Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Being Timothy Geithner

Why is the Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, out front talking about Iran's nuclear capability? Is this unusual? What are his expertise in this area? It seems as if he has enough on his hands with the economy alone I would think.

4 comments:

Big Mark 243 said...

...and history never repeats...

It isn't enough that they are waging war for oil in Iraq. Now there is a desire to wage war in Iran.

I have been trying to pull together my thoughts on why I believe that there is a shadow government policy to move the United States into dominance in the Middle East. It is rather long... but I may let it go to press.

The problem is that the propaganda we've been getting fed has us set up for a rush to Iran and wider war in the Mid East.

This will also give the Israelis an excuse to ramp up their military.

The greater concern is the use of America's military to make policy instead of reacting to a real threat. Dangerous precedent was set in the aftermath of 9-11, and there isn't any going back.

At least as long as the propaganda is being diseminated instead of objective reporting.

Judith Ellis said...

"The greater concern is the use of America's military to make policy instead of reacting to a real threat. Dangerous precedent was set in the aftermath of 9-11, and there isn't any going back."

Mark - This is certainly a concern. Also, with regards to Israel I posted a link here where the premise was that Israel can continue to act without impunity because the Arab states are not unified. We are, of course, paying Egypt some one billion annually to remain an ally but this last incident with the attack on the Mavi Marmara may bring the Arab world together. According to NPR, after pressure from nations around the world Israel will lift the blockade and allow construction materials and other goods through to Gaza. Here is the NPR link.

Did you read that Halliburton though a foreign subsidiary had been selling nuclear technology to Iran? Here is the YouTube
link. This to me seems more likely why Timothy Geithner has inserted himself into the politics of nuclear proliferation. He has no expertise in that area--none! My next thought is who would give him the platform? Rahm Emanuel? If so, why? There seems to be two choices here and perhaps others: 1) To safeguard the business of the likes of big multi-nationals such as Halliburton, BP, and Goldman Sachs 2) To insert himself in Middle East politics. Whatever the case is, it gives a foul scent.

zorro said...

I would think that Geithner would know something about how Iran finances their nuclear ambitions. He should have expertise in the areas of Iran's economy
would be most vulnerable to certain types of financial sanctions.

Judith Ellis said...

"I would think that Geithner would know something about how Iran finances their nuclear ambitions."

Yeah, we know how Iran is being financed, by the likes of Halliburton. Check out this clip.