Rant time guys.
Let's start being honest about our foreign policy concerns.
The first thing we need to do is to be honest about Iran and the region.
Have you been paying attention or have you swallowed the talking points given at the US State Dept and the UN? Let me enlighten you.
Iran is not a threat to Israel. That card is played to get the support of conservatives and the Christian right. Both groups are staunch Israel supporters and both would send troops to defend her in a heart beat.
If you want to know the real 51st state then realize that its in the Middle East.
But if we're being honest Israel can easily defend itself against anything the Iranians can throw at it.
As a matter of fact the biggest threat that Israel faces from Iran is an unleashed Hezbollah. A Hezbollah that's fully armed and engaged in attacks against the Israeli people.
Israel doesn't fear Iranian nuclear weapons....but Iraq does...so does Saudi Arabia...UAE and a host of other oil supplying Middle Eastern nations.
I don't mind us taking the stance that Iran shouldn't get the bomb, but I just wish we were being a bit more honest about why we're doing it. Its in our own national interests. If Saudi Arabia can be blackmailed because of a threat against their oil fields with nuclear weapons then we would face 20 dollar plus a gallon gas. If a strike against those oil fields were carried out and they became contaminated then the world would face a global depression and the economic system that we're currently involved in would disintegrate.
That's why the war drums are beating against Iran. Not to protect Israel but to protect our economy.
