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By Brooks A. Mick, M.D.
June 6, 2006 Hey there, Iran! If I were you guys, I would be abandoning that nuclear weapons program. Back between 9/11 and 2003, I was in the military and I noted that an awful lot of training was going on that would have been useful for invading Afghanistan and Iraq or other low-intensity combat situations. Hospitals, for example, were training to deal with civilians and were practicing safe convoy procedures. They were practicing defending their own perimeters against small-unit attacks. I live in an area with one of the highest concentrations of military bases and ex-military personnel in the world. There are Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, primary Navy Seal and other special operations training areas, and the Joint Forces Command is here. The Army's Training and Doctrine Command is here. The area is permeated with military and civilian experts who were intimately involved in the planning for the Iraq invasion. They didn't say anything then and they aren't saying anything now. However, the wives' network is buzzing a bit. Overheard a few days ago: "My husband hasn't been devoting this much time to his job since before the Iraq invasion." The husbands are as close-mouthed and security conscious as ever. I am sure they aren't telling their wives what they are doing. But wives are sensitive to their man's moods and behaviors, and I think they sense something big is brewing. One thing we know is that George W. Bush does not govern by taking polls. He is not afraid to make his decision and stand by it even if it isn't popular. His behavior is a throwback to the early days of statesmen. There was not a huge sentiment on this continent for rebelling against King George, but nonetheless George Washington lead the Army and the country into war and fought through many dark days and numerous defeats before finally defeating Cornwallis at Yorktown, about a mile and a half from my current house. It might well have been that, had a poll been taken, a majority of those not-yet-Americans might have voted to abandon the war and make peace with King George. There were too many hardships and dangers and success seemed unlikely against the greatest military force in the world. I suspect that Washington and the other Founding Fathers knew that they were fighting an uphill battle, yet persevered. I think Bush will persevere in the war on terror and part of his job is the safety of the USA as he sees it. And letting Iran get a nuclear weapon would not be good for the safety of the USA. So if I were Iran, seeing the steel resolve of President Bush and noting the many little hints in the activity in the highly militarized area where I live, I would be halting that nuclear enrichment program and giving up any ideas of building nuclear weapons. But that's just me. I'm sure Iran will do as is its wont. But they can't say I didn't warn them. ------------ About the author Brooks A. Mick: Physician, still practicing medicine but retired from the US Army. Write just for the fun of it, but working on novel in the vein of Tom Clancy's politico-military genre. Email: brooks15@cox.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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