Re: Blowing the crap out of Iran might be a short term, country specific solution to a long term problem... but it's not the end of the problem. And would most likely precipitate a world wide recession.
You tell me... whats the solution?
Well, you guessed it, John: a worldwide recession IS the solution... to disrupt China's rise and make her grind to a standstill. Somehow, the whole Israel/Iran/US crisis is but a proxy tug-of-war between the US and its main, only contender, China. If there's world peace for another, blissful ten years then the US will most certainly fall behind China and her Asian sphere of influence. That's why, geopolitically speaking, the US needs war as much as China abhors it. China needs peace to keep her economic ball rolling, to keep buying up energy assets worldwide, to acquire Western companies and gain access to the EU and US markets, etc. And think about it: if the whole Middle East is snafued BIG-TIME with another war on Iran, who will suffer the most? China or the US? The US can make up for the loss of Mideast oil by drilling Alaska and forcing oil suppliers in Latin America (Venezuela, Mexico) and West Africa (Nigeria, Congo, Angola,...) to supply the US --militarily if necessary.
But then, there's a snag: Latin America's growing hostility to the US... This is not the 1970s where Kissinger could just tell the US President to snuff out Allende and other "commies"... Today, if the US messes with Bolivia's Morales or Venezuela's Chavez or Chile's Bachelet or Mexico's Fox, it might well trigger a Hemisphere-wide warfare against the US --I mean, terrorist warfare. And don't count on your 700-mile fence to protect you from the wrath of hundreds of millions of "greasers"... Get the picture?
Gus |
