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Nov. 26, 2005 American intelligence agencies are reporting that Iran is in the development stage of nuclear weaponry. Is this the same system that told us Iraq had WMDs? I hope not. Sources are saying that Iranian engineers have created a weapon (missile) capable of carrying a nuclear or nuclear-like payload over six hundred miles. Iran denies this intelligence information still insisting that they are interested only in creating nuclear power plants. North Korea, on-the-other hand, continues to beef up its production of nuclear weapon-grade plutonium and does not deny it. They want nuclear weapons, no secret, no intelligence or recon needed. Who should we fear? The U.S. is already over extended militarily. Should either Iran or North Korea successfully create nuclear weapons, it is doubtful the U.S. could or would do anything about it. We have done nothing to intervene in the obvious shaky relationship between India and Pakistan, both of which have nuclear capabilities and neither willing to cry “Uncle.” We have found ourselves in a, at best, precarious situation by continuing the war in Iraq. How fast could we react to an aggression initiated by North Korea? I suggest not fast enough. The current administration in the White House won’t consider withdrawal of troops from Iraq anytime soon, stating that we would be letting the Iraqis down. Their blinders to reality are at “full shield.” What a perfect time for some of the President’s axis of evil doers to aggress. The U.S. is ill-prepared for any kind of crisis across the ocean. We have (maybe) learned from past experience that usually such nations don’t announce their secret plans for aggression. That’s why they call them “secret.” We as a nation have not planned militarily on a possible war somewhere other than the Middle East. We have not increased the size of our military. We continue to use National Guard and Reserve Units to fight our wars, but is it time to think about a draft? How long can you send and re-send the same people in and out of a war zone? When do the troops begin to collapse from too much exposure to an insane war (war is insanity you know)? When will the troops begin to say “no?” You can only whip a race horse for so long before he quits running.
Get out of Iraq or build a bigger military. Those, I believe, are the only solutions available. Of course, there is the current administration’s tactic, lead us deeper and deeper into a quagmire of failure. Which do you prefer?
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