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February 03, 2006
Iran
Just reading all the speculation and buzz about Iran, and what we need to/can/will do about it, it brings one question to my mind. With the polls hovering right around 50% or so for some type of action, I really have to wonder, are we (the American public) prepared/willing to endure the sacrifice that may/will result from it? OIF has been pretty painless for us folks here at home, but I just don't see it being that way if we start bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. I imagine oil would jump a bunch, perhaps $90-$100/barrel? With Iran a major sponsor of jihadis all over the world, I would expect a bunch more loons with TNT strapped to them going off. Cash strapped NK would lose a customer, at least for a while. China sells a good deal of hardware to them also, so will goods at Wally World go up, more than just due to increased fuel prices? I really wonder if my generation has the steel to endure some sacrifice for a greater need. I look around me, and I am not so sure. Is my own household really prepared to sacrifice? I really have to wonder.
Posted by Crusader at February 3, 2006 11:11 AM
Comments
Luckily all humans are durable and resourceful. Sacrifice takes no preparation. No matter where we were born or what we believe sacrifice is something we know how to do.
Those who make the decisions are likely wondering if it is better to have us suffer than to have it fall to our grandchildren to do it instead.
Posted by: Avatar_of_ Normal at February 3, 2006 02:35 PM