How can 'strange bedfellows' unite to stop the Iran war?

[davidthegnome]

27. All valid points

None of which are going to matter if the "Iran = nuclear destruction" scare continues to build both here and in Israel. Of course, there's the money to consider as well, I imagine a military occupation of Iran would be beneficial in regards to oil supply. If the oil companies want war, hell, if the Super PACs want it... they can buy it. The nuclear scare may just be how they're going to sell it to the people.

Fact is, we have as many gas guzzling SUVs now as we had then - they're just older and more used. Prices at the pump might even go down if we managed to get a strangle-hold over Iran's supply. How many players are in this game? Will the Russians try to stop us? The Chinese, maybe?

There are dangerous Countries - arguably ruled by lunatics, that presently have nuclear weapons. We haven't hit them yet, we're not talking about war (with them) like it's imminent. So why Iran? All we have to do is follow the oil/money. There will be many rationalizations and justifications, "We're bringing them Freedom from their tyrannical government", "They would have (eventually) nuked Israel if we hadn't stopped them!", "Rebuilding Iran, regime change in Iran, will stabilize the middle east and grant us another ally for decades to come.."

Most of them are bull, but they will appeal to plenty of people. Ultimately though, the fact of the matter is that the government doesn't have to convince us. If it comes to a vote, we don't get one. Congress will - and can you see our conservative congress drooling over the prospect of invading an oil rich Nation? I can. I can see oil execs (the really rich ones) rubbing their hands together in anticipation of all that campaign money coming back.

We can vote to elect different people next time around, get them out of office, maybe... or maybe not, it's hard to stop campaigning politicians when they have nearly unlimited wealth at their beckon call. I'm just way too cynical at this point to think we have any real control over such things.