Please Stop the Iran War Before It Starts!!!

All Americans want to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons and interfering on the ground inside Iraq. Yet President Bushs saber rattling gives the US little additional leverage to engage and dissuade Iran, and, more than likely, simply accelerates a dangerous slide into war. The United States can do better than this.

Whatever the pace of Irans nuclear efforts, in the give and take of the Administrations rhetoric and accusations, we are approaching the last moments to head off looming conflict.

Cannot the worlds most powerful nation deign speak to the resentful and scheming regional power that is Iran? Can we not speak of the interests of others, work to establish a sustained dialogue, and seek to benefit the people of Iran and the region? Could not such a dialogue, properly conducted, begin a process that could, over time, help realign hardened attitudes and polarizing views within the region? And isnt it easier to undertake such a dialogue now, before more die, and more martyrs are created to feed extremist passions?

Please join General Wesley K. Clark and the Iraq War veterans at VoteVets.org and sign the petition to President Bush today. Military force against Iran is not the solution now, and if we adopt the right strategy, perhaps it need never be. Urge him to work with our allies and use every diplomatic, political, and economic option at our disposal to deal with Iran. War is not the answer.