A potent and important issue for a statement from the LP is the vote
in the Senate to declare part of the Iranian army a terrorist
organization, AND the vote in House to step up sanctions against Iran.
Bad on so many fronts, but the two most obvious ones are:

1) The senate vote is saber-rattling at its worst, and lays the
groundwork for military intervention at which the Democrats can again
pretend surprise after their complicitous behavior. Those asses are
doing nothing more than jumping on the anti-brownpeople bandwagon, in
the service of Big Oil!

2) Sanctions. Yes, punishing our *own* merchants and the poor of Iran
and propping up dictators overseas by giving a convenient target for
them to point to for their own economic mismanagement has worked so
well in the past... in Cuba, for instance.

For my radical friends who agree these votes are important and should
be addressed by the Party leadership, I urge you to add your pleas to
mine for action to Bill Redpath and Shane Cory. Send them an email
urging them to issue a fast and powerful statement on one or both of
these votes.

- Susan Hogarth

¶ 5:38 AM