Over the past week, former Bush officials and others have expressed growing alarm over the potential for the Administration to provoke a crisis with Iran and precipitate a military intervention by the US that could plunge the region from the Nile to the Hindu Kush into the conflagration of war. The list includes:
- Hillary Mann Leverett, Bush's former National Security Council Director for Iranian and Persian Gulf Affairs
- Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, former Secretary of the Navy under President Reagan
- Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of State
- Congressman Ron Paul, Republican of Texas
- Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner
That proposal was delivered directly to Karl Rove, and it appears Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has been dissembling about her knowledge of the offer. This suggests that the Administration has been planning on war or military intervention for years and did not want to be inconvenienced by Iran's willingness to sit down and negotiate.
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne suggests that possibly the best way forward is for Congressional Republicans to confront Bush over his failure to take the Iraq Study Group's proposals seriously. It has become evident since January that the President has no intention of paying the least bit of mind to the bipartisan group's sensible proposals for a POLITICAL as opposed to a MILITARY solution in the region.
Folks, this is serious business. Check out the stories in-depth below. Then consider contacting our Congressional representatives to urge them to demand that the Administration find a NEGOTIATED solution to the tensions in the Persian Gulf.
- Truthout: "Former Bush Officials Accuse White House of Trying to Provoke Iran"
- InterPress News Service: "Rove Said to Have Received 2003 Iranian Proposal"
- Washington Post: E.J. Dionne: "The Antiwar Rallying Point"
Contact information for our representatives in Washington --
Sen. Frank Lautenberg
825A Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-8929
or
1 Gateway Center, 1st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 639-8700
online contact form: http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Sen. Robert Menendez
502 Hart Senate Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
or
1 Gateway Center, 1lth Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 645-3030
online contact form: http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm
Rep. Frank Pallone
420 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4671
or
67/69 Church Street / Kilmer Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 249-8892
email: frank.pallone@mail.house.gov
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Wes Clark, in coordination with VoteVets.org, has lauched a national campaign to encourage us all to speak out against a war with Iran.
The website is StopIranWar.com.
This site will become a hub for news and advocacy efforts to combat the "saber-rattling" of George Bush. As so well put in a post at DU:
"TWO WRONGS don't make a right, but TWO FOOLS can start a War!"
This issue has become an urgent concern for General Clark, because of the potentially devastating consequences of a military intervention in Iran.
Please check out the website, sign the petition and pass the word. If you have a website of your own, the code for the graphic link is available here: Downloads.
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