WMail #64: "The War In Iran"

the October issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online

the essay topic is "The War In Iran", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay64.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#64

the November issue will be commentary on the election results.

the last issue's essay topic was "Bush & Blackmail", and it is posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay63.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#63

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War News: Attacking Iran

In December of 2004, the White House ordered the Pentagon to design plans for the invasion of Iran.

Leaves were abruptly cancelled for sailors last weekend at Norfolk Naval Station, in order to prepare the U.S.S Dwight D. Eisenhower [CVN-69] for immediate deployment to the Persian Gulf. The super-carrier ‘Ike’ and its support ships carry ‘tactical nukes’ capable of delivery to targets in Iran.

The fleet is expected to arrive by mid-October [i.e. before the November U.S. elections].

UPDATE 11 October: Navy officers aboard the 'Ike' have expressed concern via emails to family & friends about going to the Middle East without a declaration of war by Congress – What will they do if Dubya orders them to attack without Congressional clearance?; in other conversations, folks are concerned that the 'Ike' is intended as a lure for an attack ala the 'Gulf of Tonkin incident' of August 1964

Bush 43 is 'The Toxic President'

•• He increased the National Debt by 49% – a dollar amount larger than the prior 42 presidents combined.

•• He has destroyed America's reputation as any kind of Beacon of Freedom.

•• The entire world is mad at the U.S.A. for starting the War in the Middle East.

•• He refuses to comply with the Kyoto Treaty, and in fact supports pollution at every hand.

•• The average worker earns less, healthcare is a farce, and corporate executives are over-paid pirates.

•• War-profiteering abounds, and money for Katrina relief went to corporations – NOT to residents of the Gulf Coast.

•• The treasonous act of outing Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings destroyed the C.I.A.'s trust among the intelligence community.

•• Felonious wire-taps and secret data-mining schemes cause fear of expression among all Americans.

Regime change in November 2006 !!
Impeachment starts in January 2007 ...