Only the neocons and Likud think this is a good idea, and their stock isn’t exactly high.
Hopefully, sanity will reign, but I don’t put anything passed these fools.
]]>Yep! Given that Iran has been spending billions on advanced weapons systems from Russia and China and elsewhere, especially black market, I think they would be happy to oblige. The USA also ignores the treaties Iran has with other Nations, like Russia and China, including mutual defense treaties. Probably because the USA has been ignoring whatever treaties they like, so assume Iran’s partners will also. I also suspect that if Asia or the EU were to get involved (unlikely, but if they did) they would support Iran.
WW3 anyone? 🙂
]]>It’s time for someone to follow the money, and stop handing it out until there is an honest reckoning.
Iran hasn’t attacked anyone since before there was a United States, so it is not likely they will now. OTOH, they have been attacked multiple times and responded with everything they had. They conducted suicide charges during the Iran-Iraq War, so they aren’t afraid of dying for their country.
If your goal is Israel a smoking ruin, the 5th Fleet at the bottom of the Gulf, oil at $300+ per barrel, and tens of thousands of US troops dead, then attacking Iran is a good idea … for a madman.
]]>The problem is that policy makers aren’t listening to the important people in the system, and that can lead to nasty surprises. Part of the problem is that the clerics don’t like talking to foreigners. Putin was one of the few outsiders who has had a meeting with the Supreme Leader.
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