tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1573091607152312553..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Dancing With Syria And IranFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1109099808008591742009-03-07T10:04:00.000-08:002009-03-07T10:04:00.000-08:00Israel retreating to the pre 1967 borders or pre 1...Israel retreating to the pre 1967 borders or pre 1948 borders not only will not help America's position it will make it worse. Israel serves as a vital buffer between America and Islamic terrorists. If this buffer is weakened, this makes it much harder and much more costly to defend America. As such, the smart course of action would be to support policies that will strengthen Israel and not weaken Israel.<BR/><BR/>For its part, Israel should say no to pressure from America or anyone else. At this point in time, resisting American pressure will be quite easy. America's military is worn down and nearing the breaking point from its continued operations in the "War on Terror." As such, America is no match for the superior Israeli military forces. In addition, America's economy is deeply struggling right now and it has a massive national debt problem. <BR/><BR/>Why would Syria want American cash? First of all this sounds like black mail to me. "You do what we want you to do or we destroy you." Syria's military is supplied with Russian technology. As such, in any military confrontation, Syria would easily defeat the United States. In addition, unless the economic policies of the Obama Administration are radically changed, America will face hyper inflation in less than a year. As such, American dollars will only be worth a fraction of what they are now. There is no practical reason why any foreigner would want American money unless the plan is to further bleed America dry. <BR/><BR/>Iran refers to America as a treacherous enemy. It really does not matter what America does. Iran will always hate us. Their entire self image is devoted to humiliating America. Iran is also backed up by Russian military technology. With America's military nearing the breaking point combined with Russia's support for Iran the Iranians know that in any military conflict with America the Iranians would easily defeat the American military forces. <BR/><BR/>The only real option here is for Israel to take care of the Iranian and Syrian threats. There is absolutely nothing concrete the Americans or the EU can do to stop the Israelis from carrying out their mission. The sooner Israel takes care of Iran and Syria the better. <BR/><BR/>Finally, any military action against Iran will probably have to involve the use of Israli nuclear weapons on a massive scale. Its ugly but it has to be done. The survival of the free world depends on stopping the Iranian nuclear program. America and the EU do not have the military capability to pull this off right now. Israel does. They should do so as soon as it is feasible.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I don;t think diplomacy is going to solve this problem, however, for diplomacy to have a chance the process must be even handed. An even handed process would respect the rights of Israel as well as those of Arabs. Right now the process is not even handed. It is woefully one sided in favor of the Arabs. This is no way to achieve a just and lasting peace. Also, Israel is the most trustworthy country on earth. Arabs are not trustworthy. Experenital common sense would suggest that one would want to see countries and people they can trust strengthened and those who are treacherous weakened but alas common sense does not seem to be in operation when it comes to peace in the Middle East.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com