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War on Iran has sequel potential

The May ratings sweeps are over, summer is almost here and more than half the programming on network TV is a rerun.
Because reruns don't pull in the eyeballs they used to, last week the U.S. networks announced some 20 new reality series. As previous summer hits, from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to American Idol, taught the network lemmings, it's an excellent season for fake truth.
Believe it or not, this has everything to do with the upcoming Operation Ayatollah They Had It Coming, or whatever the White House sloganeers will dub their war on Iran.
The next war is already getting heavy advance promotion.
CNN has a graphic going "Inside Iran,'' and Wolf Blitzer has been braying about how Iran may have weapons of mass destruction, could be supporting Hezbollah terrorists and, of course, has connections to ever-elusive Al Qaeda. Friday afternoon, he allowed one of the usual suspects from the Heritage Foundation — don't you love how these right-wing think tanks are named? — to call Iran the "poster child for