Many people heaved a sigh of relief when the Washington Post reported last week that the Bush Administration learned in September that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program several years ago.
The thinking was: "They can't possibly justify a war on Iran now. Whew!"
They would be wrong.
When a zealot hasn't had a new idea since 1986, they don't let go of it easily. Mere facts do not impede a well-fantasized plan of glory. So we have observed the concept being floated that Iran's uranium enrichment is enough of a reason to intervene in Iran. Watch out for that one, it is not going to die an easy death.
Iran is here to stay. We need to learn how to work things out. What the last forty years SHOULD have taught us is that the United States cannot control the government of another country without long-term grief. The purpose of government is talk to other governments to get business done. Beating a drum and calling for blood has its appeal, but is not governance. Nor is it leadership.
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Leadership is also not putting your head in the sand and ignoring danger. Our country tried that once and how many Jews were killed in Germany before we got involved?
I don't think that Iran is going to attack Israel.
As for WWII, the predicament of the Jews didn't concern the Roosevelt Administration and had nothing to do with the decision to go to war.
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