Michel Chossudovsky: US-NATO-Israel War Plans Directed Against Iran

In recent developments, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought cabinet support for a military strike against Iran. Meanwhile, the British government has also signified that were Washington "to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes" against the Islamic Republic, her Majesty's government would support the Obama administration's resolve for a preemptive strike attack on Iran. A war on Iran has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon since 2004. Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program is the pretext and the justification. Tehran is also identified as a "State sponsor of terrorism', for allegedly supporting the Al Qaeda network. In recent develop -ment, what is unfolding is an integrated attack plan on Iran led by the US, with the participation of the United Kingdom and Israel. Central to an understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails. The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is misled. Breaking the "big lie" which upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the overriding force!