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Friday, July 14, 2006

WWIII?

very interesting article via workingforchange about the israel/lebanon situation and its implications far and wide. this is such a trainwreck that i can't seem to wrap my head around it, but the link above got me started. so much animosity, and it has global implications that reach way beyond the middle east. combine that with the fact that the u.s. is bogged down in iraq, sitting ducks to iranian attacks, the same iran that's been puffing its chest out to the u.s. and is warning israel to stay away from syria, and we have ourselves a hot war that's only getting hotter.

my initial reaction was that israel was way overreacting to the initial attack, but now i see the impetus, what with the iranian missiles being lobbed from lebanon, and i still see it as an overreaction that's going to cost more lives than it saves, but... uh, yikes... how long until this war really reaches our shores? 9/11 has been likened to pearl harbor, but what if 9/11 were perpetrated by a sovereign state? and what if it happened while our troops were stretched too thin to protect us? and what help are ground forces against a nuclear n. korea or iran?

sure, we've got a missile defense shield that doesn't work, but for some reason that doesn't instill in me much faith.

meh, we're boned but we still have time (in theory). cooler heads have to prevail, or so i keep telling myself. if i repeat it often enough, maybe someday i'll believe it.

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