The Iran War

One would assume that two disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are more than enough even for a supreme imperialist power like the U.S. The costs of the two wars are escalating and the troops are stretched to the limit. Rotations are postponed, tours of duties extended, National Guard troops unavailable for crises at home. No exactly a situation conducive to launching another war.

And still... Dick Cheney is pushing Bush to act on Iran, because “he is not going to leave office with Iran still in limbo.” (The Guardian: "Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran")

Few really believe that the U.S. will start bombing Iran and send in ground forces. No sane person would even contemplate it. The more so because it is completely unnecessary. As far as anyone knows, Iran is not developing a nuclear bomb, but even if it was, it would still take several years and on top of that why would Israel, Pakistan and India be allowed to have nuclear weapons, but not Iran.

There really is no justification whatsoever for whatever military action against Iran. And still, Cheney is pushing, because leaving this task to the next president may spoil the opportunity. There are already two aircraft carrier groups and almost half of the U.S.'s 277 warships in the vicinity of Iran, ready to strike. Tellingly, Israel has offered the Jews living in Iran from 5,000 pounds for an person to 30,000 pounds for a family to relocate to Israel. (The Guardian: "Iran's Jews reject cash offer to move to Israel") Better get the Jews out first before the bombing starts. Unfortunately for the Zionists, the Society of Iranian Jews declared that “the identity of Iranian Jews is not tradeable for any amount of money”. They prefer to continue to live in the Islamic Republic – and run the risk of being bombed – rather than relocate to the Jewish state, which once again proves that not every Jew is a Zionist.

I believe the U.S. will sooner rather than later attack Iran. One has to be fully aware of the possibility in order to better fight to try to prevent it. But if the Iran War does take place, it will probably ring in the final demise of American imperialism.