Consequences To Expect If The U.S. Invades Iran
Submitted by Bob-45 on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 03:43onday, 20 February 2012 04:25 Brandon Smith
Let’s be honest, quite a few Americans love a good war, especially those Americans who have never had to bear witness to one first hand. War is the ultimate tribally vicarious experience. Anyone, even pudgy armchair generals with deep-seated feelings of personal inadequacy, can revel in the victories and actions of armies a half a world away as if they themselves stood on the front lines risking possible annihilation at the hands of dastardly cartoon-land “evil doers”. They may have never done a single worthwhile thing in their lives, but at least they can bask in the perceived glory of their country’s military might.
This attitude of swollen ego through proxy is not limited to the “Right” side of the political spectrum as some might expect. In fact, if the terrifyingly demented presidency of Barack Obama has proven anything so far, it is that elements of the “Left” are just as bloodthirsty as any NeoCon, and just as ready to blindly support the political supremacy of their “side” regardless of any broken promises, abandoned principles, or openly flaunted hypocrisies. No matter how reasonable or irrefutable the arguments against a particular conflict are, there will ALWAYS be a certain percentage of the populace which ignores all logic and barrels forward to cheerlead violent actions which ultimately only benefit a select and elite few.
They do this, though they rarely openly admit it, because of unbalanced and irrational biases which drive their decision making processes. In the case of the wars in the Middle East, the common public argument boils down to one of “self defense”. “They are coming to get us!” At least, that is what we are constantly told. And I’m sure that some Americans out there truly believe this. However, in their heart of hearts, others instead relish the idea of imposing their world views and philosophical systems upon others, even if it means using cluster bombs and predator drones.
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Summary: World War 3
What happened to the other post about this? Well either way, WW3 when Russia and China get pulled in to protect their interests there.
I expect nothing less than a world war.
In any case, it will be very difficult to contain the consequences of this war. I like to use the following analogy:
how would the US react if China surrounded the Arabian penninsula, invaded the Saudi kingdom and take over their oil fields? Would they just sit back and watch their most important supplier of cheap oil being taken over by the Chinese?
This is basicly the situation China finds itself in when the war starts. And the Russians won't be happy either when their nucleair scientists get killed.