I received an email from MoveOn.org that I partially quote below.

Dear MoveOn member,

Breaking news: Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is working on a hawkish bill that would torpedo President Obama’s interim agreement with Iran by setting unrealistic goals for the final deal.

Just how bad is the bill? “It would blow things apart. If you want a war, that is the thing to do.” That’s how a Democratic senator summarized a recent, similar proposal.

And this isn’t a fringe bill either—it’s gaining ground among Democratic members of the House—and if we do nothing it will become bipartisan.

Congress is debating this bill in the next few days. This a crisis for diplomacy. If even just the House of Representatives passes this bill, it tells the Iranian people that America isn’t serious about diplomacy—and even if President Obama vetoes it, the damage is done.

That’s why I created an urgent petition on MoveOn.org, telling the House of Representatives to back President Obama’s diplomatic approach to Iran.

Click on this link to sign the petition.

In reading the book Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges, I have learned of the massive propaganda campaigns that have been used since the run-up to WW I to change people’s minds to be in favor of a war and to suppress all dissent.  You wouldn’t believe what is in the book, although it is backed up with citations.  If 10% of what is in the book is true, this latest attempt at warmongering must be stopped.

The current situation is nothing like Chamberlain and Munich prior to WW II.  We are not claiming this will bring everlasting peace, we are just claiming we ought to give peace a chance.  We have orders of magnitude more military power than we did prior to the start of WW II.  If the agreement with Iran fails, there will be plenty of time to use that power.  With all due skepticism in place, there is no reason to scuttle a peaceful effort that might achieve all the goals that the ordinary U.S. citizens would want.