Comments on: Accelerated Roadmap to War

By: hass

hass — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:53:29 +0000

The Iranians have made perfectly reasonable compromise offers, including opening their nuclear program to interantional participation (a solution widely endorsed by IAEA and international experts) but the US refuses to recognize Iran’s inherent right to make its own nuclear fuel. This is not about “nuclear weapons”, this is about who gets to own the nuclear fuel cycle.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:54:17 +0000

Jon. I’m not so sure that this country has the good sense to protect it’s own interests. I worry that they have drifted beyond the point of no return. What you fear in an attack on Iran being a the final nail in our own coffin could have been said about Iraq. Of course a better analogy than coffin nails might be nailing a whore with HIV. The infection of that the debt burden represents might well destroy/have destroyed the country we both love/d.

I’m planning on heading out to North Africa, hope to run a restaurant there and spend my days in a growing economy. Come to Oran and seek out the only Mexican food restaurant there. Don’t know when I’m making my break, I have grandparents who aren’t long for this world and my wife is finishing her last year of college once those are resolved I’m out. They love Americans in Algeria, at least they do for now.

By: Jon Harrison

Jon Harrison — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:09:17 +0000

Let’s not write off Pres. Obama yet. You see today that the U.S. has accepted Iran’s offer of Wednesday to enter into direct talks. Neither the president, nor Secy. Gates, nor the Chiefs want a war with Iran. There is tremendous pressure from the neocons and their media supporters, and from Christian conservatives, to “do” Iran. But this administration won’t bow to that pressure. Indeed, Obama could paraphrase James Baker: “F—
the neocons and the right-wing Christians. They don’t vote for us anyway.”

Altho’ there are certainly Democrats at Brookings and elsewhere who would support a more aggressive policy toward Iran, they don’t hold the balance of power in this administration. They probably count on Hillary for support, but she’s doesn’t make a winning hand for them. Obama appointed her to keep her from running against him in 2012; her influence in the administration is minimal, even less than it appears.

What you all need to watch for is an unilateral Israeli action. At some point, they will be able to overfly Iraq without our permission. 2010 and especially 2011 will be the years of greatest danger.

By: Muhammad Sahimi

Muhammad Sahimi — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:13:58 +0000

Just when the democratic movement in Iran is gathering strength, and just when deep fissures are emerging in the ranks of Iran’s hardliners, there is once again the talk of war. If a military attack on Iran does happen, it will give the perfect excuse to the hardliners to wipe out the Green Movement in Iran using bloodshed and large-scale violence under the guise of threat to national security and territorial integrity.

Hands off Iran. It is not a danger to any nation. The hardliners are a danger to the great majority of Iranians, but they will be taken care of by the Iranians themselves

By: Eddie Edwards

Eddie Edwards — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:12:26 +0000

President Obama is a fraud of massive proportions. The irony of this whole situation is the level of tolerance that the american people are exhibiting where he is concerned. I suppose it is more a sense of despair than tolerance; because everybody really thought that he was going to end the wars as he so eloquently promised during his campaign.

Mr Obama should not make the mistake into thinking that people are not on to his spineless behaviour with regard to general policy. It can be argued that he is taking orders from the faceless powerbrokers behind the scenes and in so doing is trying to preserve his life from the so-called assassin’s bullet. But history is replete with examples of persons who capitulated to the evil powers and after they had served their purpose were eventually liquidated.

Unfortunately, Mr Obama is going to wind up as the meat between the sandwich; that is to say– enemies of each side of the coin– and clearly in times to come, if he is lucky to be still alive, everyone would have lost all respect for him. What a stark contrast between himself and former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who has proven herself to be a woman of principle and honor and stands up for what she believes in; whether you agree or disagree with her.

He really needs to take a leaf out of Cynthia’s book.

By: James Richardson

James Richardson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:54:07 +0000

For God’s sake, is there no adult supervision in Washington. What is the matter with the these fools running things?? If someone doesn’t take the keys away from these juvenile idiots they will lead us all into ruin.
Iran is NO THREAT to us or to Israel for that matter. Their only threat is their refusal to be dictated to by the Western World. And, contrary to what some might think the US does not rule the World nor should it. These fools in Washington are having enough trouble trying to run this country let alone every other nation on Earth. The only result of attacking Iran will be a calamity so great we cannot even grasp it. It will surely be the beginning of the end of the West.

By: Peter Gronsky

Peter Gronsky — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:36:17 +0000

Most American’s will be kept stupid by the mainstream media; the gentiles that know the truth will never speak up about Israel’s crimes. It’s too dangerous for someone who has a family to support. The Likudnik’s take no prisoners and will destroy people. It’s a stranglehold like no other.

By: 8

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:30:30 +0000

Perpetual War… It is the only way that the US economy, in its present form, can keep going. And it is the only way that the US government can keep enough of the general public distracted so that they never really wake up to the true condition of the country and the duplicity of the people that run it…

By: Louis Starks

Louis Starks — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:10:20 +0000

Who would have imagined that a so-called (phony) antiwar-candidate for President, Obama, would turn out to be a more foolish and reckless, and FECKLESS war monger than GWB?

Are these people connected to reality? The world is already shifting away from the US dollar, realizing their support of it supports their military encirclement. Are our fake leaders here so delusional they believe the world will stand by after an unprovoked, criminal attack on Iran? Putting aside the military hardships an attack will summon, what about the economic ones? We’ve moved from the realm of hubris to delusion.

By: bob wilson

bob wilson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:04:32 +0000

I am sick and tired of Israeli “firsters” running our foreign policy, dragging us along as it flaunts UN resolution after resolution, Geneva Conventions, etc. Remember the Liberty? I want not one of my tax dollars to go to Israel. Indeed, what threat is Iran to us? Not at all. It does not want to be destroyed. Israel is the one who should come clean about its own weapons. Attacking Iran will bring us to an all-out oil war all over the globe. Let Israel swing in the winds of world opinion.