Enough of their BS

[skcin]

Originally Posted by madformac

Why do you feel like that Paula? How do you know. Their conflicts have been localised and no threat to the western world. Iraq were no threat. Why is it all of a sudden attention has turned to Iran? Why not a few years back?

America have used nuclear weapons before. How do you know they won't again? The UK are the only nation to have ever used a nuclear submarine in anger. Could they again? sure..

Most of the problem lies in education. And religous tolerance from both sides. Iran could use weapons of mass destruction but it would be counter productive. To have them is not. But its hidden in all the stories. The intelligence communities will just tell you the stuff I am. Its all normal posturing. ten years back everybody was worried about China having nuclear weapons. "Don't trust the Chinese, they will launch an attack on America".. Well now China is the fastest growing economy in the world. And America takes them seriously.

I don't know. And neither do you. That's my point. It's all way too unpredictable.

What I do feel, is that the U.S. is not the big bad superpower that it once was, and that other nations (in the Middle East and elsewhre) are becoming more & more resentful of the fact that what we say goes. Who the hell are we to tell every other country what they can & can't do? If I were them, I'd hate the U.S. government too (esp. since Bush has made things so much worse.) And many of them will eventually hate the American people - those who don't hate us already. I know that the conflicts were limited to the Middle East - but we had to bust in there & start kicking ass & taking names & I think it was a huge misstep that we'll pay for dearly.

I understand your comparison with the past (the Cold War, Cuba, China, etc.), but I really feel that this is different. I can't explain how, but it is. People seem to be crazier, less apt to follow the "rules." Instead of "we'll scare them into helping us" I fear they'll say "f*ck them, who the hell are they to tell us what to do, and f*ck their citizens, they don't give a **** about ours" and just randomly attack the U.S. I don't know that this will happen - I hope to God it never does. But that's what I'm afraid of.