Preventing the Impending War on Iran
Center for Research on Globalization, Canada
by Prof. Marjorie Cohn
Global Research, November 23, 2007
Rhetoric flowing out of the White House indicates the Bush administration is planning a military attack on Iran . Officials in Saudi Arabia, a close Bush ally, think the handwriting is on the wall. “George Bush’s tone makes us think he has decided what he is going to do,” according to Rihab Massoud, Prince Bandar ben Sultan’s right-hand man. Saudi Social Affairs Minister Abdel Mohsen Hakas told Le Figaro, “We are getting closer and closer to a confrontation.”
As Bush and Cheney try to whip us into a frenzy about the dangers Iran poses, their argument comes up short.
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The threats against Iran appear to be politically motivated. Seymour Hersh’s extensive research has convinced him that Bush/Cheney will invade Iran . They likely think embroiling us in Iran will ensure a GOP victory in 2008. It will certainly make it harder for the new President to withdraw from Iraq once we are mired in Iran .
If Hillary Clinton becomes that new President, she will likely continue Bush’s foreign policy. Clinton, who favors leaving a large contingent of U.S. troops in Iraq, says nothing about disbanding the huge U.S. military bases there. Clinton is also rattling the sabers in Iran ’s direction. She voted to urge Bush to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization and she, too, misquotes Ahmadinejad about Israel .
As we go to the polls in the coming months, it is imperative we scrutinize the candidates’ positions on Iraq and Iran . The security of the United States, as well as the Middle East, is hanging in the balance.
Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and the President of the National Lawyers Guild. She is the author of “Cowboy Republic : Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law.” Her columns are archived at www.marjoriecohn.com. [more]