Friday, March 28, 2008

Going to Iran

I'm going to Iran April 29 to May 13 as part of "citizen peace delegation".
http://www.forusa.org/programs/iran/

Its supposed to "dispell stereotypes" the US and Iran have of each other by people-to-people contact and all that, but more specifically its about giving "us an opportunity to come up with ways to de-escalate larger-scale tensions" between US and Iran.

What might those tensions be?

Fox news on Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-eyuFBrWHs

McCain amusing his audience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg

McCain calming fears of attacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2v8cuQTVO8

Who's for bombing Iran? Not the grown-ups!
http://irannuclearwatch.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

How far along are plans to bomb Iran?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2pJN1ga-zA

How might things go wrong and war escalate if we bomb Iran? from former UN inspector Scott Ritter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQan1qo8T4