Wha? They Think We Have CHEESE for BRAINS?!?

The Democratic Party agrees with me (see letter below): Bush & Company might be planning to start another war in the next few weeks. They think if they do, you’ll be dumb enough on Nov. 7 to vote to keep the NeoCons in Congress.

Unfortunately, when we’re scared, many Americans do tend to vote conservatively.

Now, let's think about this. Imagine your high school is holding a class election. The day before voting, Candidate X secretly sends half the class envelopes of anthrax. On election day, of course, X has a plan all in place for handling the disaster. Guess who gets everyone's votes.

Candidate X is Bush and his handlers. They are every evil character in every movie you’ve ever seen, all wrapped up in one.

Dear Athana,

While North Korea is dominating the headlines, the threat of an "October Surprise" U.S. attack on Iran has not diminished.

Pentagon planners have moved from routine "contingency" war plans to "second-stage" war plans. And the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Eisenhower and its accompanying strike force of cruiser, destroyer and attack submarine are sailing towards Iran.

How would Iran respond to an attack? Iran has three times the population of Iraq, and a modern military capable of firing missiles at our oil-producing allies and shutting down all shipping in the Straits of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil travels every day. The 140,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq would be attacked by Iran's Iraqi allies, and Hezbollah would attack Israel.

So why would Bush want war with Iran? For one obvious reason: to prevent Democrats from sweeping the November elections, as all polls now predict.

How could Bush attack Iran with all of our soldiers tied down in Iraq and Afghanistan? By relying entirely on bombs and missiles delivered by planes and ships. After all, Bush threatened to bomb our ally Pakistan back to the "stone age" if Gen. Musharraf refused to help us after 9/11. If conventional bombs won't cause enough destruction, Bush's neocon supporters are urging Bush to use nuclear weapons.

How would Bush start a war? By provoking an Iranian attack on U.S. forces - most likely by sending a U.S. warship near Iranian waters, or flying a U.S. warplane near Iranian airspace. After all, Bush planned to send a U.S. spyplane over Saddam Hussein's Iraq painted in U.N. colors to provoke an Iraqi attack that would get Bush the U.N. resolution he desperately wanted.

Bush fooled America once already with his invasion of Iraq. How can we stop him from invading Iran?

1. Tell your Representative to support Rep. Peter DeFazio's resolution requiring a Congressional vote prior to military action against Iran.
http://democrats.com/peoplesemailnetwork/80

2. Join 60,000 people who have signed our petition:
http://www.dontattackiran.org

3. Forward our message to your friends.

4. Call talk shows and write letters to your newspaper - and don't hesitate to express your fear and anger.

5. Challenge your Congressional candidates to declare their opposition to a U.S. attack on Iran.

6. Register to vote immediately and vote on November 7.

7. Read Scott Ritter's new book, Target Iran.

8. Follow important Iran War news at afterdowningstreet.org/irannews

9. Be prepared to march peacefully if the White House starts signaling an imminent attack on Iran.

Above all, go to your conservative and middle-of-the-road friends now. Tell them this buncha bottom scum could be about to kill thousands just because they think we're dumb enough to vote them back in power if they do. Remember: half the power of a surprise is that it's a surprise. Let's let the air out of this surprise before it's wheeled out in front of our fellow voters.