What happens when our adversaries don't think like us

They become emboldened to the point of overt aggression. The very USA people who have encouraged and demanded diplomacy and reason and listening have in the end made things worse. The Iranians, like other regional powers in history, have learned appeasement out of decades of western reactions and some actions dominated by those who have led the policies that the Iranians take as appeasement. It is coming that our national defense and national interests are being threatened enough to where even the pacifists will be concerned about their way of life.

Two obvious points jump out.

First is that we simply don't have the leaders in the Executive or the Congress we need to survive as a nation, and I dare suggest, promote our nation as a way of life. Now that we are being attacked and the discussion in D.C. and the main stream media is still on lesser issues, the old articles about comparisons to the late 1930's come back again. Actually they were better then. What might have been nipped in the bud by small military action, or covert action, now will take tanker trucks of blood and lives, and again those most sincere about avoiding war at all costs have now brought it down on us. God damn them all.

Second is an even bigger concern about things spiraling out of control, or unleashing the genies, or just plain losing control of the situation. Those that think Iranian misjudgments by Iranian dictators are the only problem are naive, hopeful, or disingenuous. Regional nation-state and tribal leaders and even narco promoters throughout the world will take advantage of the distractions of the USA and its allies, real or perceived, and just be themselves. As a USA nation mostly focused on itself, we want to avoid all this. But once the genies are unleashed, things become scary for the control freaks and those who actually have to bleed.

One conclusion comes to mind. Our present Executive and Congressional leaders may want to surrender. Some present leaders may think it is surrender to the Iranians in the region, and some may think it is surrender to the action of the ages in people asserting themselves. I could almost listen to the last idea, until I see the terrible fascist and hatred nature of these despots, these criminals, these kill all barbarians. Since 5 out of 6 USA people think more like the alternatives in the Nations defense are better choices, change in the coming elections will promote this most basic defense of the Nation. Since our government is not parliamentarian, but republican, a Chamberlain cannot be replaced by a Churchill as quickly, but surely most certainly.

The most fundamental mistake is that of those in the west who think all people think like them and have the same values and aspirations. One wishes it was so. But it is not. So it is down to fight for our values and way of life, or surrender. Thank goodness there is a vote everywhere in the west. As an American, we take an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not any individual. The oath includes defending against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

The now oft written and publicized line, mostly in the third world, is that the way to win the local or regional war in not militarily or otherwise locally, but rather in Washington, D.C., is being applied against us again and today. There are historical reasons to buy this line. But perhaps the Iranians have gone too far, as well as the genies soon to be unleashed. But also perhaps our present political leaders will surrender.

If a war continues, we did not start it. The Iranians already have. And all attempts to control it are a good idea, but will probably fail. That there is no action in D.C reflects so poorly on our present elected leaders that many changes are coming, foreign and domestic. God damn them all.