I am beginning to think that Iran is going to cause 'total war' in the middle east. We have long known that with the rise of the fundamentalist Mullah run government in Iran after the fall of the Shaw, that Iran would one day be the bomb that could light up the middle East. Our decision to invade Iraq was simply justified as being the easier of the half dozen evils, and one that could be used to lever Iran.
It's going to come down to the people of Iran to stop this madness, or the future will be very bleak for them and the rest of the Middle East.
I am unsure that they will, however it is possible that they will revolt at some point. At least I hope that to be true. There is some sense that they are beginning to see through all this hype and nationalism and starting to worry about where it will lead them.
Thank Jimmuh 'dum dum' Carter.
It's beginning to look like it is headed for a train wreck with no way to stop it. The feckless security council isn't even going to try and do anything. I don't see how Russia and China can benefit from a nuclear exchange in the middle east. Makes no sense for them.
At the beginning of the Iraq invasion a caller to either Rush or Sean said something very telling.
He began by reminding all that WWII was fought in different theaters...i.e the African Campaign.
The War on Terror is no different.
Then he pointed out what countries bordered Iraq and how it was better for us to fight the War with a strong military presence in the middle of those countries.
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.
Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom.
Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens -- leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections -- then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world.
States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction. We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack. (Applause.) And all nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security.
We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. (Applause.)
Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun. This campaign may not be finished on our watch -- yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch.
We can't stop short. If we stop now -- leaving terror camps intact and terror states unchecked -- our sense of security would be false and temporary. History has called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility and our privilege to fight freedom's fight. (Applause.)
If I was part of the "Hate Bush" crowd,I would start to wonder what the President knew and what he knows that we do not. And then maybe, just maybe, finally figure out he might know what he is doing.
Lots of sense in your post - do you not suspicion that it's GW's "strategery" - knowing the likelihood of just what's going down now in Iran - too get us positioned as we are now on either side of Iran?
Would you even want to think of what could happen if Iraq was still in the hands of Saddam and Afghanistan, the Taliban?
Remember, this Texan is a great poker player.
If Iran - looks like "when" - breaks loose, the world will have a chance on putting this maniac back in the bottle (and then crush it) - without our presence on either side of Iran - the only safe place (possible) would be a cave deep in the tundra