Bush's Last War

If what I heard on the radio today is true we have our ships, troops, and air support ready to attack Iran. They have run through their practice exercises. The top brass is telling Bush that we shouldn't attack, but everything's set. Bush only has a few months left to do what he thinks he needs to do, so the time is right for him to attack Iran if he is ever going to. We have been getting the Iran-bashing from our executive branch for some time, and although it is a weak attempt compared to the anti-Iraq cheerleading it reflects the same agenda. The scary part is, Bush and Co. will probably go through with it even without public support.

As a citizen of the United States, as one of the many employers of the president and his cabinet, I am here to say NO. Don't do it. It was wrong in Iraq, it is wrong in Iran. We are stretched too thin with our military, with our budget, with our reputation and effectiveness on the world scene, with our nerves.

Mr. Bush, you see enemies too easily. You are too scared to talk to those you fear, and in this way you can imagine them into anything you want. Your view of the world is too black and white to include so much reality, and the resulting reliance on fantasy leads to situational ethics, trying to bully the schisms between fantasy and reality, and untoward secrecy so that reality is blocked out. You are too oriented toward profit, so much so that you are selling my government to profiteers whose god is money. There's never enough god.

Your legacy is already set in stone. You don't need to add to it. How many more have to die for you to be satisfied? Are your convictions so strong that YOU would be willing to die for them?

Yes, you only have a few more months with an army to back you up. Do you believe so much in the righteousness of your convictions that you would confront your enemies without a military? Without an army what are you?

I say NO. Don't attack Iran. It would be another preeminent, illegal action that would make another mess that will take decades to clean up. Stop it, Mr. Bush. You've done enough damage.