Israel, Iran, US, NATO, Russia - Nuclear War? Is Washington Deaf As Well as Criminal?

[Peter Lemkin]

I know the military is not monolithic in either country. While there certainly exist the Curtis Le Mays and Dr Strangeloves in both countries not everyone is suicidal and there also exist pockets of sanity with in the beast. Will they be in positions to stop or direct events once in train? I don't really know but sure hope so. We have seen evidence of their work in the past (Minot AB comes to mind). Israel has the most to lose casualty and territorially speaking since they are in the middle of the bee hive and it is an all or nothing gamble. Are they feeling lucky? The USA is a whole continent and ocean away and may feel they have more options and can always choose isolationism. Which would be quite a relief to many where they are unwelcome and so much of the problem. It was the wrong set of dominoes they were worried about before.....

Need one need reminding that no one stopped 9-11 and all of its sequential wars of mass destruction...and in all of those, many could have...but didn't or were unable to. I think we are at a critical and dangerous time in human history. The madmen are literally running the Asylum and they also have most of the money and all of the weapons worth mentioning. Yes, good people are still in place....but.... I wish I had your optimism on this one Magda. If it isn't Iran, per se, something very similar is coming down the road within the next year. The Earth is running out of resources and the USA and a few others are fighting for the might to have total control over those increasingly scarce resources. Top-down solutions will result in total war. ONLY bottom-up solutions could save the Planet and all living things on it. That would call for / demand totally new ethical, environmental, economic and Political paradigms...a tall order...but IMO NOTHING LESS will do, and the time we have for this is in the range of 5-20 years. Maximum. A frightening prospect!