War with Iran Would be Senseless and Costly
By Jeff Nall

On July 7 investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported that the Bush administration, with Congress’s consent, has begun a secret war on Iran. Hersh’s sources indicate that Bush was granted millions to escalate covert operations against the nation.

Recently, Democrats have joined Republicans in endorsing the bellicose H. Con Res. 362 which calls on President Bush to implement a blockade against Iran.

Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, The Presbyterian Church (USA) have denounced the bill as a dangerous step towards war. Military leaders are also troubled. Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr., U.S. Army (ret.), former Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Lawrence J. Korb, and Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan, U.S. Navy (ret.) describe the bill as "poorly conceived, poorly timed, and potentially dangerous."

The consequences of going to war with Iran would be horrifying. Gas prices will skyrocket, many more American soldiers will die, and tens-of-thousands of women and children will be destroyed beneath our bombs. Our government’s own data, reported in the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), reported that Iran does not have a nuclear bomb and is not an imminent threat to the United States.