Is the U.S. willing to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear adversary that is an NPT signatory, thus risking universal condemnation? Several statements and documents from the Defense Department suggest that it is indeed fully prepared to do so.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10449.htm

by Walter C. Uhler

We simply cannot permit the Bush "war party" to run roughshod over America's democracy once again.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10441.htm

Christian Science Monitor
by Ray Takeyh

09/29/05

Last week's vote by the International Atomic Energy Agency branding Iran in breach of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commitments has given impetus to the United States to call for the deferral of Iran to the UN Security Council. Tehran is adamant that it wants nuclear power for generating electricity. Yet, Washington policymakers and their European counterparts subtly argue that Iran's previous treaty violations indicate a more sinister motive to subvert its neighbors and export its Islamic revolution. Such alarmism overlooks Iran's realities. In the past decade, a fundamental shift in Iran's international orientation has enshrined national interest calculations as the defining factor in its approach to the world. Irrespective of the balance of power between conservatives and reformers, Iran's foreign policy is driven by fixed principles that are shared by all of its political elites...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0929/p09s02-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

US President George Bush, whose government believes Iran intends to produce atomic weapons, has however refused the rule out military strikes.

http://tinyurl.com/e26ss


From Information Clearing House

"The West does not seek the elimination of nuclear weapons, but rather the establishment of nuclear monopoly..."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10437.htm

The UN's nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, officially signed Iran's death-warrant yesterday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10402.htm

Iran yesterday showed off its military might and warned potential aggressors that the Islamic state would repel any attack vigorously.

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1979582005


From Information Clearing House

If Washington wants a war with Iran, then there'll be a war with Iran. That's the great lesson of the Iraq war; once the decision is made, there's no turning back.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10366.htm

The United States on Wednesday pressed its case to have Iran hauled before the U.N. Security Council for its nuclear activities, urging fellow members of the International Atomic Energy Agency board to vote for such action in the next few days.

http://tinyurl.com/bgx9z


From Information Clearing House

Incredible though it may sound there are signs that Tehran may be preparing for a military confrontation with the United States, and has convinced itself that it could win.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10319.htm