Iran and Russia are setting the West up via their power plays in the Middle East.
Whatever the outcome of the current Syrian crisis, we will have to go to war with Iran over her nukes, eventually. The Iranians are the kingpin here and they have been building their forces for an all out war with the US, Israel and the West since 1979. If we avoid confrontation now, we will be that much weaker the next time or the time after that.
We can keep our heads in the sand but they will kick our rear ends at some point UNLESS, we open our eyes and see it for what it is. It doesn't help that we're war weary and in the midst of military cutbacks.
If we avoid them now, they will come looking for us as they did on 9/11, it's just a matter of time.
Iran is the country we should be going after, not fighting the arms of the Hydra in Syria. We should've bombed Iran into a pile of rubble 30 years ago. By putting it off, we've allowed a little pipsqueak nation of goat humpers to become a real threat. Of course, that's what we do with all our problems.
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