As dissappointing as the US Congress has been in their oversight of this irrational and immoral administration, one congressman stands strong in his attempt to stop the next atrocity in Iran before it happens…again. Congressman Kucinich has been doing his job(not pages), listening to the experts, reading the paper and seeing the obvious imminent threat of the Bush Administration…

The Bush Administration is preparing for war against Iran, using an almost identical drumbeat of weapons of mass destruction, imminent threat, alleged links to Al Qaeda, and even linking Iran with a future 911.

In the past few months, reports have been published in Newsweek, ABC News, and GQ Magazine that indicate the US is recruiting members of paramilitary groups to destabilize Iran through violence. The New Yorker magazine and the Guardian have written that the US has already deployed military inside Iran. The latest issue of Time writes of plans for a naval blockade of Iran at the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40% of the world’s oil supply passes….

the International Atomic Energy Agency called "erroneous, misleading, and unsubstantiated" statements relating to Iran’s nuclear program which came from a staff report of the House Intelligence committee….

I have demanded that the Government Oversight subcommittee on National Security and International Relations, of which I am the ranking Democrat, hold hearings to determine how in the world the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, viewed the report without correcting the obvious inaccuracies before it was published.

Most members of Congress are in their districts focusing on getting re-elected, and I would suggest the best way to be re-elected is to start doing their damn jobs, starting with attending this briefing…

October Surprise: Is the Administration Ramping Up For A War Against Iran? Is Iran A Threat?

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 10am
2154 Rayburn House Office Building

With:
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
Dr. David Kay,Former IAEA/UNSCOM Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector Colonel
Sam Gardner (Ret.), US Air Force, National War College
Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice President for National Security and International Affairs at the Center for American Progress.
Dr. Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council

…where they will learn what Sam Gardner has already told us through CNN,
the Bush administration had already given a "go ahead" to US military operation against Iran. "In fact, we’ve probably been executing military operations inside Iran for at least 18 months," Col. Gardner said. "The evidence is overwhelming."

How is it possible after all of the lies, most congressmen just continue to live in a bubble? Denial certainly must feel better than admitting our government has been overrun with mob like criminals., but at some point doesn’t their conscience kick in? Doesn’t anyone, perhaps their wife or congressional page, remind them that it is their job to provide oversight on the executive branch? Perhaps the Bush Adminstration has some Foley like information on everyone in congress? Now is a good time for all congressmembers interested in democracy to redeem themselves, stand up together with Congressman Kucinich and demand some real accountability for the recent parade of lies.