Furthermore, the guys likely to be tapped as foreign policy staff by Romney are the same neocon hawks that led Dubya and the American people in to war with Iraq: Mitt Romney’s war cabinet
It’s evident that if we elect Romney President, the chances that we will be mired down in yet ANOTHER pointless and stupid Middle Eastern war go WAAAAAAY up, at a time when jobs are rare, pay for those employed is stagnant, and the rich are just plain buying our government. The prospect of war with Iran good for defense contractors and their Republican buddies whose SuperPACS get their money, bad for everyone else.
Yet I don’t see this being used as a talking point by the Dems. Repubicans are idiot warhawks. The American people are stupid and can easily be scared into war (see: Iraq) but tend not to like it once the bills (in human lives, in money) come due. Why the hell not call Romney “the warhawk candidate who will drive us all to bankruptcy”? Does the Democratic leadership think Americans can be sold another Middle East war?
I don’t know about a war in Iran but it wouldn’t surprise me especially if Congress goes all Republican. But I know he definitely has a hard on about the Soviet Union.
Yeah, but are they stupid enough to be herded into a war with Iran so soon after the debacle in Iraq? I mean ALL of the American people, not just the conservatives.
I read somewhere (I’ll have to try to find it) but one of the reasons why Afghanistan and Iraq dragged out so long was because Americans for the most part were not directly impacted by the wars. There was no rationing, no draft, no loose lips sink ships sort of mindset going on. So unless you knew someone personally who was either killed or injured over there the war didn’t seem real and was just some sort of ethereal, nebulous event.
The last several months? People have been predicting war with Iran for several years now. The fact that it hasn’t come close to happening hasn’t stopped anybody from continuing to make predictions.
I’ve thought this as well. If there’s no inconvenience to the average citizen, then they really don’t think about the fact that there’s a war going on, and are unlikely to care enough to do anything about it.
If wars actually inconvenienced the citizenry, I bet politicians would be less likely to beat the war drums.
Iran is a four letter word, so I’m not going to search, but folks around here have been predicting war with Iran for at least 8 years. Usually accompanied by claims of “drumbeats”.
I’m not sure how we can know the liklihood, but I am concerned that Mitt seems to ‘run’ by others to an inordinate degree, and that does remind me of Dubya.
I dont see how war with Iran could ever do anything but sink us economically. I’m afraid voters are not really evaluating the election’s true downside accurately. Just how bad do you have to buttfuck a middle aged white American male before he feels it?
India invade Iran? They’d have to march across Pakistan to get there, and that would present a problem. Unless they invade by sea, but India isn’t much of a sea power, is it?
For India, outsourcing their shipborne invasion would probably be cheaper than maintaining a full naval department in-house. They might be able to hire contractors from Somalia. They’re independent, and appear to have enough excess capacity to get up to speed quickly on a new project like this.
For some, the “debacle in Iraq” was a monumental and successful holy war. “Mission accomplished,” and all that. It’s about time for more of that magnificent posturing so we can raise taxes.
