September 3, 2008 (LPAC)--Senior U.S. diplomatic sources are again sounding the alarm that there could be U.S. military action against Iran in the very near future. These warnings coincide with the assessment of Lyndon LaRouche that Vice-President Dick Cheney is determined to launch such an attack before he leaves office, an attack which, in the context of the British-instigated assault on Russia, promises to lead rapidly toward thermonuclear World War III.

The global situation is currently on a hair-trigger, LaRouche has emphasized, made immeasurably worse by the Bush Administration's going along with the Saudi demand to remove Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. There is a very narrow window of opportunity to prevent new insane acts by de facto President Cheney.

In this context, the fact that there is effectively no presidential candidate in the United States, and that the world financial system is in the throes of total breakdown, make the world situation more dangerous than most people can imagine in their worst nightmares. A sudden awakening within the base of the U.S. electorate, toward the requirement of an FDR solution, provides the only near-term hope of avoiding disaster.