Great Pumpkin

by digby

I’ve been trying to suss out what the likely October Surprise might be and recently wrote that I thought the stepped up incursions into Pakistan might be the clue. But a reader sent me an analysis from Stratfor that actually sounds more plausible. They claim that a deal with Iran may be in the works.

The report cites as evidence the fact that the Bush administration has gone silent on Iran since the Russia-Georgia war and that the US either engineered or did not not step in when Iraq has expelled the anti-Iranian terrorist group, the MeK, which has been a long standing Iranian requirement.They also point out that Iran, unlike Syria, has not sent an envoy to Moscow in aftermath of the Georgian war and have been unusually low key. There are even rumors that Cheney will meet with some Iranian envoy in Italy during his midnight train to Georgia tour.

This is, obviously, all rumor and speculation. But I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they pulled a stunt just in time for the election and this one seems as if it might actually be possible. After all, it’s the United States that wouldn’t take yes for an answer on most of these issues up to now.

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