War With Iran Already In Progress

Surprise! And we all thought we were just involved in a war in Iraq. Turns out he president slipped some language about nuclear options into the recent proclamation.

"Safe, credible, and reliable nuclear forces continue to play a critical role. We are strengthening deterrence by developing a New Triad composed of offensive strike systems (both nuclear and improved conventional capabilities); active and passive defenses, including missile defenses; and a responsive infrastructure, all bound together by enhanced command and control, planning, and intelligence systems. These capabilities will better deter some of the new threats we face, while also bolstering our security commitments to allies. Such security commitments have played a crucial role in convincing some countries to forgo their own nuclear weapons programs, thereby aiding our nonproliferation objectives. "

This will soon be followed by the "H.R. 282: Iran Freedom Support Act" which will again give a convoluted justification to Bush that he can do whatever he pleases, even use nuclear bombs against a "potential" aggressor who has not attacked us. He is after all "The Decider".

A long and sometimes convoluted discussion of this matter is online at informationclearinghouse.info, and though it goes into details of the specific bills and proclamations extensively, writer Jorge Hirsch makes a good point.

"Half a million people go to the streets on immigration law, yet nobody is demonstrating against the Iran war that will radically change the life of Americans for generations to come. "

It is time we changed that!

Additional information is in this opinion piece in the Washington Post.