The following is a rant. A very angry one. I have no idea what to do: fly a flag upside-down, march on DC, move to Mars, eat a bullet. No idea. The president and his party are determined to bomb and invade Iran, and it will break this country.
It will break this country.
When we bomb Iran, the US will cease to exist. No, not "as we know it". Cease to exist. Period. We do not have the troops, and we do not have the money to stave off our own destruction. Our current leaders do not have the wherewithal or the brains to understand what needs to be done.
If we really need to invade Iran, it will take a draft and a tax. These leaders will never do that. They are pussies. That's why they think a nuke will do the trick.
Nations all over the world will invade us in retaliation for a nuclear strike. They will unite. They will call themselves the "Allies". We will be the enemy of peace and the enemy of freedom.
We will deserve it.
When we bomb Iran, there will be no need for letters to the editor. There will be no need for marches and picket signs. Those measures assume the US has a future that can be reasonably debated.
When we bomb Iran, those rules won't apply. We will be done.
What will the people do when we bomb Iran? When the Canadian army marches in from the north, will we throw flowers at their feet? Will we feed and house them? Will we applaud them as they burn our cities?
We cannot be traitors if our country is gone.
Better to make sure it never happens. That means forcing debate while it still has a snowball's chance. That means making your Senate know you will not stand with them if they do not write off a bombing attack. That means letting your community know that the repercussions will be devastating.
I have no friggin' idea what is possible. Will the Senate grow some stones? Will we make sure this carousel screeches to a halt?
This is terrifying. I don't think they will. I don't think we can.
Once the bombing begins, it is over. I think we're already there.