Speculation is growing that Israel will bomb Iranian nuclear facilities before our presidential elections. I don't really have an opinion on that. Israel is a tiny sanctuary of freedom in an international house of horrors. Whatever they gotta do to protect themselves, well... it's none of my business. Having said that, I don't support US military action against Iran. I think there's a better way, and so does dreaded neocon Michael Ledeen, who is much smarter than I. He wrote the linked article two years ago, but it still applies: We should be helping opposition parties and liberal student groups in Iran and Syria so they can bring down tyranny themselves. Overt, covert, whatever makes sense, let's do it.
Iran, Syria and Hezbollah form a Triangle of Terror. Remove any one leg of this three-legged stool, and the entire enterprise collapses, or is at least severely weakened. On this, the "Neocons" of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the "Lefties" at the Brookings Institute agree.
Do we have a presidential candidate who can explain this? Do Americans care? Uncle Sam is not the bad guy. There is no moral equivalence between President Bush and President Ahmadinejad. We want the situation calmed down; they benefit by constant turmoil. Every violent act is a blow to the US and our allies, but it is a proud moment of triumph for the Iranian government and their proxies.
We need to help the opposition groups. Give 'em money, give 'em phones and computers and clandestine radio sets. Take out the big snake (Iranian regime) and the little snake (Hezbollah) will whither and die, all without the Bush-Cheney-Halliburton-Neocon-Zionist gang firing a shot or violating some poor terrorist's rights. This is a plan even a Bush-hating progressive can love.
Links of Interest:
Michael Ledeen article
Brookings Institute article
CFR Summary
2 comments:
"We should be helping opposition parties and liberal student groups in Iran and Syria so they can bring down tyranny themselves"
Great idea but in all those countries that only creates new dictators and a dictatorship gov.
In my opinion Israel has a lot of people to fight Iran (and whoever allies with Iran)on their own.
Of course that means they will come from all over the world. recap the incident from a year or so ago.
I'd rather they create their own new dictators instead of us creating them.
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