Posted on 11/08/2011 9:40:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
The government of Iran, much like many across the Middle East, believes that the Obama administration is so consumed with a desire to undo the wrongs of the Bush era and get out from under the costs of two difficult, hard-to-justify wars in the region that it would never intervene against them militarily. Iranian leaders seem to believe that the United States would not risk another war in the region just to stop their development of nuclear weapons.
The government of Israel, also worried that its number one ally has lost its appetite for complex entanglements in the region, seems to think that by playing the Iran card it can goad the U.S. into action that will restore the bonds between the two nations. Israeli leaders believe that they can translate their perception of Iran as an existential threat against them and a brazen, rising regional hegemon into a new renewed U.S. commitment to the region and closer ties with Israel.
Both are wrong.
According to the U.K. newspaper the Guardian, which has an extraordinary package of stories on the growing Iran risk and the escalation of that risk associated with an upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report that will reveal game-changing progress by Iran in its efforts to gain nuclear weapons capabilities, even America's closest allies in Britain believe "President Obama has a big decision to make in the coming months because he won't want to do anything just before an election." Wrong.
(Excerpt) Read more at rothkopf.foreignpolicy.com ...
“10 megatons on Tehran, 5 on Tabriz (the Assahollah Khomeini’s hometown) and 5 on Qom.”
Don’t forget Esfahan. Back in the late 70’s when I travelled there and was going to take a two-year contract (under the Shah), that city was their equivalent of Chicago, to Tehran “New York”.
“Sarkosky and Obama want to distance themselves from the upcoming Israeli attack, even though they have both assisted in the preparation.”
Hmmm...I could half believe that, in the case of Sarkozy - his country (like a growing number of others in Europe) is experiencing increasing backlash against the Islamization currently overtaking it.
“I guess we’ll find out if he really is a Muslim at heart.”
You haven’t already seen enough to convince you by now? He’s not only a Muslim at heart, I firmly believe he’s a Muslim in fact.
It’s my understanding that he converted. When the fishies got done with him, he became Shiite. :)
“It’s my understanding that he converted. When the fishies got done with him, he became Shiite. :)”
LOL! That one took me a second (or two). Duh :-)))
Major LOL!!!
I couldn’t help myself. ;)
He already got 1 of those - More like: An Oscar.
It'll all depend on "perspective" .... at the time.
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