A Nuke Attack on Iran?

"Labour firebrand" Tony Benn is calling on Scotts to stand up to a British/U.S. nuclear attack on Iran. What does he know that we don't?

The former MP and cabinet minister, known for his independence from the official party line, spoke out in Edinburgh after President Bush last week refused to rule out military action against Iran.

"He's not going to invade Iran because he hasn't got enough troops," said Benn. "Instead, he will bomb installations in Iran where nuclear work is going on. Just imagine an American bomb landing on a nuclear power station.

"He is planning an atomic attack with a release of radioactivity and consequences that would make previous wars shrink into insignificance."

While tensions over Iran have escalated since the country resumed its uranium enrichment programme - believed to be geared towards developing nuclear weapons - Benn drew comparisons with the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

"The same line is being used, that Iran might have weapons of mass destruction, just as was said about Iraq. It was a lie - we know it was a lie. It was because [Bush] wanted the oil and the attack of Iran will be for a similar reason."

Benn, as president of the Stop the War Coalition, was speaking in Edinburgh ahead of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. He famously resigned from the House of Commons in 2001 to "devote more time to politics".

Benn's official website here.

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What's with these Scottish politicians?

Our hero, George Galloway, traveled to Washington to slap Minnesota Senator Norm "Carpetbagger" Coleman around the room, teaching the moron a thing or two about political debate. Then, in September, he did the same with turncoat wasteoid Christopher Hitchens -- a truly impressive performance that, if Hitchens had an ounce of shame in him, would send him off to pasture once and for all.

Apparently, the Benns and Galloways of Scotland are made of much tougher stuff than the great majority of American politicians -- which is why we need folks like Paul Hackett to start taking over the show.

We've already attacked Syria (ala Cambodia 1969), and BushCo has secluded itself at Camp David for a weekend's "what do we do now?" planning session -- can there be any doubt that the neocons will pull the trigger if they are convinced that St. Fitz is truly coming for them?