An unprovoked attack on Iran is insane and should br prevented at any cost

MrScorpio

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Tue Sep-25-07 12:45 PM
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An unprovoked attack on Iran is insane and should br prevented at any cost

As far as Ahmadinejad is concerned, of course he's a nutjob, any fool can see that. But does his utter nuttiness warrant a war? Absolutely not.

There are proper and internationally recognized venues for dealing with regimes that abuse their citizens... Unprovoked war is never one of them.

When someone agrees with the US using unprovoked military force against Iran, even if to curb human rights abuses in Iran, they are falling into the trap of condoning the Bush administration's efforts to start another war. Be very sure, that whatever the Administration's motives are, NONE of them have anything to do with promoting human rights. If Bush was truly sincere about dealing with Iran in a proper fashion, the last thing he would do is prime this country for another war. Yes, Ahmadinejad seems to be a character sent straight out of Central Casting for our amusement and disdain... But in fact, he's only a distraction.

This is why Bush is using the same contrived "threats" that were the catalyst for attacking Iraq and overthrowing Hussein's regime. The Neo Cons' dreams of establishing a Middle East region under American political control and subservience to corporate exploitation are still extant... Believe that.

Instead, WE are looking more like a Nazi Germany in 1939, provoking attacks on its neighbors, instead of a United States which has always advocated the use of international institutions to convince rogue regimes to adhere to established standards of moral decency. Frankly, no one should be surprised, given his track record, that Bush has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. His only guidepost is the same used by all tyrants... The obtainment of unchecked power.

That is why the real reason Bush wants another war is so that he can have ADDED LEVERAGE OVER YOU!

More regressive policies... More national security state tactics... More religious intolerance... More Corporate pandering (Fascism with an American face)... Continued dead lock on the reigns of government.

Those good-intentioned folks advocating an assault on the Iranian regime for its crimes, with Ahmadinejad as an excellent scapegoat, are falling into Bush's rabbit hole of insanity and thereby adding fuel to the administration's machine of repression and a ubiquitous grab for power.

That's why, just as the last war, a new war against Iran is ultimately about internal American political maneuvering and less about external threats to our security.

This country has fallen for supporting Bush's aggression and has paid the price quite dearly.

Only a complete fool would allow his or herself to be duped into supporting further aggression... Especially knowing the outcome of the current circumstances in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I was suspicious of Bush's modus operandi in Afghanistan, utterly disdainful of his attack on Iraq, and completely horrified by the current set of mechanizations gearing us up for an attack on Iran.

Any thinking person with a conscience would feel the same way.