: 4 Boeing 707, 9 Boeing 747F, 11 Boeing 707, 19 C-130E\/H, 15 F-27, 5 Falcon-20\r\n\r\n* Trainer: 26 Beech F-33A\/C, 10 EMB-312, 45 PC-7, 7 T-33, 5 MiG-29B, 5 FT-7, 20 F-5B\r\n\r\nTop\r\nOther\r\n\r\nThe Revolutionary Guard Corps is a special division of the Iranian Army with 120,000 troops. Ground forces include 13 regional commands, loosely organized in battalions of no fixed size. There are perhaps 12-15 Infantry and 2-4 armored divisions and many independent battalions. This group serves independently, or in concert with the army. The naval forces of approximately 20,000 men are located in 5 island bases and control coastal defense. They operate the CSS-N-2 Silkworm surface to surface anti-ship missile jointly with the navy.\r\n\r\nThe Basij are civilian forces with a strength as high as 1,000,000 volunteers which are loosely organized and train in small arms munitions. Basij members are not currently integrated for military operations.\r\n\r\nThe Gendarmerie with a strength of approx. 45,000 serve mostly as border guard elements.\r\n\r\nwww.globalfirepower.com\/country_detail.asp?country_id=25","author":"Irans military is the 16th largest in the wor","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-14 21:14:48","modified":"2013-11-11 00:52:26","fileurl":""},{"id":212569,"heading":"since it's nescessary ( 4U) to spam this..","article":"Big bad Iran. With a nuclear Israel next door with the 3rd largest army and too many weapon systems to even list here.","author":"This","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-14 21:21:16","modified":"2008-01-14 21:21:16","fileurl":""},{"id":212585,"heading":"Actually, Israel is ranked #25","article":"The same website ranks Israel's army #25 in the world. Irans military systems is substantially larger than Israel.\r\nWhat source do you have for the #3 rank?\r\n","author":"israel is ranked #25","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 19:54:15","modified":"2008-01-15 19:54:15","fileurl":""},{"id":212588,"heading":"Nukes","article":"After Russia in the amount of nuclear weapons with systems of delivery.\r\nAnything else is BS","author":"Geez Luis","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 21:41:05","modified":"2008-01-15 21:41:05","fileurl":""},{"id":212593,"heading":"No source, huh?","article":"Israel is #26. Iran is number #16.\r\nI see no source for Israel having the third largest military (perhaps you meant in the region? Not the world?)\r\n","author":"and actually, check out the website","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 23:03:34","modified":"2008-01-15 23:03:34","fileurl":""},{"id":212595,"heading":"Three monkeys","article":"didn't someone forget to mention the nuclear arsenal Israel has? 400+ nukes and still pretending that it's so tiny and helpless with this heavy nuclear threat.\r\n3rd after Russia.","author":"3in1spoil","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 23:23:40","modified":"2008-01-15 23:23:40","fileurl":""},{"id":212596,"heading":"The waiting is the hardest part","article":"Lets see a source for that- the various military sites (Janes and others) rank Israel in the high 20's. So whats your source? You didn't just pull a number out of a hat, didja?","author":"source?","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 23:30:53","modified":"2008-01-15 23:30:53","fileurl":""},{"id":212597,"heading":"all else is BS","article":"Can't address the issue of the nukes can you?\r\nHundreds of them with long range delivery systems even including subs.\r\nThe unregistered kind of nuclear package Israel always is wanking about someone else having.","author":"Israeli Nukes","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-15 23:41:09","modified":"2008-01-15 23:41:09","fileurl":""},{"id":212599,"heading":"You asserted something","article":"You asserted something that you are unable to substantiate.\r\nIf you admit you made it up\/can't substantiate it, thats fine- we can move on. If not, well, I did not pass through shadow and fire to converse with witness worms.\r\nin other words-put up or shut up.","author":"lets see a source","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 00:00:38","modified":"2008-01-16 00:00:38","fileurl":""},{"id":212600,"heading":"Still waiting","article":"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_size_of_armed_forces\r\n\r\nlists Israel as #31, Iran as #8\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.acooke.org\/andrew\/writing\/arms.html\r\nnot even #3 in spending\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.diehardindian.com\/overview\/military.htm\r\nNot # 3 there, either\r\n\r\nStanding army size:\r\n\r\n1.China 2,250,000\r\n2 USA 1,625,852\r\n3 India 1,325,000\r\n4 Dem Ppls Rep of Korea 1,075,000\r\n5 Russia 960,000\r\n6 Rep Of Korea 685,000\r\n7 Pakistan 620,000\r\n8 Iran 540,000\r\n9 Turkey 515,000\r\n10 Myanmar 490,000\r\n11 Vietnam 485,000\r\n12 Egypt 450,000\r\n13 Syria 320,000\r\n14 Thailand 315,000\r\n15 Ukraine 295,000\r\n16 Taiwan 290,000\r\n17 Brazil 285,000\r\n18 Germany 284,000\r\n19 France 259,000\r\n20 UK 206,000\r\n21 Italy 200,000\r\n22 Eritrea 200,000\r\n23 Saudi Arabia 200,000\r\n24 Morocco 195,000\r\n25 Mexico 190,000 ","author":"anticipation","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 00:08:27","modified":"2008-01-16 00:08:27","fileurl":""},{"id":212601,"heading":"poor 'helpless' israel","article":"now why would the resident zionist be hesitant to mention their nuclear weapons?\r\nBashful?","author":"Israel and the 400+Nukes","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 00:11:51","modified":"2008-01-16 00:11:51","fileurl":""},{"id":212602,"heading":"Srawman!","article":"Back it up if you can.\r\nAdmit if you can't.\r\nThen we'll move on.","author":"you made an assertion","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 00:35:23","modified":"2008-01-16 00:35:23","fileurl":""},{"id":212604,"heading":"I said","article":"You keep pointing at conventional forces.\r\nWhy is that?\r\nMaybe Israel has plans for a few unregistered nukes?","author":"3rd largest Nuclear Arsenal of Israel","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 01:20:52","modified":"2008-01-16 01:20:52","fileurl":""},{"id":212608,"heading":"Three strikes and youre out","article":"You keep pointing at conventional forces.\r\nWhy is that? \r\n\r\nWell because you asserted that:\r\n"Big bad Iran. With a nuclear Israel next door with the 3rd largest army and too many weapon systems to even list here."\r\n\r\n(Really. Scroll up and see)\r\n3rd largest army.\r\n3rd largest army.\r\nIts right there in black and white.\r\n\r\nSo back up the assertion or admit you were wrong.\r\nAnd, btw, Israel largest nuclear arsenal either, but we'll deal with one lie at a time)\r\n","author":"still waiting","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 15:16:54","modified":"2008-01-16 15:16:54","fileurl":""},{"id":212609,"heading":"sure","article":"-And, btw, Israel largest nuclear arsenal -\r\nNot the largest as that's the position America enjoys.\r\nThen Russia\r\nThen 'Israel'.\r\nSo why don't the zionists want to discuss the 'secret' nuclear weapon systems they imprisoned Mordechai Vanunu for revealing, when they keep professing being such a helpless little country?","author":"Geez Luis","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 15:35:07","modified":"2008-01-16 15:35:07","fileurl":""},{"id":212612,"heading":"and you'd be wrong again","article":"If you look at reputable sources (Janes)- their best guess is that Israel has 75-100 nuclear warheads. Not number 3.\r\nSo once again, lets see your source.\r\n\r\nUnited States 9,938\r\nSoviet Union (now Russia)16,000\r\nUnited Kingdom 200\r\nFrance 350\r\nChina 200\r\nIndia 70-120 \r\nPakistan 30-80 \r\nNorth Korea 1-10 \r\n","author":"sensing a pattern here","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 17:54:15","modified":"2008-01-16 17:54:15","fileurl":""},{"id":212613,"heading":"and you'd be wrong again","article":"If you look at reputable sources (Janes)- their best guess is that Israel has 75-100 nuclear warheads. Not number 3.\r\nSo once again, lets see your source.\r\n\r\nUnited States 9,938\r\nSoviet Union (now Russia)16,000\r\nUnited Kingdom 200\r\nFrance 350\r\nChina 200\r\nIndia 70-120 \r\nPakistan 30-80 \r\nNorth Korea 1-10 \r\n","author":"sensing a pattern here","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-16 17:54:30","modified":"2008-01-16 17:54:30","fileurl":""},{"id":212629,"heading":" their best guess","article":"Now here is where the False Flag rubber meets the road.\r\nHow is it that 'Israel' can have a secret nuclear arsenal but\r\nwets its collective panties when any other mid east nation even tries to have a nuclear power program.\r\nAnd why does the israeli state worry about the object of this article and its author's veracity. \r\nToo close to some mischief concerning False Flag terrorism?","author":"Inspections Anyone?","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-17 00:46:04","modified":"2008-01-17 00:46:04","fileurl":""},{"id":212678,"heading":"Fiction vs truth","article":"I think we can all go home now.\r\nOne commentator asserts facts and refuses to back them up with ANY sources.\r\nAnother commentator asserts facts and backs them up with multiple sources.\r\nFiction vs truth. Myth vs reality.\r\nAnd repeating yourself over and over again doesn't make it true.\r\nThis thread was over shortly after it started.\r\nWe can all go home now.","author":"Myth vs Reality","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-17 15:21:05","modified":"2008-01-17 15:21:05","fileurl":""},{"id":212679,"heading":"dangit","article":"Let's all go back to our own affairs. Let the state of israel concern itself with its own corruption and we'll deal with ours right here with out the histrionics of a pariah in the face of the informed world.\r\nIt was the israeli lobby with their over-sensitive conscience that felt compelled to reassert the image of a wild and dangerous Iran in the face of their own massive nuclear arsenal.\r\nAnd the number of unregistered nuclear weapons that israel has\r\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samson_Option#_note-2\r\none might ponder as to what a nation led by racist psychopaths mean in reference to \r\nThe Samson Option. ","author":"?Que?","parent_id":212559,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-17 15:37:40","modified":"2008-01-17 15:37:40","fileurl":""}]}