rotwang
2008-05-16 13:34:25
A US attack on Iran would force al-Maliki’s government to choose between its American occupiers and its Iranian backers. Al-Maliki is already stalling, demanding proof of Iranian interference or weapons shipments, which the US has so far been unable to produce. If he’s smart, he’s also double-crossing us and making back-channel alliances with al-Sadr.
This promises to be interesting, no matter how it plays. But we definitely need a new war, if only for the economic boost and to distract attention from out spectacular failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, our incipient misadventure in Somalia and our general inability to be taken seriously by any nation larger than Grenada.
