Say NO to war with Iran! Wes Clark asks you to sign the VoteVets petition now!

by what if

Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 08:05:00 AM PST

You are going to be asked to sign a very important petition at http://www.stopiranwar.com/ in just a bit, but first let me give you some background.
Have you given any thought to how significant it is that Wes Clark recently took the time to seek our opinions and answer our questions concerning whether war with Iran is inevitable?
http://www.dailykos.com/...

I believe some in the Administration have seen this confrontation as inevitable - or have sought it - since late 2001. At that time a Pentagon general held up to me a Defense memorandum which he described as a five year road map to the conflict. But surely we have learned by now that, particularly in this region, force and the threats of force should be the last, last, last resort.

• what if's diary :: ::

Many of us greatly appreciated General Clark’s willingness to publicly lead a discussion of that here at Daily Kos. And for those of you who may have missed it, catherineD subsequently did a fine job of sorting through the many comments made in response to Wes Clark’s diary, and she provided an easy reference to all the questions he was asked in:
http://www.dailykos.com/...

For those who didn’t want to slog through the fan mail (879 comments!), here are edited or paraphrased versions of the questions Clark was asked and answered, with his responses in full.

You’re probably aware that General Clark has been working tirelessly to persuade the administration to stop all the saber rattling and instead pursue all possible peaceful means to resolve the situation. At the same time, he has tried his best to make certain that the Iranian government understands that they too need to step back from the brink.
http://securingamerica.com/...

Speaking to United Press International Friday after addressing a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, Clark said that the Iranians should take 'very, very seriously the prospect of air strikes and missile strikes as well as other operations directed against Iran`s nuclear capacities and all other elements of their military power.'

Today, Wes Clark has taken another step in this process, and the success of this step greatly depends upon our active response. Wes and VoteVets.org have set up a new website which enables us to record our voices and videos from the grassroots against going to war with Iran. It’s at:
http://www.stopiranwar.com/
As I promised at the start of this diary, there is also a petition there for us to sign. Let's show Wes Clark our appreciation for all that he is doing to involve us and prove that the netroots can be a very significant voice when we are united against another unnecessary war.
Please join with the Iraq War veterans at VoteVets.org and sign the petition to President Bush today. http://www.stopiranwar.com/ As Wes says, please, "Urge him to work with our allies and use every diplomatic, political, and economic option at our disposal to deal with Iran. War is not the answer."
Please also consider adding your own voice and/or video against war with Iran at the http://www.stopiranwar.com/ website.
And please circulate this request to all of your friends in the netroots. I'm sure that they are all busy, but for the vast majority of them, there may be nothing more important they do today than signing this petition.
Thank you for standing with all of us against another unnecessary war.

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Fuck off!..............

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Speaking to United Press International Friday after addressing a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, Clark said that the Iranians should take \\\\\\\'very, very seriously the prospect of air strikes and missile strikes as well as other operations directed against Iran`s nuclear capacities and all other elements of their military power............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...........\\\\\\\' So what is Clark trying to say here? Hide or move anything important, or move anything you don\\\\\\\'t want bombed. Im sure Iran is getting it, loud and clear. Clark is a nut. What Clark should be saying is..Make peace not war.., the message has not changed, just the messenger. There is only one way for peace and that\\\\\\\'s by force.....don\\\\\\\'t deal with animals. These people only seem to understand one thing.... life and death.You and your comrades in this struggle, don\\\\\\\'t seem to understand that these people want us dead. That means u, and Clark and Hillary and Obama. Obama/Osama mmmmmmmmm, are u kidding me? Screw Muslims....they don\\\\\\\'t want peace, they want u dead.

Vi you don't seem to realize, the conservatives are on their way out, and deservedly so.

Care to make a bet on the 08' election?
I whooped your ass on the 06' election, your out of touch with the rest of the country and reality my friend.

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With all due respect, Dank ... its the extreme left, represented here in the forum by our Honorable Mr. Med that is out of touch. I agree ... the so called "conservatives" that you alluded to are out of touch as well. But, they are conservative in name only and now reside between the communists on the hard left with Med, and the luke-warm socialists on the minor left with Mcain. Ronald Reagan was a Conservative. Barry Goldwater was a Conservative. These were guys with huge clangers. The so called "conservatives" left representing us at this point, I'm sorry to say, are all neutered. Not to the point of being pussies like the extreme left is, but neutered just the same.



Vi

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care to wager?.... I still have seeds to that plant that produced 9 pounds.
By the way that was Kendo's Preservation Haze.

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The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. United State Constitution, Art. I Sec. 9 Par. 2

"Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism" -- Howard Zinn

Who0000!!! I know Kendo ... toked up with him plenty too. Now there's one nice guy who has dedicated mucho (a little California lingo) to the medical mj cause.

On the wager ... Not wavering here ... but I'd like to wait a bit to see who's in the race on the Repubican side. *lol*

Vi

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Vi you forget I lived in Southern California for 30 years of my life.
When My mom passes away, I'm selling this house and moving back.
I didn't lose anything in this shithole. I may have been born here, but there is nothing tieing me here after my mom passes away.
As far as the Republicans.

McCain is a putz who has his finger in the air to see which way the political winds are blowing.

Rudy Giuliani stands a snowball's chance because he is a divorcay and was shacked up when he was in office in NY, not to mention that he is pro gay rights (the Christians aren't going to let that one go)

Mitt Romney, Mormon.... That's going to kill any chances with the Christians.

Duncan Hunter, maybe.

John Cox, yet another putz... Accountant and has lost every election he has ever ran in.

Sam Brownback, I don't think so, he's a Bush Clone and those in the know, know it.

Official and potential 2008 United States presidential election Republican candidates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. United State Constitution, Art. I Sec. 9 Par. 2

"Dissent is the Highest form of Patriotism" -- Howard Zinn

That's why I agreed with your other post about how screwed up the Republican Party is. So ... where are the liberty and smaller government devotees supposed to go now?

And by the way ... when you move back to California, be ready to suffer from "Sticker Shock." The housing prices here are absolutly unbelievable ... even in the outside areas.


Vi

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