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| Spengler in Asia Times: Why there will be war. |
| 2006-05-01 |
| .. War will come, even though President George W Bush wants it as little as did Emperor Franz Josef. Neither Washington nor Tehran wants military confrontation. Nevertheless it will come, just as many great wars came despite the desire of the belligerents to avoid them ... ...None of them wanted war, none of them expected war, yet all of them found war preferable to the consequences of avoiding war. If an Aeschylus were alive today to dramatize the outbreak of World War I, he could lift the chorus' every line from the private dispatches of European leaders in July 1914. Like the old men of Mycenae observing Agamemnon's return to the home where his unfaithful wife Clytemnestra would murder him, the old men of Europe watched in horror as peace slipped out of their hands. ... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #7 Gotta wonder iff all of these anti-America Hispanic activists protesting alongside normal Hispanic illegals today have read the Chicoms defense white paper yet - do these activists realize they are fighting for the return of territories which the Chicoms prob had already counted as theirs in the white paper's premises for Chicom-control of 1/2 or more of CONUS. DO THEY REALLY THINK THAT HELPING TO DEFEAT OR DESTROY AMERICA WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE COMMIES OR CHICOMS??? Jimmy Carter's inaction to defend US interests, espec after the Commies wilfully lied to him, is what caused Jimbo his job as POTUS and respect from the American people. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-01 23:41 |
| #6 Ahmadinejad s a religious fanatic. He wants Armageddon. He feels that if he triggers a war, it will pre-sage the return of the hidden Imam. He believes that he's a personal agent of Allah, some sort of prophet. Negotiating with this guy is a waste of time. Russia is making big bucks as Iran's chief supplier. Working with Russia is a waste of time. Europe is in complete denial. Working with Europe is a waste of time. The sooner the US deals with Iran militarily, the better. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-05-01 22:10 |
| #5 Neither Washington nor Tehran wants military confrontation. Wrong. Tehran wants war; they have since they invaded our embassy. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-05-01 21:57 |
| #4 Spengler predicted about a year ago that the US was going to withdraw most of its troops from Iraq right about now. He said that American casualties would fall significantly as US troops handed off their primary responsibilities to Iraqi forces. I'm still waiting. In fact, I would argue that handing off security responsibilities will be a high casualty process for GI's even if our guys are doing less, simply because it is our aggressive patrols in the badlands that keep the enemy's head down. Everything I've read indicates that Iraqi troops are nowhere near as aggressive as our guys, preferring to hunker down in fixed positions instead of patrolling. This should *increase* our casualties in any hand-off situation, unless the guerrillas are on their last legs. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-05-01 19:38 |
| #3 If Spengler eats his Wheaties and Wonder Bread, says his prayers at bedtime, studies hard in school, only crosses the street at the crosswalk and with the light, plays well with the other journalists, colors inside the lines, and doesn't run with scissors in his hand, someday, when he grows up, he may be half as good as VDH if VDH were on drugs. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-05-01 17:30 |
| #2 Harsh as it might seem, preemption - an aerial attack on Iran's nuclear facilities - is the most humane solution. You mean to say I had to read through this entire article to finally be told what I've been saying here for the last few months? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-01 17:29 |
| #1 Spengler sounds like VDH on drugs. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-05-01 17:21 |