Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

December 29, 2011

For decades, the Council on Foreign Relations (or CFR) has been the self-appointed custodian of the bipartisan foreign policy ?consensus.? Minuscule in numbers yet immense in influence, the CFR has served as an incubator for multiple disasters that have resulted in war, oppression, and misery for millions of people worldwide ? and an institutional architect of America?s decline.

Seeking to keep that record intact, the CFR has offered an unambiguous endorsement of aggressive war against Iran.

?The truth is that a military strike intended to destroy Iran?s nuclear program, if managed carefully, could spare the region and the world a very real threat and dramatically improve the long-term national security of the United States,? declares the January/February issue of the CFR?s flagship journal Foreign Affairs in a piece bearing the title ?Time to Attack Iran.? The CFR insists that a bombing raid can be carried out with surgical precision and lightning efficiency, decapitating a potential nuclear threat with few significant after-effects.

As Washington and Tel Aviv openly discuss scenarios for bombing Iran, the Iranian military is preparing contingency plans to shut down oil shipments through the Straits of Hormuz. This will not end well ? and given the track record of the CFR?s policy initiatives, why should we expect it to?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.