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U.S. Creates Its Own Middle East Problems
Chris Donnelly
Issue date: 4/3/07 Section: Commentary
In light of the latest Iraq debacle where a handful of British soldiers "may" have wandered into Iranian waters, I find myself asking "why are we all so worried about Iran in the first place"? I care about the British soldiers, I just do not care about the massive hype that everyone is attaching to Iran and the media-driven notion that the apocalypse is on its way - the same people who preached the same notion with the flesh-eating virus and the avian flu. Iran is not a threat, and especially as Americans, we should just blatantly not care about their nuclear capabilities.
Not a day passes by when we do not hear the hourly update on Iranian nuclear enrichment. Estimates are constantly in flux for when Iran will have nuclear weapons, and media/military experts are clogging the airwaves with these vying estimates. What people seem to forget is that North Korea already has their own nuclear arsenal, and with a leader who attains his political inspiration from Daffy Duck - seriously - I would be just a tad bit more worried about North Korea than Iran.
The main reason why we should all not care about a nuclear Iran is that we have Israel. By far the most massive military power in the region - thanks to our F-16s and other military technology we give them for free. We really do not have to do anything. Israel has an intelligence agency that puts the CIA to shame - go Mossad - which has most certainly infiltrated the Iranian government in multiple levels. Israel will happily vaporize Iran - and the rest of the Middle East if they ever get close to going nuclear - if we give them a thumbs up. The United States and England can just sit back and watch the afterglow while we publicly shake a finger and say "bad Israel, go take a time out."
If you have not already figured it out, Israel is habitually abused and used by the United States and the West as a proxy to inappropriately assault Middle Eastern countries. While Israel is quite commonly more than happy to do so, it is no mystery that the United States is not all too terribly friendly with the Arab world. The paradox is that we have to give off the appearance that we do care about Arab nations, for we all know ethnicity and creed have never played a role in American domestic or foreign relations ever.
Not a day passes by when we do not hear the hourly update on Iranian nuclear enrichment. Estimates are constantly in flux for when Iran will have nuclear weapons, and media/military experts are clogging the airwaves with these vying estimates. What people seem to forget is that North Korea already has their own nuclear arsenal, and with a leader who attains his political inspiration from Daffy Duck - seriously - I would be just a tad bit more worried about North Korea than Iran.
The main reason why we should all not care about a nuclear Iran is that we have Israel. By far the most massive military power in the region - thanks to our F-16s and other military technology we give them for free. We really do not have to do anything. Israel has an intelligence agency that puts the CIA to shame - go Mossad - which has most certainly infiltrated the Iranian government in multiple levels. Israel will happily vaporize Iran - and the rest of the Middle East if they ever get close to going nuclear - if we give them a thumbs up. The United States and England can just sit back and watch the afterglow while we publicly shake a finger and say "bad Israel, go take a time out."
If you have not already figured it out, Israel is habitually abused and used by the United States and the West as a proxy to inappropriately assault Middle Eastern countries. While Israel is quite commonly more than happy to do so, it is no mystery that the United States is not all too terribly friendly with the Arab world. The paradox is that we have to give off the appearance that we do care about Arab nations, for we all know ethnicity and creed have never played a role in American domestic or foreign relations ever.
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Peter Kikareas
posted 4/03/07 @ 10:41 PM EST
Matters are not so simple as the writer presents them to be. USA is obliged by its International First Superpower position, to be able to see far ahead of time and protect humanity from all thse crazy disasters, and confrontations. (Continued…)
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