With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington D.C. this week, talk of possible military action by his nation against Iran for its growing nuclear ambitions has reached a fever pitch.
In addressing AIPAC, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, President Obama on Sunday said he would not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran and would act — militarily, if necessary — to prevent that from happening.
At the same time the president was making those comments, approximately 40 or so Occupy Tampa members and others gathered at the four corners of Dale Mabry & Gandy in South Tampa, a short distance from MacDill Air Force Base, to demand that the U.S. not get involved in another Middle East conflict.
This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2012.