Post #110

Subject: Why it is absolute insanity to bomb Iran.

Neo-cons are pushing.

The crowd who:
1. Is losing Afghanistan.

We’ve installed the mayor of Kabul – to use a dismissive phrase of Pat Buchanan. But… the War on Terror?

As I feared BEFORE we went into Iraq, the Iraq War has been a diversion from and a drain on the War on Terror. In my Post #36, Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer said, “… when I went to Iraq the last time, General Casey was very clear. He said that our presence there in a large footprint is counterproductive. That is fueling terrorism, and that is exactly what the intelligence estimate said, that our presence there is fueling terror. Sending more troops isn‘t going to help us at all. There already is chaos in Iraq. And our own intelligence people are saying that our presence there is fueling the chaos.”

General Casey – a phony soldier? :p

2. Has lost Iraq.

Our military has won the war. Success in Iraq has been ours. There were at least two chances to declare a “victory” that would have satisfied most people’s original reasons for supporting this mess. One, “victory” was achieved when our tanks rolled through the streets of Baghdad and our troops were not attacked with WMD. Two, “victory” was achieved when we found Saddam.

By not claiming “victory” when it was ours, we are stuck in a never-ending war. What really gets me is that this what neo-cons want.

3. Now, wants to bomb Iran.

The argument that Iran was on the way to getting “the bomb” did not fly. As I said BEFORE we went into Iraq, the first time we are wrong about the reasons for a “pre-emptive war,” the harder it will be to launch another “pre-emptive war” – even if the evidence is clearer.

Now, the justification for bombing Iran is that Iran is arming the rebels in Iraq who are killing the occupiers. How is that different from us arming the rebels in Afghanistan who killed Soviet occupiers? BEYOND the fact that it was us.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html

As even the most amateurish of observers – me – knows, Ahmadinejad is not the real ruler of Iran. He is a figurehead. Plus, his term is limited. Ahmadinejad will not be there to rant and rave forever.

It is insanity to follow neo-con’s theory of an even larger and ever-growing military footprint. It’s not like that theory has worked so well so far. Two strikes, and ya’re out! :p

Now, we will maintain a footprint in the Middle East until they run out of oil – or we shake our addiction. But that is not – and should not be – a military footprint. Why do neo-cons continue to push a theory that our own military deems “counterproductive?” Who are phony soldiers?

It is absolute insanity to target Iran, another country that has not attacked us and does not threaten us. Why ensure that another generation of 65 million Muslims hate us?