Target Tehran

President Bush ordered a second carrier battle group into the Gulf headed by its flagship the USS Stennis. Opponents are claiming this is a prelude to war and that President Bush is planning a strike against Iran in the near future. President Bush stated that actions were only taken to force Iran into considering different diplomatic solutions to the problem. Yesterday, Ahmadineijad, stated that Iran will not cease enriching uranium but that it was willing to talk.

Some supporters of action against Iran believe that instead of a direct military action we should support the Mujahideen-e Khalq to rise up and fight against the seated government. However, the MEK is branded as a terrorist organization and supporting them would pose a conflict of interest within the Bush administration.

Increased tensions with Iran have developed over the past several weeks as US military has evidence linking Iran with terrorist operations in Iraq. Military officials state that Iranian serial numbers and markings have been found on numerous ordinance that has been launched against coalition soldiers. This provides a direct and unequivocal link that Iran is suppling weapons and support for the insurgent resistance in Iraq.

Opponents claim that the US is not willing to negotiate with Iran to quell the issue of nuclear development. However, the US government has tried repeatedly to negotiate with Tehran and has not received any cooperation. The time for negotiation is fast coming to an end and the time for a military response is quickly approaching.

In 2002, the majority of liberal congressmen and women supported military action in Iraq based on the belief that their was evidence of WMDs and genocidal war crimes committed by Hussein. We now have evidence starting to surface the Tehran is directly supporting the insurgency in Iraq. If we can determine that Iran is behind the Iraq insurgency and the loss of thousands of coalition lives, we are bound to deal with them swiftly and violently.