Robert Naiman: We Can't Wait Till Bush Commits to Oppose War with Iran

Published: September 26, 2007, 11:31 am

[This is adapted from a series of talks I gave at Purdue last week, sponsored by the Lafayette Area Peace Coalition. Note that as of Wednesday morning, the Senate has not yet acted on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment which seeks to escalate the U.S. confrontation with Iran. You can take action here.] Frequently those speaking up against war with Iran are confronted with some variation of the question: "You don't really think the U.S. will attack Iran, will you?" It's understandable that people would ask this. U.S. officials have engaged in a lot of bluster towards Iran for some time, but while the U.S. has certainly engaged in a lot of provocative actions, like arresting Iranian government officials in Iraq, supporting groups that are trying to destabilize the government of Iran, and stationing warships off the Iranian coast, so far the U.S. and Iran have shied away from direct military confrontation. Perhaps they will continue to do so for the indefinite future. But in assessing

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