<< The war with Iran very likely will weaken USA. >>
Not so.
America was a hundred times stronger in 1950 than in 1940 - and it wasn't ONLY that Roosevelt was dead and the Roosevelt Depression finally over.
Iran will be as easy as was Iraq.
And Syria even easier.
Not too sure I agree with you on this one Brian. War with Syria would cause "general" indifference in the US- as their standard of living would be uneffected (although the national debt- a tax on future generations- would rise yet more). So yeah might well be "easy".
But hitting Iran is in another ball park altogether. Spiralling oil prices after such an event would make the 1970's OPEC inspired oil price hikes and the recessionary impact it caused look like a walk in the park.
I don't think the vast majority of people are willing to take a massive hit to their current comfortable life styles.
I personally think that in 5 years time Iran will have nukes- as North Korea do today. Then we'll be in an even worse position- but hey the average american will still have cheap gas. I hope I'm wrong.
America was a hundred times stronger in 1950 than in 1940..............
OF COURSE it was, and is even more powerful now than ever.
The idea that the President should keep going on TV and laying out his strategy, would be considered absurd in the past because we had a populace that placed trust in our presidents during such situations (Democrat or Republican) and understood that it would give the enemy an advantage. Today it would give the media and far-left "experts" the chance to pick away at it, again to the great advantage of the bad guys.
The real job of any president is to conduct foreign policy and see to our national security, not to provide freebies to everyone, and some faith in him could go a long way. If we were getting hit over and over again since 9/11, then we would be justified to criticize performance and demand change. But this has not happened, and can't we give a little credence to the idea that he and his advisors indeed DO have a long range plan for all aspects of this?
Maybe it all boils down to it being a matter of what we simply HAVE to do, with what ever means we possess, or, as some would like, taking polls as to what we MIGHT/COULD/COULD NOT do.
If we really believe that there are no ways to deal with this most deadly threat, then we might just a well grab our shovels and dig the shelters.
It is fun to speculate though!