Preventitive war
Intersting article in the washington post(link) regarding president Bush restating preventitive war doctrine.
This seems to me to be priming the pump for an armed conflict with Iran. While we may receive support from our "allies" on this one I dont think it is very well advised or necessary. Lets look first at the problem with the United States Army. It is arguably the most sophisticated fighting force on earth, it has no equal. But this technology and firepower has some steep limits when fighting an insurgency as we are seeing in Iraq. If we think taht we are having problems controlling Iraq, just foot in Iran and see the real problem. The insurgency that would follow would be exponentially worse than that in Iraq, the military there is better trained and is actually accused of training and aiding the insurgency in Iraq. If we are struggling to stop the students how can we take on the teachers. Also, Iran is in the process of a Nuclear program. This could be for armaments or for energy. The real question is who are we to say who can and cannot posses nuclear weaposn or energy. We are merely a country and as much as some think we do not control the earth, far from it. We try to disarm Iran who has not yet established nuclear weapons but we embrace and enrich the Indian nuclear program. This is a country that despite being democratic is constantly about 5 seconds away from pushing the button against its pakistani neighbors. It makes much sense to cut off the aims of one country which short of "supporting terror" which has come to encompass alot of things these days, poses no real threat to us. Even if they develop nuclear arms, they posses no means to deliver them. Let them sit.
What I am rambling to here is the fact that the U.S. cannot afford another drawn out occupation. We do not have the numbers in the military to sustain such a high number of troops over such a period of time. We are already struggling with the Iraq situation and if we open another front right next door we spread ourselves dangerously thin across the globe which is not how you fight the war on terror. There is no real patriotic fervor left after 9/11 as there was, this is not a world war it will not inspire the youth to sign up to fight and die for what appears to be a non threat. Mistakes are fine to make, but at the cost of thousands of lives and the potential lack of U.S. security for its interests across the globe it does not make sense.
Peesident Bush ordering a pre emptive strike against Iran would be the equivalent of cutting off his nose to spite his face. Not serving a purpose but with disatorus side effects that may haunt him and the country for years.
This seems to me to be priming the pump for an armed conflict with Iran. While we may receive support from our "allies" on this one I dont think it is very well advised or necessary. Lets look first at the problem with the United States Army. It is arguably the most sophisticated fighting force on earth, it has no equal. But this technology and firepower has some steep limits when fighting an insurgency as we are seeing in Iraq. If we think taht we are having problems controlling Iraq, just foot in Iran and see the real problem. The insurgency that would follow would be exponentially worse than that in Iraq, the military there is better trained and is actually accused of training and aiding the insurgency in Iraq. If we are struggling to stop the students how can we take on the teachers. Also, Iran is in the process of a Nuclear program. This could be for armaments or for energy. The real question is who are we to say who can and cannot posses nuclear weaposn or energy. We are merely a country and as much as some think we do not control the earth, far from it. We try to disarm Iran who has not yet established nuclear weapons but we embrace and enrich the Indian nuclear program. This is a country that despite being democratic is constantly about 5 seconds away from pushing the button against its pakistani neighbors. It makes much sense to cut off the aims of one country which short of "supporting terror" which has come to encompass alot of things these days, poses no real threat to us. Even if they develop nuclear arms, they posses no means to deliver them. Let them sit.
What I am rambling to here is the fact that the U.S. cannot afford another drawn out occupation. We do not have the numbers in the military to sustain such a high number of troops over such a period of time. We are already struggling with the Iraq situation and if we open another front right next door we spread ourselves dangerously thin across the globe which is not how you fight the war on terror. There is no real patriotic fervor left after 9/11 as there was, this is not a world war it will not inspire the youth to sign up to fight and die for what appears to be a non threat. Mistakes are fine to make, but at the cost of thousands of lives and the potential lack of U.S. security for its interests across the globe it does not make sense.
Peesident Bush ordering a pre emptive strike against Iran would be the equivalent of cutting off his nose to spite his face. Not serving a purpose but with disatorus side effects that may haunt him and the country for years.
posted by the meathaus at 1:09 AM
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