Fool us twice?

As the bloody occupation of Iraq drags on, the Bush administration has begun a saber rattling campaign aimed at Iran, based largely on misinformation. The headlines read “Iran Close to a Nuclear Weapon� while the fine print discloses that the administration’s own estimate suggests 2011 as the earliest date that Iran might develop an atomic bomb. Most experts put that date much farther into the future; many analysts believe Iran is divided and undecided about whether, how fast, and how far to pursue a nuclear weapons program. Yet, our military planners are developing plans to move against Iran, reportedly including options for the use of nuclear weapons by the U.S. in an attack. It’s time to get off the Bush administration’s primrose path to another war and begin anew on a genuine road to comprehensive nuclear weapons control.

What is to be done? Nuclear weapons represent a serious threat to everyone’s security, no matter where they are. The Bush administration policies of aggression and isolation have produced nuclear weapons in North Korea and led other countries to consider possession of the atomic bomb as the effective means of deterring U.S. aggression. The only workable solution to the control of nuclear weapons is a comprehensive, international, even-handed one. It is essential that the efforts of our government be redirected in this fashion.

The undersigned members and supporters of Illinois Peace Action urge the U.S. government to publicly change course and vigorously support cooperative, international mechanisms for eliminating the nuclear weapons threat.

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