Meanwhile, equally rational minds such as Salon's Joe Conason are warning us that the Bush administration is laying on pressure about a potential military strike against the country. (I guess Dubya had enough "negotiating" with North Korea and doesn't want to appear soft??)
Not only would this be disastrous in terms of world order, it certainly wouldn't solve anything. Attacking Iran isn't going to stop terrorism and extremism. More than likely it would increase it. Nor will military measures against the country make gas prices better. I am certain the opposite would happen, as the Middle East would be thrown in even greater turmoil. And it won't improve the situation in Iraq, which might actually be getting better through the support of Iran, its neighbor. Go figure.
The Bush administration assures us that they would use force as a last resort. Well we have heard that bedtime story before and more than 4,000 Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis have died because of it. What further atrocities will our country and the rest of the world have to endure due to the irrationality of this administration? Their flagrant disregard for reality continues to astound me, just when I think they have reached their limit.
Every day I am left questioning if we can just make it until the end of Bush's term. 193 days and counting . . .
