You’re ok, PS. If your earlier comments were based on simple lack of interest in politics, then I came down too hard on you, and I apologize.
At the same time, I would urge you to learn more about politics. Talking to you about this feels like talking to my dad about real estate; his mortgage is paid off, and he lives in a sleepy PA town that’s fairly non-bubbly, so he thinks housing is someone else’s problem. But if housing plays out the way you and I are afraid it might, it will be everybody’s problem. Same with the politics of the middle east. There’s a quote attributed to Trotsky: “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
I know you don’t like Bush, and there are things about him that bother me (my list is different than yours 🙂 ), but I am pretty sure he’s not interested in starting a nuclear war. The evidence is he’s been in control of the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world for 6 years, and hasn’t touched it. The figurehead of Iran’s govt, on the other hand, may be nuts. Did you read the stuff about the green aura he said came out of his head when he spoke to the UN? That’s worrisome. Iran is supposed to respond to the West regarding their nuclear program by Aug 22. Germany, England, and France had asked for a reply on June 29, but Iran wanted the extra time. That’s a little worrisome. What’s more worrisome is that the night of Aug 21 matches an important date on the Shia calendar. It’s when “Prophet Mohammed (saas) ascended to heaven from the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on a Bourak (Half animal, half man), while a great light lit-up the night sky”. The linkage between that phrase and the Iranian nuclear program is what’s been making me post at 3am the past few days.
Hopefully this is coincidence and nothing much will happen on the 22nd. Otherwise, we’re going to have to make some very big decisions as a country this week.
