"One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous." --Aldous Huxley quotes (English Novelist and Critic, 1894-1963)
When we are sitting on the largest stockpile of nuclear arms on the planet, where do we get the nerve to tell other countries that they can not arm themselves in the same way? When there is a bully in your neighborhood and you have a club, you'd best be getting yourself a club so you can defend yourself.
Right now the US is the bully with the club in the Middle East, and I can understand why Iran wants to arm themselves - even though they claim their nuclear program is for energy only. Why doesn't anyone see the irony here? We are threatening to use tactical nukes to stop Iran from developing nukes of their own. What is wrong with this picture?
Don't get me wrong - I don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons - I don't want ANYONE to have nuclear weapons. We need unilateral disarmament NOW. Everyone step away from the nukes! We can only hope to get others to disarm when we do as well. or we are just kids in a playground saying, "I double dog dare you!" One day someone will take that dare ... and God help us all.
Call your Congressional Representatives and Senators. Tell them not to accept this president's act two of lies and fear-mongering. Lets talk with Iran and Europe and others and see if we can come to some compromise. NO WAR WITH IRAN!
Posted by Cyberkat at September 3, 2006 12:19 PM | TrackBack