Thank you Laura so very much!

Tom Morello, too!

(*****FDL tribe*****)

there could be only weeks remaining before Cheney gives the go signal, and the chaos and carnage in the Middle East will increase exponentially, with many thousands more innocent lives extinguished.

moral abhorrence at state murder may not suffice to arouse ‘netizens’, but what about the political, electoral ramifications? How would the (D) brand be affected by an escalation against Iran?

Badly – not getting on the right side of this issue now might seal the defeat of Obama in a climate of war hysteria – with the media in full propaganda overdrive, and McCain promising to go all the way, the (D) candidate would likely tack to the right, losing sincere war opponents and not convincing wavering independents and repugs disgusted by Bush.

and, Iran will not be a cakewalk – there could be casusalties on the US side, which the media would broadcast 24/7.

If the candidate cannot claim principled opposition to the new aggression, before it began, they will be caught in the awkward straddle of Kerry and Clinton, who didn’t have the guts to oppose the Iraq debacle before it happened.

what hath Hamsher wrought ?