Is the Global War on Terror just another name for the Great Game?
For centuries Afghanistan has been seen as crucial in the struggle for control of all Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East to Central Asia.
Initially this was known as the Great Game with England and Russia contending for influence and empire. Today England counts on the US and NATO to oppose a Russian-Chinese-Iranian counter-alliance.
In 2006 when Israel last invaded Lebanon US media watchdog
Media Matters for America reported on mainstream media accounts that the US was already in the midst of global war:
"Most recently, on the July 13 [2006] edition of Fox NewsÂ’ The OÂ’Reilly Factor, host Bill OÂ’Reilly said 'World War III ... I think weÂ’re in it.'
"Similarly, on the July 13 [2006] edition of MSNBCÂ’s Tucker, a graphic read: 'On the verge of World War III?' As Media Matters for America has noted, CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck began his program on July 12 [2006] with a discussion with former CIA officer Robert Baer by saying 'weÂ’ve got World War III to fight,' while also warning of the 'impeding apocalypse.'
"Beck and [former] officer Robert Baer had a similar discussion on July 13 [2006], in which Beck said: 'I absolutely know that we need to prepare ourselves for World War III. It is here.'"
Four years later some would argue the MSM was closer to the truth than they might have suspected at the time.
"The dangers of a military intervention by the U.S. and NATO were very real.
"The Pentagon had planned to launch a NATO invasion of Lebanon, which would have included the deployment of U.S. Marines to fight the Lebanese Resistance.
"This has also been confirmed by Alain Pellegrini, the former military commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in an interview with the newspaper As-Safir."
World War III may have already started or not; however, if Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 2006 had the potential to generate global war, what would a US/Israeli attack on Iran and its allies produce?
The March to War