This discussion is Sick.. I love it. I feel the war between Israel and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon is a "real" war, in the sense that Israel genuinely wants to eliminate or at least reduce the threat posed to northern Israel by Hezbollah fighters. Iran, the U.S., Syria and Israel are playing geopolitical Twister, and using poor Lebanon as the game board. Can you say left foot on Beirut...lol
Through its funding, arming and training of Hezbollah, Iran is using this war to warn the United States that any effort to force Iran to give up its nuclear program will have violent consequences. To me the current fighting only demonstrates how, with a nod, a wink and some Iranian-made missiles, Iran can use a relatively small Lebanese militia to push the Middle East to the brink of a full-scale regional war. A full-on, Middle East war could severely, if not fatally, undermine the United States' key regional allies (Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia), cripple the world economy with sky-higher oil prices, and put the 130,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq at risk of being attacked by Iraqi Shi'ite militias allied with Iran. By giving Hezbollah medium-range missiles and the green light to use them on big cities like Haifa, Iran is attempting to warn Israel off launching air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. By hitting Hezbollah and Lebanon so hard, Israel is
communicating to Iran that even smallish attacks on Israel will be met with massive counterattacks.
Right-hand on democracy..lol
By supporting such a forceful Israeli attack on Lebanon, the U.S. is staring Iran in the eye and saying, "Iran, we're not afraid of your threats and we're willing to sit by and let Israel destroy Lebanon if that's what it takes to destroy your buddy Hezbollah and show you that we, too, mean business."
Left-foot on sovereignty...lol
So now where do we stand? There's only one other thing left to say.. Anymore Players? How about we change the rules and of course anyone associated with the NPT can get first dibs on the small fry.'
May the best Man (idiot) win.