I hope he's wrong, but with his track record...

The Rutland (Vt.) Herald reports on a speech at Middlebury College by Scott Ritter, the head weapons inspector in Iraq who protested that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Now, Mr. Ritter has presented some evidence that the United States is preparing for war with Iran, which Mr. Ritter correctly argues "would hasten the ongoing decline of American standing in the world," enabling Russia and China to fill the resulting vacuum.

Congress appears to be complicit in this plan, having approved funding for additional "bunker-busting" bombs and the bombers to carry them; both with contract completion dates this month.

Interestingly, he began his talk by talking about spring, and how mother birds will feed their young by "puking" [Mr. Ritter's word] into each one. He used that reference in his closing statement:

"'It is far too easy to look for people to blame,' he said. For instance, 'we blame the media, but the media simply give us what we're asking for.'

"Everyone needs to start understanding and caring about their Constitutional rights, and everyone needs to start finding the facts for themselves and taking strong individual stands, Ritter said. If you do nothing but take in what the TV and newspapers tell you, 'all you're going to get in return is puke.'"

I don't think The Ohio Republic has left much room for doubt as to its position on a war with Iran; but in case you do not want to follow the link, let me reiterate the conclusion:

A war with Iran will be a catastrophe from which the United States of America, as we now know it, will never recover. Not financially. Not politically. Not militarily. Not economically. Not ever.

Thanks to Vermont Commons for bringing this to my attention.