Ramp Up to WW3
Iran has been in the news a lot lately. Israel would like us to believe that Iran (along with some others,) is producing nukes, even though soil samples show otherwise. The US and Israel are nonetheless still adament that Iran is preparing for our demise. The rhetoric we've heard so far from these 2 is surprisingly not unlike the rhetoric we heard so much of before invading another soverign nation; Iraq.
This time, however we really don't have anything. No terrorist attacks, no despotic leaders, no mobile biological weapons labs; just Israels' insistance that we need to attack Iran in self defense. All the while, Iran insists they are not producing weapons, and have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear ambitions, like power plants. Something else that's noticibly different about this ramp-up is the fact that other nations are involved; specifically Russia. Russia is helping the Islamic nation produce its' first nuclear power plant, and has said that it will continue working on the project as long as Iran complies with IAEA.
So what does all this mean? Well, if Bush and Sharon have their way, it means that we will pre-emptively attack Iran on the insistance that they might someday produce a nuclear weapon (something we can safely bet Israel has already done, with our help no less.) So, we attack Iran; Russia, having a monetary and diplomatic stake in all this, assists Iran in fending off the US invasion. The US gets whatever 'allies' it can to help with the invasion (I got 10 to 1 that Israel isn't one of the contributing contries.) Russia, having a few allies itself, calls on them to assist it in defending a soverign nation from invasion. The rest of the Arab and Muslim world sees that Americas' imperialistic ways are ruining their way of life, jump on the proverbial dog-pile, and BAM! Just like that, we're in another world war. Only this time, just about everybody has nukes, and nobody is thinking about the environment.
Update: This just in: Russia and the US make agreement on Iraqi oil fields. This makes the water a bit muddier, but I sort-of doubt that the alliance will hold if the US starts attacking Russian interests.
This time, however we really don't have anything. No terrorist attacks, no despotic leaders, no mobile biological weapons labs; just Israels' insistance that we need to attack Iran in self defense. All the while, Iran insists they are not producing weapons, and have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear ambitions, like power plants. Something else that's noticibly different about this ramp-up is the fact that other nations are involved; specifically Russia. Russia is helping the Islamic nation produce its' first nuclear power plant, and has said that it will continue working on the project as long as Iran complies with IAEA.
So what does all this mean? Well, if Bush and Sharon have their way, it means that we will pre-emptively attack Iran on the insistance that they might someday produce a nuclear weapon (something we can safely bet Israel has already done, with our help no less.) So, we attack Iran; Russia, having a monetary and diplomatic stake in all this, assists Iran in fending off the US invasion. The US gets whatever 'allies' it can to help with the invasion (I got 10 to 1 that Israel isn't one of the contributing contries.) Russia, having a few allies itself, calls on them to assist it in defending a soverign nation from invasion. The rest of the Arab and Muslim world sees that Americas' imperialistic ways are ruining their way of life, jump on the proverbial dog-pile, and BAM! Just like that, we're in another world war. Only this time, just about everybody has nukes, and nobody is thinking about the environment.
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