America Who Cried Wolf

Iran’s defiance of the international threats, comes from their deep confidence that there will be no military action taken against them. The US is suffering casualties everyday in Iraq, and American support for the war has declined immensely, all that in a fight against random resistance cells in Iraq. Similarly, Europe will not go into war alone. The war would simply cost too much, in lives and in money.

What I find particularly interesting from this situation is the American inability to use their gargantuan military to interfere with Iran’s real threat. The American position nowadays reminds of the popular story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”

A few years ago, Mr. Bush and his gang created a military monster lurking in the Middle East, waiting to threaten his country’s security. T he monster’s name was Iraq. Lies were made up, international laws were defied, and an illegal war was launched. A few years later, the lies came to the surface, and a shameful defeat has been all but admitted. How can such a government, beaten morally and financially, able to launch another war? Would it be smart to launch a war against a Shiite state, while their Army is still in a Shiite dominated Iraq? Are the American people going to believe Bush this time?

This time the threat is more serious, and who knows, it could even be true. I wonder if the US would have been preparing their military for action against Iran, had they not gone into Iraq.

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