As per yesterday's post, it is encumbent upon us to KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. In that vein, I have the following links for your consideration:
Talking Points Memo - here, here, and here.
The Incomparable Digby - here, here, here, and here.
Alternet.org has a story here.
Of all these links, the two most interesting are one from Joshua Marshall at TPM, in which he mentions the incoherence on a confrontational approach to Iran, and some sort of regional strategic alliance with the Saudis when it would be much more in our interest to do the opposite, espcially given (a) a preponderance of the historical and current evidence linking Saudi nationals and groups with links to the Saudi royal family to continued violence against Americans; and (b) a rational consideration of our national self-interest. This being the Bush Administration, doing the opposite is, of course, de rigeuer . . .
The other interesting item, at Hullabaloo, is one that suggests that, rather than concentrating their ire and an attempt at some kind of showdown with the Administration of Iraq policy, it might be encumbent upon Congress to make their stand - and make it NOW rather than attempt to do so after the planes are flying and people are dying - on any attempt at military action against Iran. I would concur wholeheartedly with this statement.
In reference to a comment on yesterday's post, a military coup is indeed one of the many nightmare scenarios I have kept myself awake with over the past months, as the generals take a stand against the reckless and feckless destruction and endangerment of our troops. Such a move would, I think, be like political chemotherapy - it would be worse than the disease. Of course, it might be that we are running out of options, especially as members of the Administration feel themselves even more constrained than usual, their collective backs against the wall, as it were. The fact that (a) such a nightmare scenario is entering our minds; and (b) being discussed by two generally rational people, shows just how desperate the situation in becoming. We need to act. We need to act now.
