Acorntaru wrote:
I just feel that Isreal is making a rash decision. Essentially being bombed will do that, but I believe everyone we dont want to see involved are gonna make their pressence felt. The middle east is gonna be entirely ravaged with chaos and war, and America is gonna be thrust in the middle of something we cannot deal with (having a preoccupation in Iraq at the moment). I just see the everything falling apart at this point. Not even with the middle east itself, but with Iran and N.Korea. Everyone seems to be pushing the limits as of late, and something has to give somewhere. Its true we can only speculate, but the turmoil seems to be growing quite immense.
Having a preocupation with Iraq? Strategically speaking, having 150,000+ soldiers already in the region, with airbases setup, navy in the waters, is a bad thing? If an all out war breaks out in the ME, I can't think of many better a position for us to be in.
Iran is the current threat, and we have air bases in Iraq we've been using for operations there that are how many miles away from Iran? If you want to bring North Korea into the picture, sure, they could be an issue. But it's likely they are just flexing because they realize the US is a bit preoccupied elsewhere, and are looking for handouts. It could also be they want to nuke South Korea, but what can really be done about that currently besides allowing Japan to engage them.
I don't know, it's definitely a stressful time for sure. But given our definite strategic advantage, barring involvement by the Russians or the Chinese, imagine what the outlook would be if you were an Iranian citizen? Watch Afghanistan and Iraq turned upside down, and your crazy president is picking a fight with the very same military. I feel for the Iranians, it is my understanding that the majority of them do not want to engage in any further conflict...but loony leader might just take them there.