Iran is not a threat to the U.S.A., you cowardly fools.

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Tuesday October 30, 2007 · 9:49 AM PDT

2007/10/30 · 09:49

This is addressed to anyone who thinks that Iran is a big threat to the U.S.A.

Of course, we should define "threat" at the outset. Lots of things are minor threats, dangers, and /or inconveniences. But precious few rise to the level of existential threat -- a danger to one's very being.

We've been told again and again over the last six-odd years (and "odd" doesn't begin to describe them) that the United States is in grave danger from Islamofascists who are hell-bent on establishing a Caliphate here on American soil.

Iran is now a part of that scary little scenario, it seems, and the moral cowards we have in power are agitating for a war... because, really, that's all these nervous f***ing nellies can think to do.

Iran is now fully a part of the "danger to America!!!" narrative, as Iraq was back in 2002, when we saw this movie the first time.

In other words, the very existence of the United States is in peril. Again!!!

What kind of feeble-minded, lily-livered moron actually believes that?

The simple answer: mostly cowering rightwingers, of course, who submit to the evil Cheney-types...who, in turn, manipulate these losers' trembling nerves and lack of faith in our country.

But Democrats have plenty to answer for here, too. As rightwing nutjobs like Dick Cheney, Joe Lieberman, John Kyl, Norman Podhoretz and John Bolton have pushed the Overton Window ever steadily to the insane position -- Iran is gonna kill us!!! -- people who should damn well know better have shoved over to the rightwing side, and accomodated them.

Yesterday Daily Kos regular Geekesque started a series on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, and he will be covering that well. And while I think it was appallingly stupid of Hillary Clinton to vote YES on that warmongering nonsense in the face of Cheney and company's obvious Iran war lust, I think all of our major Democratic candidates could step up their game to stop this goddamned insanity.

Obama and Edwards have made some halfway decent statments lately about not following the Bushies into war with Iran, and to her credit, Clinton has stressed the need for diplomacy. But, as candidates do, at various times they've all accepted the rightwing premise that Iran is a grave and gathering threat.

It's not.

Iran is simply is NOT a threat to the United States, in any historical, unique, or imminent fashion. That is hysterical bullshit, and I want my Democratic candidate to say that in no uncertain terms.

The push back on the rightwing Iran frame needs to be as steady and unequivocal as the push towards war. It needs to be exposed for what it is -- another insane scheme by the goddamned geniuses who brought you Iraq, with its thousands of slaughtered American soldiers, its hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, and its hundreds of billions of American taxpayer dollars that could have been used to make our country safer, more secure, and a better place to live. (I live in Minneapolis, and I saw the future of this country in our 35W bridge collapsing, if our money keeps getting shoveled into the endless fire pit of the Middle East.)

Democrats need to tie this inexcusable Iran propaganda to the Cheney-Bush cabal relentlessly, instead of trying to triangulate and appear "tough." Dear God, does anyone think that really works?

You know what, Mr. Obama, Mr. Edwards, and Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Dodd? If you're tough on the incredibly unpopular Bush and Cheney -- and I mean merciless -- people will get that you're plenty tough enough to be President. It will only help you with voters to smack down this hysterical bullshit which says that our country is in grave danger from Iran, and do it without apology. Do it as a patriot who is "tired of hearing Republicans tell you how weak and pathetic our country is," if that helps.

Not only will saying that fire up the Democratic base, you'll help do some good. Quite a bit, in fact. You'll help prevent hundreds of thousands of people getting killed, and a possible World War started by insane, immoral, unpatriotic rightwing freaks.

There's a Democratic debate tonight. You want my vote, candidates? I'd like to see some fierce competition among you as to who can debunk this Cheneyite propaganda the most effectively. I'd like to see you out-tough each other by getting tough on the un-American scumbags who are trying to drag us into another unmitigated disaster. (I certainly don't want to see you meeting these fools halfway.)

And by the way, this mealy-mouthedness on Iran isn't limited to candidates. The Republicans are enemies of all that is good and decent in this country, so I won't even address them. But any of you Democrats in Congress who run around acting as if that ranting little pipsqueak in Iran with the Member's Only Jacket is about to overrrun us -- wind up voting for idiocy like the Kyl-Lieberman Gift-to-the-White-House, need to cowboy up and act like red-blooded Americans again.

Good God, people. Get a grip.

Toughen up.

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