Let's Stop a US/Israeli War on Iran

[sweetm2475]

It's More Important Than Halting Nuclear Proliferation
By BILL and KATHLEEN CHRISTISON, Former CIA analysts

The peace movements of the entire world should be in crisis mode right now, working non-stop to prevent the U.S. and Israel from starting a war against Iran. (See the James Petras article in CounterPunch on December 24, 2005 titled Iran in the Crosshairs for the best summary of the present situation.) The reckless and unnecessary dangers arising from such a war are so obvious that one wonders why normal political forces in the two aggressor countries -- both of whom love to glorify themselves as democracies -- would not prevent such a war from happening.

But the "normal political forces" in both the U.S. and Israel have become badly distorted. Democracy has been seriously undermined in both. The cowboy-like personalities and aggressive tendencies of both countries' leaders tend to feed on each other. Domestic political difficulties and coming elections in both countries probably add to the macho inclination of the ruling elites to use force to remove any problems facing them. The glue binding these tendencies together is the ever-strengthening institutional link between defense establishments and military-industrial complexes in both countries, as well as, in the U.S, the growing power and influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) over both major political parties. The entire mix increases the probability, against all common sense, that this absurd war will actually happen.

Nothing else more dangerous to the world, to the Middle East, to the oppressed Palestinians, or to the true interests of the United States is happening today -- anywhere. Americans who do not want an eruption of a new world war, started by our own government, ought to be strongly lobbying the Bush administration and all members of Congress against supporting any military action by the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Globally, people who oppose such a war should be lobbying their own governments in similar fashion.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6272

[bryant69]

1. We do need to get ready.

The subject hasn't officially been brought up yet, but there are clear signs that they are going that direction. Crazy.

Bryant
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[Loonman]

2. Israel has a standing army, air defenses

They can take care of it. We give those ingrates billions of dollars, state-of-the-art equipment and train their military. The freeloaders can go it alone on this.

[Pharaoh]

3. they can't go alone

because they will have to fly over our(Iraqi) airspace,

thus pulling us into the hostile action.

[meganmonkey]

4. I doubt they will go it alone

It will involve the US, no question in my mind. Mutual interests and all...

:scared:

[Ian David]

5. But then all the Jews might have to live in YOUR neighborood

Welcome to my ignore list.

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[tatertop]

7. Sharon will make the US pay him big bucks to stay out

Same as in Gulf War I.

(Yes that flushing sound is our tax dollars.)

[Dongfang Hong]

6. And how exactly would we go about doing this?

Besides, I'm not at all convinced an airstrike would lead to a war, much less a world war.

[The Stranger]

8. The article has some suggestions. The Peace Movement EVERYWHERE

should be mobilized to prevent further invasions, war, mass murder, torture and death.

[BiggJawn]

9. But there's "No plans on the table" for an invasion of Iran!

Shrubbie PROMISED us!
So Shrub and Sharon decide to go into Iran, and the PNAC bunch starts putting on their best suits to be all ready to meet Jeebus because they started Armageddon and He's on His way...


I'm surprised this post is still here, and not in the I/P Gulag.