I just can't help think that when Iran begins to flex her nuclear-powered muscle in that region how truly unstable it will become. Not only is she being sandwiched between two raging wars spearheaded by the US and her staunch allies, but it's also quickly contributing to the growing instability of that region. A region that spans three continents: Eurasia, India and Africa.
Continuing terrorist insurgencies throughout southern Russia touch northern Iran's borders, jarring the Soviet nation into military-style action, and further inflaming the need for the EU's political involvement.
If that isn't enough, there is also the recent entry of another nuclear nation in the region, Pakistan. A stones throw away is its nuclear nemesis, India. Just two short years ago, over 1 million soldiers were massed along their mutual borders preparing for another war, the first of which was prevented through the logic of "Mutually Assured Destruction." Love the acronym.
Israel's short proximity also warrants a larger regional interest. Being the first in the Middle East to have nuclear capability, they are not about to let any rogue nation, led by a conservative group of Muslim clerics come close to testing the MAD theory upon them. Well, enough of that.
Let's just hope this theory won't play out anytime soon. As a boy scout, I'm sure at one point someone would have said to me, "Now you just need a little spark to get those flames going an' make a fire." I don't want to see how big those flames could get. Who knows, there just might be the possibility of the draft, should Bush win a second term and things continue to get worse over there.
No comments:
Post a Comment