Thursday, January 18, 2007

Familiar Words

Secretary of State Rice and other talking heads representing the administration, are using the same words in talking about Iran that they did in the buildup to the war in Iraq. Hinessight found the story at Sign on San Diego. Here are some excerpts from the article:

Provocative words by President Bush and a fresh American military buildup in the Persian Gulf seem to mark a new focus on Iran that could signal another Cold War or even a deadly confrontation.

As the USS Stennis aircraft carrier began its journey to the Gulf on Tuesday, top administration officials traveling in the region defended the increased U.S. presence there as the only way to impress on Iran that the four-year slog in Iraq has not made America vulnerable....

....Bush authorized U.S. raids against Iranian targets in Iraq several months ago, U.S. officials have said. The U.S. says Iran has been providing bombs and training in how to use them to anti-U.S. forces in Iraq.

“The United States is simply responding to Iranian activities that have been going on for a while now that threaten not just to destabilize the chance for Iraq to proceed to stability but also that endanger our forces,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said last week....

Do they think we're stupid? I thought this country was a democracy, not a dictatorship! Will this administration just go to war anywhere and anytime? How does Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15) feel about this? Contact her office and tell her you are tired of war.