Froggy provides a mid-morning chill:
It is well known that Lebanon is a client state of Syria and further, that Syria is a client state of Iran. There are reports that Iranian defense officials are now in Damascus possibly pulling the strings on a coordinated assault of Israel by Hamas and Hizbullah. Israel has already buzzed Syria's dictator's house, and the leader of the "militant wing" (is there a non-militant wing?) of Hamas is also under the protection of the Syrians in Damascus. If you think that this is a potential nightmare scenario for Israel and the US, it gets worse.
Remember North Korea? They are very close with the Iranians as well, and it is postulated by intel sources that they have been sharing nuclear and missile technology for the past two years. KJI has no cash since we froze most of his assets in foreign banks for running a massive US currency counterfeiting operation, and the Iranians are wallowing in cash and hate the US as much as NK.
So what if this entire international drama: NK missile launches and Hamas/Hizbullah kidnapping of Israeli soldiers is designed to initiate 2 major and geographically separated wars for the US? If Israel and Syria end up mixing it up, the Syrians could invoke their mutual security pact with Iran. In order to defend Syria, Iran would have to traverse Iraq, and then... it is on. Meanwhile, if the Norkos decide to re-unify the Korean Pennisula at the same time, we would be in quite a difficult position.
Rob comments here.
We'd end it just like we ended the War in the Pacific 60 years ago.
Posted by: prairie biker | July 13, 2006 at 08:43 AM
We have, what, 20,000 of our own troops in SK serving as a speed bump...
Posted by: gail | July 13, 2006 at 08:53 AM
I agree.. Their first use of a nuke will end in the shortest war in history... or the largest parking lot development project ever undertaken.. depending on how you want to look at it..
Posted by: Jake Holmes | July 13, 2006 at 09:58 AM
I'll bet that Condi is a busy girl these days.
Posted by: Scott P | July 13, 2006 at 10:39 AM
Seems Iran is playing their little game of chess again. Tie down Israel on two fronts (Lebanon=Hezbollah/Gaza=Hamas) in an attempt to avoid preemptive strikes against Iran's nuclear infrastructure just as the toothless UN is about to take up talks of sanctions (doomed to failure; thanks Russia and China). The DPRK's missle launches fit nicely into the divide and conquer scenario. Iran is already playing their game in Iraq, politically and militarily tying down the US ability to "multitask", so apparently the mad Mullahs appear to be in the drivers seat now. And like pre-WWII, we diddle with "diplomacy" (just another word for appeasement) while the perfect storm gathers. And when it took the US just four years to build the bomb FROM SCRATCH, why do intelligence estimates give Iran such a huge lead time (5-10 yrs) for the realization of their nuclear dreams?
We're living in a mad, mad, mad world and I fear the next few years, especially since, like pre-WWII, the isolationists and appeasers seem to be gaining the upper hand - only the stakes are unimagineably higher now.
...my little uplifting thought for the day. Carry on. . .
Posted by: JWebb | July 13, 2006 at 01:06 PM
You've been reading Churchill haven't you?
Posted by: gail | July 13, 2006 at 01:09 PM
Heh. Just haven't figured out who "the little Eichmanns" are yet. . .
Posted by: JWebb | July 13, 2006 at 01:38 PM
The problem Iran has is they are quite sure that they won't wake the "slumbering giant."
Nothing can help them if they do.
Posted by: prairie biker | July 13, 2006 at 03:29 PM