U.S. Secretary of “Defense”, Robert Gates, today told reporters in
Mexico that the U.S. has sent a second air craft carrier to the Persian
Gulf, as a “reminder” to Iran. The New York Times reported
early this morning that when asked if this was an escalation by the
U.S., Gates told reporters in Mexico “I don’t see it as an escalation.
I think it could be seen, though, as a reminder.”
In recent weeks there have been threatening statements aimed at Iran from several U.S. officials, including Dick Cheney. The top military command of the U.S. has been re-shuffled to position people in full agreement with the Bush/Cheney team in control. Another contrived incident that supposedly shows Iranian “aggression” against the U.S. hit the U.S. media. And now the U.S. is sending its war machine to encircle Iran even more menacingly.
Gates statement, and the positioning of naval fleet close to Iran, need to be a “reminder” to all those opposed to the unjust wars the U.S. is already waging. They aren’t stopping. Whatever unfolds in the upcoming days and weeks, we must invigorate our resistance, do everything possible to mobilize people politically, and to alert them to act against the possibility of U.S. attacks upon Iran, and step up opposition to the unjust and criminal wars it is already waging.
As the call of World Can’t Wait/Drive Out the Bush Regime states, “Your government, on the basis of outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with other countries in their sights.” This is not a “war on terror”, it is a war for empire, and it must be brought to a halt.