The West Marches Quietly Toward War

Globally, the West continues to somewhat quietly march toward war with Iran. Instituting more sanctions against Iranian companies and military/political organizations, the U.S. continues to demand that Iran give up all nuclear development. The recent Israeli attack on a Syrian site has drawn a deafening silence from all parties, suggesting to many analysts and observers that something seriously wicked was going on there, and that the Israelis (with approval of the U.S.) did the world a huge service. Reports from Israel say that elite commando units infiltrated the remote facility after tracking a load of “cement” from North Korea to the site and brought back soil samples that confirmed nuclear materials present. Then, it was missiles away, and a report in The Spectator suggests we came very close to World War that day.

The lack of any kind of meaningful protest or response from Syria or Iran virtually confirms the “gotcha.” Perhaps a triumph of intelligence after a number of failures over the past few years.

The U.S., Britain, France and Germany will got to war with Islamic forces in the Middle East, and I believe it will happen before George Bush leaves office. It will only be the latest in a war of the Christian World versus the Islamic World (that fight’s been going on for a LONG time), but this time it’s unclear which side the Russians will land on. History would tend to predict Russia being on our side, current political economic trends (energy) and their current stance suggest they would support the Iranians and Syrians. But once the shooting starts, the Russians have a habit of moving to the side of the winner. If the Iranians think they’ve got the Russians in their pocket, they need to look at the deal Stalin made with Hitler. And I believe that one was in writing, too.

So, we’re going to fight it out with the Iranians after all. It’s a fight many people wanted in 1979 when they took American hostages in Tehran. It’s almost 30 years later, and could have been avoided, but won’t be.

God be with us.

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