Iran
We've heard alot of concern from this administration and other public officials concerning Iran recently. And for once, I agree with them. Iran having nuclear weaponry is not good for anyone. Anyone having nuclear weaponry is a bad thing, but Iran is especially worrisome, given the religious climate of the area.
What the fuck can we do though??? Our military is stuck in Iraq. I have favored immediate withdrawal from Iraq for a few years now, but with civil war erupting there and Bush desperate to save face, that's not going to happen anytime soon. Our manpower is committed to Iraq, and Bush won't withdraw the troops in a time of civil war. Also, Iran hasn't been crippled by sanctions as Iraq was. Their military will put up much more resistance than Iraq ever did. So, realistically, a ground invasion of Iran is impossible.
One thing that would certainly cripple Iran, though, is a nuclear attack on our part. But do we really want to nuke them to keep them from getting nukes?? That's hypocritical and paternalistic. For political reasons as much as anything, we cannot nuke Iran.
The only option we have, realistically, are air bombing raids, attempting to destroy their nuclear facilities. And this is what will likely happen. But bombing Iran will only serve to further unite the Arab world against us; Iraq will sympathize with Iran, and Iran will do all they can to de-stabilize Iraq.
What we have to remember is that religion makes people act irrationally. There are no atheistic suicide bombers; only irrational faith in another world after this one allows people to believe that martyring themselves is a good thing. We can't expect Iran to act rationally.
Many Democrats think if we would just leave Muslims alone, they would leave us alone; this certainly isn't the case. They think western society is evil and working against Muhammad. Killing us gives them a free ticket to heaven and virgins and rivers of honey. If you think I'm exaggerating, read some writings, and watch the joy communities show when a young man martyrs himself. It's completely and utterly irrational.
Really, there is no easy answer to this problem. If I were commander-in-chief, I would propose isolationist military policy. We are a world economy, so complete isolation now is impossible, but I would try to avoid angering the irrational crazies as much as possible. Our support of Israel is at the root of our problems with Arabs. We don't have nearly the same responsibility to Israel that we have to ourselves, so my first order of business would be to distance ourselves from Israel and all the other middle-eastern nations. Border security would follow; we have to control who enters the country. I would try to change our image abroad through public relations and speeches; this is as big a problem as we have right now, with a bumbling idiot in office.
We have to identify the irrational acts with religion, because that is the problem. Too many people are willing to ignore the real problem, for the sake of "tolerance". That's just burying your heads in the sand, folks. I thought we were smarter than ostriches.
What the fuck can we do though??? Our military is stuck in Iraq. I have favored immediate withdrawal from Iraq for a few years now, but with civil war erupting there and Bush desperate to save face, that's not going to happen anytime soon. Our manpower is committed to Iraq, and Bush won't withdraw the troops in a time of civil war. Also, Iran hasn't been crippled by sanctions as Iraq was. Their military will put up much more resistance than Iraq ever did. So, realistically, a ground invasion of Iran is impossible.
One thing that would certainly cripple Iran, though, is a nuclear attack on our part. But do we really want to nuke them to keep them from getting nukes?? That's hypocritical and paternalistic. For political reasons as much as anything, we cannot nuke Iran.
The only option we have, realistically, are air bombing raids, attempting to destroy their nuclear facilities. And this is what will likely happen. But bombing Iran will only serve to further unite the Arab world against us; Iraq will sympathize with Iran, and Iran will do all they can to de-stabilize Iraq.
What we have to remember is that religion makes people act irrationally. There are no atheistic suicide bombers; only irrational faith in another world after this one allows people to believe that martyring themselves is a good thing. We can't expect Iran to act rationally.
Many Democrats think if we would just leave Muslims alone, they would leave us alone; this certainly isn't the case. They think western society is evil and working against Muhammad. Killing us gives them a free ticket to heaven and virgins and rivers of honey. If you think I'm exaggerating, read some writings, and watch the joy communities show when a young man martyrs himself. It's completely and utterly irrational.
Really, there is no easy answer to this problem. If I were commander-in-chief, I would propose isolationist military policy. We are a world economy, so complete isolation now is impossible, but I would try to avoid angering the irrational crazies as much as possible. Our support of Israel is at the root of our problems with Arabs. We don't have nearly the same responsibility to Israel that we have to ourselves, so my first order of business would be to distance ourselves from Israel and all the other middle-eastern nations. Border security would follow; we have to control who enters the country. I would try to change our image abroad through public relations and speeches; this is as big a problem as we have right now, with a bumbling idiot in office.
We have to identify the irrational acts with religion, because that is the problem. Too many people are willing to ignore the real problem, for the sake of "tolerance". That's just burying your heads in the sand, folks. I thought we were smarter than ostriches.
posted by Willis at 4:43 PM
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