[Peace-discuss] Pepe Escobar on Iran (regime change and petro-currency); and, Peace Action: We won't wait for the bombs to drop (and Pepe Escobar article)

[Stuart Levy]

A good article from Pepe Escobar on Iran -- regime change and 
petro-dollars --

http://www.alternet.org/world/15380/regime_change_in_iran_the_real_motivations_behind_sanctions 
<http://www.alternet.org/world/153804/regime_change_in_iran_the_real_motivations_behind_sanctions>

I'd first seen on Al Jazeera several years ago the suggestion that 
recent belligerency against Iran was motivated by, not the prospect of 
nuclear whatnot or any threat to Israel, but the prospect that Iran was 
considering switching from dollars to euros as their primary oil trading 
currency.  Escobar suggests here that a global shift away from the 
petrodollar is likely this year.


For a gripping & whimsical view of oil, money, and power (including why 
it matters if oil stops being traded primarily in dollars, and why Iraqi 
oil access may well have been the trigger for WWI, among other things) 
see this video from activist Rob Newman (robnewman.com) 
<http://www.robnewman.com/>:
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159



Meanwhile, hoping to throw sand in the gears of our 1%'s warmongering 
against Iran, Peace Action is collecting signatures --

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Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Subject: We won't wait for the bombs to drop
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Dear Test,

With a second aircraft carrier group steaming toward the Persian Gulf, 
tens of thousands of US troops stationed throughout the region, and the 
sale of tens of billions of dollars in US weapons to Iran's neighbors in 
the Gulf region, it seems that war with Iran could be imminent.

But we won't wait for the bombs to drop to make our voices heard. Over 
the next two weeks, we want to generate thousands of signatures to 
counter the war drums. On February 2nd, Groundhog Day, we will deliver 
our petitions to the White House.

Please take a moment to sign Peace Action's petition calling on the 
President to use all means at his disposal to prevent a military strike 
on Iran - by either the US or Israel. 
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We know we can impact the President's efforts to prevent an attack by 
Israel if we act right away.

Last year, we launched a similar campaign in February to pressure the 
Obama administration to announce significant troop withdrawals from 
Afghanistan in July.  By the end of June, twenty-seven US Senators 
signed a letter to the President calling for sizable and sustained 
reductions in troop levels. By December, a crucial voice vote showed a 
majority of Senators in favor of a tighter timeline for the withdrawal 
of all US troops.

Please help us repeat this success!  Sign our petition to prevent a war 
with Iran that would surely have unintended consequences no one can 
either predict or prevent once they begin. 
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We have a two week window to take a stand against any military strike on 
Iran that will strengthen our hand and counter calls from the extreme 
right to make war. We are already seeing Republican Presidential 
candidates stumbling over each other to prove they are more willing to 
use military force than their opponents.

In the past few weeks, administration officials have been meeting with 
Israeli military and civilian leaders because of increasing concern 
  Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran.

You would hope our 'leaders' have learned their lesson.  The unintended 
consequences that plagued the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan are 
surely at play with regard to Iran.  The Obama administration has shown 
some patience in its search for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis 
over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program, but at the moment tensions 
are running high.

Earlier this month, Iran announced it had begun enriching uranium at the 
Fordow underground nuclear facility near the holy city of Qom, a move 
many view as crossing one of Israel's lines in the sand increasing the 
risk of military action, despite Israel?s claim such an attack is ?far off?.

We can't afford to wait.  Please sign our petition to prevent war with 
Iran today, and get your friends on board as well.  We really can make a 
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