IRAN: Somebody Please, Stop Us Before We Kill Again.

On the eve of the 2004 elections a friend and I made a two-part bet. His position: Bush would win and the result would be conservative gains on the Supreme Court. My position: Kerry would win but if Bush prevailed, he would go to war in Iran (a concern my friend dismissed). I've already paid for the bet I lost (a yummy dinner in a Five-Star restaurant). There will be no good aftertaste for the bet I win...

Will the Whistles Blow Before We Attack Iran?: "Anyone who has been near a TV in recent weeks has heard the drumbeat for war on Iran. The best guess for timing is next month.

Let's see if we cannot do better this time than we did on Iraq. Patriotic truth tellers, we need you! In an interview last year with US News and World Report, Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said that on Iraq, 'The White House is completely disconnected from reality … It's like they're just making it up as they go along.'

Ditto for an adventure against Iran. But the juggernaut has begun to roll; the White House/FOX News/Washington Times spin machine is at full tilt. This is where whistle-blowers come in. Some of you will have the equivalent of the Gen. Abrams cable, shedding light on what the Bush administration is up to beneath the spin. Those of you clued into Israeli plans and U.S. intelligence support for them might clue us in too. Don't bother this time with the once-independent congressional oversight committees; you will have no protection, in any case, if you choose that route -- CIA Director Porter Goss' recent claims to the contrary notwithstanding. Nor should you bother with the once-independent New York Times. Find some other way; just be sure you get the truth out -- information that will provide the oxygen for democracy."