Does anyone who's not asleep not see the major war headed our direction?
You would think, wouldn't you? But Neville Chamberlain is historical proof that supposedly intelligent people sometimes can't see the obvious, even when it's right in front of their faces.
I think the decisive battle needed to bring peace to the so-called palestinian territories is now virtually inevitable.
The ascendancy of the insane Iranian despot, and Hamas as a "government", plus Syria's complicity, mean that only a concerted effort by remaining arab capitols can help the wolrd avoid this war. I am pessimistic that they will have the political courage or motivation to do what they need to do.
I saw it even before 9/11. Many of us here at that time did. It is quite inevitable but I believe also it will be the last one. About the only thing that could stop it is a pandemic of bird flu world wide. Yes we would lose some of our population but not near as many that these third world countries that harbor Islamofacist, or the results of nuclear weapons being used. Puting on tinfoil here but this bird flu was just widely publicised only about 3-4 years ago. Coinkydinky, maybe, maybe not.
I have a bad feeling.
Agreed. But I wouldn't want to be a Pentagon war planner right now. A number of options, all of them lousy.
We attack Iran in the near future, March or so, we have to bomb 450 hardened underground facilities - with no guarantee of success. It will kill thousands. Global Jihad around the world. Cartoon mania exponentially multiplied. Iran shuts off the strait of Hormuz faucet with mines and Silkworm missile attacks from hidden points all along the Iranian coast line. Oil shoots past $200 - throwing the world into economic chaos. China, Russia and Venezuela side with Iran, exacerbating oil supply problems. China might even dump dollars, collapsing our currency. That's the better of the two options.
Second option. We wait until Iran develops nukes - and they immediately use them on Israel and/or the US.
In both cases, the Iranian "Twelvers" slap their hands with glee and retire to their bunkers to await the 12th Imam.