On the recordMay 17, 2012
The NDAA authorizes war against Iran. It calls for a new policy--military action--which puts U.S. aircraft and munitions into position for air-and sea-based missions and the bolstering of U.S. capabilities to launch a sustained sea and air campaign against a range of Iranian nuclear and military targets. It authorizes war under the pretext that Iran is threatening to launch a nuclear attack, even though Iran does not have nuclear weapons, does not have nuclear- weapons capability, and is not building a bomb. Beyond the obvious political and military questions here, there is a profound spiritual question: What is happening to the spirit of America that we can embrace war or waging war so casually? What happens to our souls when we authorize an attack on a nuclear facility in another country? What happens to the souls of those who perish when radiation is released from such an attack? The Golden Rule states: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It does not say: Do unto others before they do unto you. ____________________
