{"id":647,"date":"2007-01-28T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2012-01-28T01:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-28T01:01:38","slug":"geen-tweede-irak-in-iran-petition-no-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnito.nl\/blog\/2007\/01\/28\/geen-tweede-irak-in-iran-petition-no-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":">Geen Tweede Irak In Iran! Petition No War With Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

>\"\"<\/a>We learned only last week that the President gave a \u201cprepare to deploy\u201d order to the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and its attendant strike force. Their destination is the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iran.<\/p>\n

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Is this simply an escalation of Bush’s saber-rattling? An attempt to provoke Iran or create a Tonkin Gulf-like rationale to justify military strikes? Or is this actually the first step of planned military action against Iran, with the administration\u2019s declarations of attempted diplomacy just as phony as they were before the Iraq war?<\/p>\n

Many of us might find it hard to believe that he would launch a war when the existing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq grow worse by the day, but that could be a fatal miscalculation for those of us demanding an end to this administration\u2019s hegemonic militarism. Given his ongoing, near delusional support for the disastrous war in Iraq, and his continued assertion that \u201call options are on the table\u201d with regard to Iran, this President clearly still favors destruction over diplomacy.<\/p>\n

It is impossible to overemphasize the horrific consequences that could flow from a war with Iran, which could well escalate into something resembling a third world war. Some of Bush\u2019s more ardent backers are already licking their chops at the prospect of a \u201cclash of civilizations.\u201d
That is why we must begin by confronting them now, and building public opposition to stop this war before it starts. The \u201cNo War in Iran\u201d petition is an initial step, with more to follow. Please sign the petition, and pass it on to your friends and colleagues. We need to start raising our voices now – while there is still an opportunity for them to be heard. Vertaal<\/a><\/p>\n

Lees meer en teken : Petitie Geen oorlog tegen Iran\/Petition no war with Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n