04.09.06
And Iran… Iran so far away? (ADDENDUM)
Back in mid-February I posted about a Gallup poll finding that “the American public [is] worried about Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and [views] the country as a threat to the United States”. I snarked about the issue of a potential war with Iran, pretty much indicating my belief that the situation is distressing, to say the least.
Well, PZ Myers is also quite worried, as should we all be, wingnut dismissal notwithstanding. Even if you don’t care to visit the linked post, do take a look at the article in today’s Washington Post, which says in part:
According to current and former officials, Pentagon and CIA planners have been exploring possible targets, such as the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and the uranium conversion facility at Isfahan. Although a land invasion is not contemplated, military officers are weighing alternatives ranging from a limited airstrike aimed at key nuclear sites, to a more extensive bombing campaign designed to destroy an array of military and political targets.
We should be asking ourselves very seriously what such an attack would result in, what the worldwide consequences could be. Nobody (except Iran and its allies) wants Iran to have nukes, to be sure, but no sane person or country wants to strike at that particular hornets’ nest, either. Still, I don’t honestly believe that you and I have much we can do about this issue; the switches and levers of the “theater” of world politics are completely remote from our daily world. I think it’s important, however, that we pay attention to what’s going on, to what’s developing, however unpleasant it might be to do so, because, one way or another, it is bound to affect our lives by dint of its sheer enormity.
PZ Myers is right when he says, “If [Bush] does this, we are all going to have blood on our hands, and we are all going to be paying the price for generations”.
