rfenst wrote:This thread has, once again, degenerated and become pathetic. No responsible country would stand still while its most determined and apparently soon to be capable enemy nation appears to be technologically moving close to its undeniable stated goal of annihilation of that country. Whether the U.S gets dragged in or chooses to participate is on the U.S., not the pro-Israel or the Jewish lobbies. Even though I am a Jew. Even though I believe that Israel should exist. Even though I believe in most of the concepts of Zionism, I do NOT want there to be a war, let alone one where the U.S. gets involved.
Oh good Lord, don't go all sensitive on me now! If you're going to buy into all the Iranian rhetoric over the years and going with
"No responsible country would stand still while its most determined and apparently soon to be capable enemy nation appears to be technologically moving close to its undeniable stated goal of annihilation of that country", you can't go all soft at the same time and say you don't want there to be a war. You can't have it both ways. You should be screaming that Israel should attack Iran right now and doesn't need to wait for the USA to give permission or wait for the USA to do the attack for them and I would be right there next to you screaming "Hell yeah!" (while buying oil through an Etrade app on my smartphone that I learned about from that baby on the commercials)
There is no solution other than war, we just need to accept that and move on to the appropriate investing. What is the scenario that leads to no war and the threat to Israel is removed? Let's try it.....
Possibility 1: Akmenajihad says there is no weapons program or agrees to eliminate a weapons program, opens up everything to IAEA inspectors, Netanyahoo and Obama get to tag along with the inspections, and when it is all done, Akmenajihad, Netanyahoo, and Obama all hold a press conference saying Iran in nuke free and that all sanctions are lifted immediately and Iran is now a favored nation trading partner. There is no oil spike, no hit on the global economy, no war, no gains to the US and Israeli military industrial complexes, and no no-bid reconstruction contracts to Le HockeyDad.
Possibility 2: Akmenajihad says there is no weapons program or agrees to eliminate a weapons program and opens up everything to IAEA inspectors. After the inspections the US and Israel say Iran is still hiding their weapons program, they failed to prove it did not exist, and the war starts. (Remember, this is right out of the playbook for the war on Iraq)
Possibility 3: Everything stays the current course and we get war!
Which option is more likely? Are we being realistic sitting back and praying for Possibility #1? Come on....Invest accordingly.
The drums of war are beating louder every day!