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This may be the most important news you'll hear this year.

Despite the failures in Iraq, America's over-extended military, and overwhelming public opposition, George W. Bush is intent on beginning a war with Iran.

This isn't speculation. It's already started. On Fresh Air Terry Gross interviews Seymour Hersh, an investigative reporter who's written his findings in the latest issue of The New Yorker. Here are the facts:

Right now there are American operatives carrying out covert and clandestine operations in Iran.

President Bush secretly asked the 8 top leaders in congress for funding for further operations.

Furthermore, Hersh asserts that this is the beginning of a plan whose goal is to stir up violence in Iran to justify American attacks.

As Hersh and Gross point out in the interview, this is very similar to the Bush administration's early attempts to generate public support for a war with Iraq. We've already been hearing for some time about Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program (which a National Intelligence Estimate discredited), as well as claims about Iran supporting Iraqi insurgents (also dubious).

The patterns are clear: just as it did with Iraq, the Bush administration has already made the decision to attack Iran, and only needs to generate public support and pressure congress for approval. Fortunately, it's not too late. We know what the administration is doing right now, and we know it will try the same propaganda tactics it used to lead us into war with Iraq.

So please, America, for the sake of our national security, the safety of our armed forces, and our standing in the international community, I implore you: do not be taken in a second time.

When you are told by the Bush administration and the media that Iran poses a nuclear threat to Americans, don't buy it.

When you are told that Iran is supporting insurgents against US forces in Iraq, don't buy it.

When you are told that Iran is committing aggressions against the US directly and that we need to defend our freedom by attacking Iran, don't buy it.

And please, please, on November 4, 2008 elect a president who will take us off this path to war and work to achieve legitimate peace in the world.

One last thing: If you have any doubts about these claims of covert operations in Iran or want to know the whole story, you must listen to the Fresh Air interview with Seymour Hersh. This comes from a legitimate and reliable source, who was the first to expose the truth about the My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse. He has a long record of reporting the truth about American conflict, which is more than can be said of most mainstream journalists.