We don't like Iran. They took us hostage in 1979 and we've never gotten back.
We've invaded Iraq in order to teach the Arab Muslim world a lesson, which is "Don't mess with Texas."
Tex is seated in the White House.
Pres. John F. Kennedy believed that it was his greatest duty to keep the country out of war.
Bush seems to think it his greatest duty to lead us into war.
I've been predicting that before he's done in January, 2009, he'll invade Iran. Why? Because the invasion of Iraq hasn't gone well, nor Afghanistan, for that matter, since Osama is still in hiding just over the border in Pakistan, it appears. The boarder, on the ground, doesn't really exist, given that the area is all tribal land of one sort or another. People cross more readily than between U.S. and Mexico. We have 12 million undocumenteds, we're told, despite the fence and the border patrol.
Since we haven't taught the Arab/Muslim world the lesson we wanted by invading Iraq, then why not invade, or at least attack Iran? They're building nuclear weapons capability, like Saddam. They have a president, Ahmedinejad, an anti-Israel (our ally) Holocaust denier, who is as big a pain in the butt as Saddam was.
And we're losing face in the world.
What's not to like about attacking Iran?
The world may not love us, but they will fear us.
Our crazies are as crazy as the world's best, in other words.
So I figure we're about to invade.
Perhaps I'm not alone.
U.S. Secretary of State and Warrior Princess Dr. Condoleezza Rice has been forced to deny that we have any plans to invade Iran, which I take to be somewhat short of the truth. We have plans to invade Canada, Mexico, Britain, Ireland, France, India, China, Russia, Tibet and any other place that has a name, sitting on a shelf in the Pentagon basement somewhere, in case the need should arise.
When we say we have "no plan," all that means is that we haven't made up our mind yet to give the plan the green light today. Tomorrow may be a different story.
In light of this jaundiced view of the way we act, I read with interest Dr. Rice's denial of present intent.
Lord knows what Pres. Bush and our crazies might think tomorrow.
We invaded Iraq, didn't we?
We might as well have invaded Mexico for all the good it's done. Don't they have crime lords, narcotrafficking, official corruption, and other bad things south of our border? Plus they sneak across to do our lawns, make our hotel beds, pick our crops, and feed us. We could put a stop to all this by invading, right? Invading solves all problems, I thought.
Instead, Rice says we're going to rely on diplomacy this time.
I won't hold my breath.