Late here & I got to get some sleep. So, I’ll respond briefly.
Sanctions won’t work & won’t change the Iranian people. More importantly, sanctions certainly won’t change the Regime & ‘its behavior’. Regarding Iranian people & their reaction, my concern is *how* an attack on Iran is *managed & executed* - that’s the key. Anyway, even to take out the nuke facilities, Israel won’t be able to manage that alone at all. Like I said in last post, Iran is not Iraq. Iran requires much more planning, know-how & detailed execution (in fact more than US & Israeli involvement). If not properly executed, and I don’t mean just deactivating or bombing nuke sites, it’ll have serious repercussions, unlike Iraq or Libya.
Yes, ideally, the US should stay out of the ME, N. Africa, etc.. and be self-sufficient in energy. Fact is the US is not, and it is not simply a matter of self-sufficiency. Post WWII, the US became a global player & geopolitics changed. Ever since, she has triggered a chain-reaction (thru various foreign & domestic policies) that seems to exacerbate tensions in the long-run, economically & politically. Fact is the US can’t get out of this by quitting now. And, I don’t think she (American gov’t) wants to quit either.
Thanks for reply. That's probably the understatement of the year. How wars start is a known but how they progress and end is always an unknown. The walk in the park Iraq War turned out to be anything but. Americans are sick of war and as a nation we can't begin to afford another. We can't even take care of our existing vets.
Fact is the US can’t get out of this by quitting now. And, I don’t think she (American gov’t) wants to quit either.
Either we hunker in and rebuild the USA, or we as a nation will have nothing left except a military that we can no longer afford to take care of. The government is supposed to be the people, but instead it has become a separate entity controlled by corrupt officials and global interests with its own agenda. How'd that all come about? Americans want to get back to rebuilding our country and defending our borders and not get involved in another destructive war.