Yes, I admit it. I am scared to death. I'm not scared to death of a terrorist attack. Nor am I scared to death of earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, floods, poisonous snakes or spiders, or even starvation (although with the price of food nowadays, and a fixed incomes perhaps I ought to be). No, what I am scared to death of is that Bush/Cheney and their legions of absolutely insane neocons are actually going to attack Iran. And it looks more and more like they are. If you think Iraq was the greatest foreign policy mistake in American history just wait until they try Iran. The fallout from such an attack is virtually impossible to even imagine. The entire Middle East will be involved, our troops in Iraq will no doubt be annhiliated, the entire world which already thinks we are the greatest threat to peace will censor us even more, even Britain will probably condemn us. Our military is already stretched almost into impotence (will anyone stand for a draft?), our national debt is surreal and, if China and Japan call in their chips we will be done for. The price of oil will become a luxury for only the very wealthy, our economy, such as it is, will collapse (unless, of course, you are an insider to the corporations), and civil unrest will reach revolutionary heights.
As we already lack the necessary troops to "win" in Iraq (as if that were ever a realistic possibility), what would we do in Iran (which has an enormmous and well-trained standing army - and we know from experience just bombing will not suffice)? As the majority of Americans are already opposed to the Iraq "war," would they stand for still another unnecessary "war?" And what would be the purpose of such an engagement? There could be no purpose whatsoever except to try to maintain the Bush/Cheney administration which is now absolutely desperate to cling to power. This is why they may actually do it - attack Iran, because what would they have to lose? If they lose the coming election they are probably doomed. I truly believe this may be one of the most frightening moments in history. It appears it may be the U.S. and Israel against the world. The world will win. Please, someone, hopefully our own military, do not allow this insanity to happen.
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{Out of character} Hilarious! I especially liked the part where you said: "...our troops in Iraq will no doubt be annhiliated..." -- Classic! Your goal of making fun of the complete lack of progressive understanding of tactical military realities was completely realized. You totally exposed how there are progressives out there who think the Iranian military could march into Iraq and slaughter all of our troops -- I guess with the famous "human waves" assaults that proved so successful in the Iran-Iraq War -- or even better yet, their missiles with a CEP of a few miles.
{Back in character}
Speak TRUTH to Power!
The chances of our military supporting an open confrontation with Iran are next to zero. Unlike Iraq, there is no mainstream support by politicians or the public for an attack. There is NO scenario where the US would be left in a better position, militarily, politically or economically after we initiated an attack on Iran.
Similarly, the Iranians are not bumbling fools. They will not risk the gains they have achieved these last three years by threatening the US at this time.
Those who predict some false-flag provocation engineered by some political czar in Washington do not understand the command and control systems of our military, or have been reading too many spy novels.
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