Wake Up America!

With regard to Iran, things are becoming very disturbing once again. The following quote from a Bloomberg article makes that perfectly clear: “No one should doubt that President Barack Obama is prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if sanctions and diplomacy fail, the president’s former special assistant on Iran said.”

Here is the URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-10/obama-prepared-to-use-force-to-stop-nuclear-iran-former-adviser-ross-says.html

There are two ways of looking at this. First, Obama is trying to look tough to deflect any criticism that may be directed at him by the eventual Republican nominee. Second, the statement may accurately describe Obama’s intent with regards to Iran.

It is quite clear that the US, even after the fiasco in Iraq and the ongoing senseless occupation in Afghanistan, is still tied to a foreign policy of relentless, militaristic aggression and the stupid inclination to interfere in the affairs of other countries. Though there are signs that many Americans are disenchanted with this American tendency to be hostile and aggressive, primarily in the campaign of Ron Paul, the opposition to American conventional foreign policy since the end of WWII has not become strong enough to meaningfully change it.

Even if Obama is only making noise for political purposes, the fact that he finds it necessary to make this noise is in itself disturbing. But one cannot discount the possibility that he is serious about attacking Iran.

I am quite confident that if such an attack is carried out, this world will be thrown into a state of hurt and despair that few can now fathom. There is every possibility such an attack could lead to WWIII. Iran is likely quite capable of destroying US forces, primarily naval, in the area and also of destroying the small state of Israel. They are also capable of shutting down a big share of the worlds oil and thus throwing the world into a deep economic depression.

What should be the response of concerned and moral individuals in American society?

One could support the campaign of Ron Paul and hope that he is successful. Yet, his policy stance on so many subjects outside of foreign policy is quite distasteful to many of us.

To my way of thinking, peace loving people should not waste time in displaying their opposition to the madness. The time to start organizing and voicing opposition to this policy should start now.

Does anybody else feel the urgency I am beginning to feel?

PS I am not the only one who is very concerned. Please see this opinion piece by Robert Kelley, also in Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-11/iran-nuclear-weapons-charge-is-no-slam-dunk-commentary-by-robert-kelley.html