And so the campaign of lying us into yet another war begins:
The US military has accused the “highest levels” of Iran’s government of supplying increasingly sophisticated roadside bombs to Iraqi insurgents.
Let’s just say that after Iraq, our government’s credibility is as close to zero as it could possibily get.
The solution to the war in Iraq is not to double down and start a war in Iran. Instead, it is to pursue a true new way forward which has not been tried by this administration: diplomacy. If we aren’t even willing to talk to our enemies, then it’s basically impossible for us to love them.
Regardless of what Iran may or may not be doing with regard to nuclear weapons, the solution is not an ill conceived war in 2007 (or even 2008 or 2009). And while some would argue that nation-states cannot live by Jesus’ prescription to “love your enemies,” it is not a stretch to argue that they should not live by the Bush administration’s prescription of “shoot first, ask questions later.”
To paraphrase Sting from the time of another “generational struggle”, the Iranians love their children too. And that is basis enough for us to talk to them and find a way forward without war.
