Stephen C. Webster
Published: Sunday June 22, 2008In a new editorial published by AntiWar.com, former CIA officer Ray McGovern states that he believes "a perfect storm seems to be gathering in late summer or early fall,"- when the Bush administration and allies in Israel will launch attacks against Iran.
"This time it will be largely the Air Force's show, punctuated by missile and air strikes by the Navy,"- writes McGovern. "Israeli-American agreement has now been reached at the highest level; the armed forces planners, plotters and pilots are working out the details."-
"Does Conyers not owe at least that much encouragement to those courageous officers who have stood up to Cheney in trying to prevent wider war and catastrophe in the Middle East? Scott McClellan has been quite clear in reminding us that once the president decided to invade Iraq, he was not going to let anything stop him. There is ample evidence that Bush has taken a similar decision with respect to Iran "" with Olmert as his chief counsel, no less. MUCH MORE
In a move that is refreshing from the standpoint of accountability, Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, is planning to convene a "convention"- that will discuss and plan ways of prosecuting members of the Bush administration for War Crimes. While I support this conference wholeheartedly, place yourself in the shoes of Bush and Cheney, and ask yourselves if starting another war and declaring martial law would be a viable method of stopping this proposed "conference"- which could easily lead to investigations - and maybe land some of those who have defied our constitution and rule of law into not-so-comfortable prosecutions, and could influence their decisions in regard attacking Iran that are based on their own self-preservation rather than national security!
Bush "-war crimes conference' to convene in Mass., plan prosecution of admin. officials
Stephen C. Webster
Published: Sunday June 22, 2008On September 13-14, 2008, Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, plans to convene a "-convention' at the school's facilities; the attendees of which will plan strategies to prosecute members of the Bush administration for war crimes.
"This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,"- stated Velvel in a press release. "It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth.
"We must try to hold Bush administration leaders accountable in courts of justice. And we must insist on appropriate punishments, including, if guilt is found, the hangings visited upon top German and Japanese war-criminals in the 1940's."- MUCH MORE
If you read all of these stories and meld them together, it reveals the "big picture"- of a country that seems hell-bent on starting another war, and if you consider the flooding in the Mid-West, which is guaranteed to raise our food prices even more, the food riots that have been occurring in other countries could easily come home to roost in the United States! The Associated Press published an article entitled "Everything seemingly is spinning out of control."- In my opinion, the AP did a wonderful job in taking most of the recent events and which have Americans wondering "what's next"- and demonstrated that indeed, we are all in for some extremely rough times, and to start a war when disaster is literally on our doorstep is insanity, and life in these United States could change forever if the "people"- don't wake-up and take action that will force Congress to protect the people, not corporate America or Israel! There comes a time when we have to protect ourselves, because if we don't, we will not be in the position to help others - but will join them in their misery! Remember, it's the United States that traditionally comes to the rescue of nations that are suffering from famine or disease, but who will come to our aid? Historically speaking, the U.S. is at an all-time low in global opinion, and several countries would gloat and revel in our demise, not reach-out to help. The Bush administration has destroyed our credibility and the United Sates is now one of the least trusted nations on earth, so isn't it time to make back-up plans so we don't wind-up as another third-world nation and suffer accordingly? Below are a couple of excerpts from the AP story mentioned above, and it's sobering stuff, words we should all consider and act upon instead of believing that "it could never happen to us."-
Food is becoming scarcer and more expensive on a worldwide scale, due to increased consumption in growing countries such as China and India and rising fuel costs. That can-do solution to energy needs "" turning corn into fuel "" is sapping fields of plenty once devoted to crops that people need to eat. Shortages have sparked riots. In the U.S., rice prices tripled and some stores rationed the staple.
American University historian Allan J. Lichtman notes that the U.S. has endured comparable periods and worse, including the economic stagflation (stagnant growth combined with inflation) and Iran hostage crisis of 1980; the dawn of the Cold War, the Korean War and the hysterical hunts for domestic Communists in the late 1940s and early 1950s; and the Depression of the 1930s.
"All those periods were followed by much more optimistic periods in which the American people had their confidence restored,"- he said. "Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen again."-
The above article is intense and is a must-read if you're hoping that things will get better, because right now, there's absolutely no evidence that it will, and if recent patterns persist, it will get much worse before it gets better - and if we add another war to the mix, you can bet that America will never be the same again!
I don't like to be the harbinger of bad news, but if you read all of the articles that are quoted above, our situation is dire, and another "Reichstag Fire"- appears to be simmering, ready to destroy everything our forefathers fought and died for; complacency is a disease, and in this case, the damage it will inflict on you and your families may be irreversible, so now is the time to take action - and if you don't, the future will be one that we brought upon ourselves by refusing to listen to reality which isn't knocking on the door, but is attempting to break it down while Congress still stubbornly refuses to impeach or do anything else that will halt the coming disaster that is aimed directly at America!
