By: Patrick O’Connor
Oct 28, 2007 01:49 PM ESTWill we or won’t we attack Iran?
That was the big question this Sunday morning.
“Clearly the administration seems to be pointing in that direction,” Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
President Bush issued new sanctions on Iran last week, and Vice President Cheney continues to talk tough about the Iranian government, prompting speculation that the administration might attack the Shiite Muslim regime before Bush leaves office.
Congress has mixed feelings about the prospect. Lawmakers are reluctant to launch an attack, but universally fear a nuclear-capable Iranian military, particularly in light of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s harsh words about Israel. MUCH MORE
There is extremely strong indicators that the world as a whole is against an attack against Iran, and considering that many nations now view the United States as an “aggressor nation” with imperialistic goals, when will the UN turn on us, and deal the United States a round of sanctions that could utterly finish-off our shaky economy? Are we somehow exempt from International Law, ones we constantly fall-back on ourselves when attempting to justify war, but violate as we’re speaking the words… When will the international body politic finally tire of US imperialism and begin to act against us in unison - if ever? Even an LA Times Op-Ed suggested we “Straitjacket Bush”, and I couldn’t agree more.
William Cormier
