First, I do not think the bush/cheney administration is going to bomb Iran. And I don’t think that because they have enough sense to know that we cannot do this without serious repercussions to Americans. I recognize that they have very, very, very little common sense. And they certainly won’t bomb Iran because of their moral convictions. They have NONE of that confusing their lives. NO morality holding them back at all, as far as I can see.
I think their plan right now is to weaken Iran, to get them to the point where it would be easy to bomb and control that country….. or at least, that is their hope. Like all bullies, they don’t want to pick on someone who is their own size or strength – they want someone much, much weaker than them to pick. And this was the idea behind the sanctions for so many years on Iraq. So, right now, the plan is to make Iran weaker and more ostracized by the world. Then, someday in the future, maybe they will be able to start up a war on Iran, when conditions are right. They have also been doing "covert" operations in Iran, as part of they plan to weaken them..... and provoke them. They are also working on economic 'warfare' against Iran with their sanctions and interference with their banks.
These guys will provoke Iran if they can – and they are trying hard to do that – because if Iran attacks first, then they will have a “good reason” to go and bomb Iran and start up a fight. If Iran attacks first, then Americans will get behind starting up a war or attack on Iran. But this would have to be pretty blatant. Part of this "provocation" is the massive build up of force in the Persian Gulf.
If they were to bomb Iran, that would make Iraq an even more dangerous place for everyone currently there. I am sure the Iranians would bomb our troops in retaliation. And, it would probably disrupt the oil supply coming out of the Middle East.
I guess it would be "dangerous" to Americans if that happened, in that we would suffer economic consequences. Considering that we started up (or allowed to start up) an illegal war of aggression on Iraq, and considering how many Americans supported this in 2003, then some serious economic consequences would seem to be in order. (Right now, most Americans are against the war not because it is an evil monstrosity, but because we are losing. They don't like losing.) I think going totally broke is one of two things that will stop Americans from supporting all this warmongering and all this excessive military spending.... the other option is to have war come to our front porches, and then go broke. I am hoping for the first option. Better to go broke without war than with war.
This is one time when I hope my 'take' of a situation is accurate. I hope I am right. In the post, I often hoped I was wrong about what I thought the US administration might do - and I usually hoped in vain.
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some comments on Iran from FCNL website:
"I'm clear at this stage you need to give Iran a chance to prove its stated goodwill. Sanctions alone, I know for sure, are not going to lead to a durable solution."
Mohammed El Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, New York Times, August 30, 2007
"War, in the state-to-state sense, in that part of the region would be devastating for everybody, and we should avoid it - in my mind - to every extent that we can."
Retired Army General John Abizaid, former head U.S. Central Command, Associated Press, September 17, 2007
"If we escalate the tensions, if we succumb to hysteria, if we start making threats, we are likely to stampede ourselves into a war, which most reasonable people agree would be a disaster for us."
Zbigniew Brzezinski, CNN, September 23, 2007
I also want to make it very clear that I condemn all this war-mongering talk from the idiots in the White House to the idiots in the US Congress and anyone else who does it. It is evil and they should be told that OFTEN.
Why don't you just have guts enough to say, "I hope America fails in Iraq, and I hope it happens soon."
That's a summary of your post aside from the obvious sophomoric vitriol towards the current administration.
You care so much about the people in Iraq today, but it's funny how you don't seem to think of the people in Iraq from yesterday or tomorrow. What are you willing to sacrifice for others? It will be your legacy.
America has already failed in Iraq, and what I might or might not hope for is immaterial.
And Iraq is undergoing a genocide - via the US invasion and occupation - and it sickens me.
What do I sacrifice? I spend hours nearly every day recording what is happening to them. Go look at my other blogs. I have worked a lot on the political end here in the US - to no avail. I have raised funds to help Iraqi refugees and Iraqis needing medical care. I have done more than I can recount, and I will continue to do so.
Unlike most Americans, I am not oblivious to what is going on.
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