Is U.S. on brink of war with Iran?

from the Royal Oak (MI) Daily Tribune:



Is U.S. on brink of war with Iran?




By Catherine Kavanaugh
Daily Tribune Staff Writer


FERNDALE- Scott Ritter, one of the former United Nations inspectors who didn't find any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, denounced the Bush administration for going to war with WMDs as the primary rationale in March 2003.

Now he fears the United States is on the brink of war with Iran. Ritter points to a military buildup in the region, the so-called threats to the U.S. Navy from Iranian speed boats last week and a U.S. Senate resolution that labels elements of Iran as a terrorist organization.

"It's like filling up a house with gasoline and flicking matches at the door," Ritter said. "Sooner or later it will connect."

Ritter spoke to the Daily Tribune via telephone Friday while on the road in Colorado. He and media critic Jeff Cohen were driving to meet with school and church groups in Boulder and Denver this
weekend for U.S. Tour of Duty, a series of public forums aimed at starting a national dialogue about global engagement. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/012008/loc_n4001.shtml

The Chinese just called and said our credit card was maxed out.

We're too busy sucker punching one another about the primaries to pay attention to this crap. :sarcasm:

at war with them before the General Election starts.:eyes: