October Surprise

The Nation reports that that a naval strike force that includes the nuclear aircraft carrier Eisenhower has been ordered to prepare for deployment to the Persian Gulf.

The strike force has been ordered to be ready for deployment by Sunday, October 1. Military analysts say that, deploying on this date, the strike force would be on station in the Persian Gulf three weeks later, on October 21.

The Nation reports that several angry officers on the ships involved ... contacted antiwar critics like retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner and complained that they were being sent to attack Iran without any order from the Congress.

It is becoming increasingly clear that George W. Bush and his henchmen intend to launch an attack on Iran, in direct contravention of U.S. and international law, to say nothing of common decency (let alone sanity), prior to this November's election.

A lot of people are working hard at reining in the Republican regime through campaigning and get-out-the-vote efforts in these mid-term elections. Others are raising awareness and lobbying against legislation being considered by the Republican-controlled Congress to legalize torture by US intelligence and security forces.

I believe that stopping this insane war that the USA cannot win and that can only result in the murder of countless innocent people and earn justly the hatred and contempt of the entire world is even more important and pressing than these important and pressing concerns.

(via tristero at Digby's Hullabaloo)