Perhaps the Middle East is not so volatile in your eyes, but in mine a nuclear war between Iran and Israel is not outlandishly improbable. China has said it would defend Iran. We are committed to Israel. Yet Obama’s been distancing us from Israel right along, and that makes an attack on Israel more likely.
As for the 2012 elections, the Occupiers could very well cause such upheaval in 2012, that the electoral process would be disrupted. If Obama decided to “delay” elections because of widespread rioting, do you think the Congress would stop him? I don’t.
This is America, not Venezuela, but we’re getting closer and closer to Venezuela. A lot can happen in 11 months.
Better buckle up. :(
Poppycock!
These deranged, so-called occupiers you are so hung up on.....um....how many towns(let alone entire states), have they been able to take over, let alone stop local governments from functioning? Here in New York, the NYPD has been able to stop these clowns whenever Bloomberg has ordered the NYPD to stop ,em. Just 3 days ago, the NYPD CRUSHED a mob of “occupiers” who tried to take over the Winter Gardens in the World Finacial Center. These jokers are getting clobbered even before we the citizenry have stepped in. I,d really love to see one of these lunatics try to stop me from voting in 2012. If Ghaddafi,s tanks and fighter bombers couldn,t stop a people etermined to get democracy, what makes you think we are going to sit idly by and let 0bama cancel presidential elections?
As for the middle east, if you think China is going to start a nuclear war because of a fight between Israel and Iran, you are living in cloud cuckooland. Of exactly what sttrategic/eonomic importance is Iran to China? What percentage of China’s exports go to Iran as compared to say, the USA?
As for Venezuela, America is not even close to being that country. Hey, is it just me or did the GOP annihilate the Democrats in the 2010 elections, despite all the doom laden predictions people like you right here on FR about how 0bama and his unions and whatnot were going to make sure the Democrats won?
China is not going to defend Iran in any sense but diplomatically. It has no treaty obliging it to do so and no military means of doing so particularly if Iran starts a war. But in any case there is virtually no scenario where China starts a war over Iran.
What is it going to do - attack Taiwan?