Growing Old Sucks

What is going on with Iran?  Once again we are on the brink of war.  I truly don’t get it. 

If I were a country wanting to develop nuclear weapons, I would not announce it to the world.  But that’s exactly what Iran has done.  A nice press release saying: “Screw you world, we are going to make badass nuclear bombs”.

 Logically, if you announce it, I would think that you are not really looking at developing weapons but rather you want to use this threat as a negotiation tool.  Maybe, Iran wanted to somehow increase its influence over what is going on in Iraq.  Saying to the U.S., give us something and we will not go the nuclear route.  

Well, now we are very close to the edge.  No one is blinking. I would think that for the U.S., a nuclear powered Iran is simply NOT acceptable since Iran’s leadership is crazy.  Saying the holocaust did not happen, wanting to pave Israel, etc.

Maybe the U.S. is seeing this situation as an opportunity to force a change in leadership in Iran.  As such, the U.S. administration motivation could be not to resolve this peacefully but rather to see the situation deteriorate to the point where a forced change in leadership is possible in Iran. How would the Muslim world react to the U.S. once again invading a Muslim country?  If I were Iran, I would have prepared for this potential show down with the U.S.  How can Iran touch the U.S.? Terrorism?

 In the end, this is about oil.  It’s about who will control the oil resources of the region for the next two decades.  Obviously, oil prices will shoot through the roof if the military option is chosen. 

Interestingly, we hear rumors that the nuclear option is being considered by the U.S.  It seems that some of the facilities in Iran are so well buried that conventional weapons would not hurt them enough to ensure that the nuclear program would be ended by bombing.  As such, nuclear weapons may have to be used.

Talk about being in a crazy world.  I’m getting too old for this.