tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post935578429865607071..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Addition to Walt's list: More media failure in the Iran war debateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-7825317359284409602012-03-21T10:59:09.166+01:002012-03-21T10:59:09.166+01:00Someone made a nice synthesis about this:
"Yo...Someone made a nice synthesis about this:<br />"You have stuff. I want it. I'll take it if I can."<br /><br />That is all you need to know. <br />Whst we'll see is how strong Iran is. And if China will allow another supplier to go down under US/UK bombs. And of course how afraid is Russia that US?UK will open another front on their southern frontier.<br /><br />If it can be done in relative safety, US/UK will destroy the country and try to take over the energy resources and the oil money. If not well reasons can be found to justify anything you want. That is why modern states have armies of well paid activists who can justify absolutely anything anyone might want.<br /><br />The problem I see is mentioned by a former russian general. He said " today they no longer beat the weak, they destroy them."<br />And this I believe will create great problems in the future.<br />Oposition will become greater. If you raise the stakes today you'll have a temporary advantage. But afterwards everyone will adapt to the new rules. And a new more dangerous world will be born.<br />Adolf invented this nice way of doing business. Raised the stakes sky high and profited mightily from it. For a time. Of course what happened next was not so profitable anymore.<br />Why the US/UK would work overtime to destroy todays international system is quite a mistery to me. Except peak oil and some very soon to come production decline no other explanation holds I believe.teonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-49574679741019626392012-03-19T10:49:33.338+01:002012-03-19T10:49:33.338+01:00Well spoken!Well spoken!openmindednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-3308203773100986902012-03-18T01:49:16.450+01:002012-03-18T01:49:16.450+01:00Long time reader, first time comment.
I don'...Long time reader, first time comment. <br /><br />I don't always agree with you but I think you are spot on with this issue. There are so many issues with attacking Iran and we never hear any dissent. Pretty much only attacking Iran is discussed. I have yet to hear one commentator explain how Western powers think we can get away with this when the rest of the world will just see the hypocrisy. <br /><br />Another example,what about the environmental impact? There has been at best a few pages written about what the release of all this crap into atmosphere would do. I was laughed at when I brought this up but how do we explain to Iranian, Pakis,Indians or maybe even Chinese civilians that they have to glow in the dark for the rest of their shorten life's because we were so afraid of Iran, they had to pay the price???<br /><br />The list of issues is definitely longer and yet we are getting closer and closer to a strike where NOTHING is worked out. Kind of reminds me of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, so few people talked about all the problems US was going to face and we were drowned out until years later, it was : "maybe we should have listened to those people who said this was a bad idea..." sadly, it was too late then.niconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-86051662519920053722012-03-16T13:06:55.392+01:002012-03-16T13:06:55.392+01:00This commenter from the US agrees strongly with yo...This commenter from the US agrees strongly with you on all points.Plutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04036751798841079048noreply@blogger.com