Wednesday, March 28, 2007
War Maneuvers
The U.S. now has 15 warships and 100 military aircraft engaged in military maneuvers off the cost of Iran. According to Captain Bradley Johanson, this is in response to Iran "trying to intimidate others" by seizing and holding 15 British sailors who boarded merchant ships in what Iran claims were Iranian waters. Of course, the build-up of U.S. military might began way before Iran seized these sailors. I don't know if the sailors were in Iraqi or Iranian waters, but I have to wonder if their seizure was motivated by Iran's attempt to deter U.S. attacks. Johanson says that "Iran has adopted a very escalatory posture." Really? If the tables were turned and Iran had over 5,000 nuclear weapons, plans to build a new generation of nukes and was engaged in military maneuvers off our coast, wouldn't seizing 15 of their guys just be common sense?
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This is a very interesting post, and a fascinating prospective on this crisis. And it made me wonder: Why is it that the prospective you wrote about has not been entertained in the mainstream media? After I read your post, it almost seemed obvious, and it is just embarrassing that it is not being talked about at all.
You know the sad thing? I'm so enculturated into the whole superpower thing that I don't think I can really imagine what it'd be like to have the tables turned. Isn't that pathetic?
Deacon Dude, it's not pathetic. It's crazy! ;-) You don't have to imagine. Alhtough, it's not the same, we were recently attacked, 9/11. We then attacked, captured and took hundreds of people, locked them away, and continue to torture them. Didn't you read yesterday's post? I'm not saying Iran is torturing these soldiers. But I am saying that you're crazy ;-).
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