So....is war in the Middle East imminent?

[Gandalf]

And I saw that the UN passed new harsher sanctions on Iran yeserday and that the US spent a good five months putting the package together. What a charade. The US has veto'ed how many resolutions against Israel since the early '70's? And yet sanctions are handed out to other less than moral regimes like confetti. Iraq, North Korea, Iran and so on Why no sanctions for the Saudi's? And far more importantly why no sanctions on the Israeli's? Oh, because America dictates things at the end of the day and we should like Israel. Interesting how most international terrorism comes out of Washington and most middle east terrorism comes from Israel. A lot of common bonds there. That and the powerful Jewish lobby in the States. I guess there isn't much of an Iranian lobby.

And some softies think Iran are the dangerous ones? Get the propaganda out of yer ears! Two states are armed up to the eyes with the most sophisticated weaponry (frequently shared between them) in this world and Iran isn't one of them. Iran poses far less a risk to the world than either one of those well armed states.

[Gandalf]

Let's not forget the recent fallacy of Iraq. The entire premise for war was a lie and that is only one of countless faulty premises invented by the US government since WW2. Usually they involve smaller state sponsored terrorist attacks. The bombing of Libya in the 1980's for instance was particularly random and all of the US evidence fabricated. It is just that the US media is unwilling to go against the interests of Washington Hawks.

The propaganda and hype about Iran is much the same thing. The very idea that people are talking of the need for regime change bewilders me. Iran is admittedly a very dodgy place, but is it any more dodgy than countless other states in the world? Would anyone like to live in Saudi Arabia for instance? So let's invade them right? Oh, but it isn't in our interests.

I think war is way off, but I wouldn't bet against mini America (Israel) attempting to do something nutty in order to bolster domestic standing. It wouldn't be the first time.