The situation in the Middle East
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Jim R. Schwiesow (2007-03-08). Is the end upon us? (http://newswithviews.com/Schwiesow/jim16.htm).
It is no secret that Iran looms large in the sights of the United States military. The Iranian fanatic Ahmadinejad has adroitly maneuvered an increasingly befuddled George Bush into preparation for yet another war. We have here a clash between a fatalist who believes that the time has arrived for the fulfillment of Islamic prophesy, which teaches that a divine war will usher in the emergence of a perfect human being, the 12th Imam, who will lead the world to peace, and another poor deluded soul, George Bush, who thinks that he is being divinely led to wage wars for democracy. He has been encouraged in this belief by an increasingly secularly inclined religious community in the country. It seems that heretical beliefs hold sway in the world today.
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The United States is today, as never before, vulnerable to a cataclysmic fall from the absolute supremacy that it has enjoyed throughout the past generation. The recent near melt down of the markets was just a tremor, in a probable series of tremors, which could very well lead to a catastrophic collapse of the economy should Mr. Bush continue to largely deplete U.S. resources by warring on non-democratic governments and theocracies. Although the signs of such a failure reverberate throughout the world, the Bush administration continues to pursue it’s current, and completely ignorant and bound-to-fail policy of democratizing, by war, middle-eastern Islamic societies. Any gains in that regard are bound to be fleeting and transitory.
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Adding to the vulnerability of the United States is the fact that it’s society no longer rests upon moral underpinnings. The people hum along through life with an, if it feels good do it attitude seemingly unaware, or uncaring, that disaster stares them in the face. They happily give up their freedoms and acquiesce to dictatorial incursions upon their privacy, in the name of security, like puppies of carefree abandon. Their idea of being well-adjusted is whether or not they can accumulate property and enjoy the finer things in life. No sacrifice - no change is their motto. Buoyed by the delusive theology taught by false religious leaders they reject moral absolutes. Money is their god; they worship in the temple of materialism.
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[...] Our military is committed to a no win war and nobody has the guts to admit the mistake and take action to extricate the nation from an unequivocally detestable situation. The politicians dawdle while the conflict takes its toll in regard to lives and the nation’s economy. The people go blithely on their way ignorant of the true state of the nation. They are fed propaganda daily, which suggests that since we are the most powerful nation in the world today we have nothing to fear, but fear itself. The media sings the praises of the economy, and a bear market and thriving consumerism covers the fact that rottenness and decay are eating away at the foundation of the nation, and have been doing so for an extended period of time.
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Mr. Ahmadinejad may be a fanatic, but he is no fool. He has cataloged every move of the Bush administration. He is so familiar with the behavior of Mr. Bush and his cronies in the administration, that I suspect he knows what they will do before they do it. He wants a holy war, he craves a holy war, and in his mind he needs a holy war to usher in the Mahdi, the heir to all prophets. He has set his trap and baited it with care, If Mr. Bush reacts in the manner that he expects him to react, he will have his holy war, and the United States will be poised for disaster. [...]
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The United States is a debtor nation, and has borrowed heavily to finance its deficit. In many regards foreign investors control our destiny. If there is a run on the dollar, which drastically erodes confidence in U.S. commerce, huge divestments might ensue, which could, and probably would, precipitate a catastrophic collapse of stock market prices and a banking crisis, which would, conceivably, cause a depression of a magnitude greater than the 1929 debacle. [...]
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