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The Coming Attack on Iran: A Perfect Storm of Madness
By Bernard Weiner (about the author) Page 3 of 3 page(s)
In sum, everything points to the likelihood of the coming attack with precious little countervailing power coming from the corporate media, anti-war forces, and the supposed "opposition" party, the Democrats, or the party's standard-bearer in the November election, Barack Obama. The U.S. economy already is teetering on the brink of a long-term recession, or worse, with ordinary citizens forced to work multiple jobs just to keep their families economically intact, with little extra time for political activism.
According to former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter: ( www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0806/S00383.htm )
>> "[Not only is Congress failing] to put any obstacles in the way of this policy but in fact Congress is actively facilitating this policy by refusing to enact legislation that would require the president to get the consent of Congress before going into Iran. The fact that Congress has opted out from tying the president's hands reinforces, at least in the Bush administration's mind, that Congress is legitimizing the potential of action.
>> "So when you put all of this together you start to see that there is not only a real risk of war but that those who would like to do it see that there aren't any obstacles being put in the way of their accomplishing this, which makes the likelihood of military action even greater. Everyday that goes by without Congressional action is another day that reinforces that there will be a military strike against Iran."
Is the situation reversible before Israel and/or CheneyBush initiate the bombing runs and Tomahawk-missile attacks on Iran? Reversal may be possible if the opposition mobilizes intensely in the next few months, but, at the moment, that does not appear likely. America's dogs of war are about to be unleashed in the Greater Middle East yet again, with everyone else, the world, seemingly immobilized and ready to be treated as mere "collateral damage." It's the numbness of too much trauma.
Madness, madness.#
Bernard Weiner, Ph.D., has taught at Western Washington State, San Francisco State, and San Diego State Universities. He has worked as a writer/editor with the San Francisco Chronicle for two decades, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org). For comment: crisispapers@comcast.net .
First published by The Crisis Papers and Democratic Underground 7/1/08.
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