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:	post by ShadowSD at 2011-01-30 12:19:26

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Isreal will be plunged into another war. We will give them help. It will all converge with the US invading Iran. That domino effect. Shit will be going down.

No, this would not happen under the current admin, which is really an incredible stroke of good luck and timing, because I think if either McCain or HRC or most anyone else likely to be President had gotten the job (Republican or Democrat), we'd be in exactly in the shitstorm you describe as a result of this crisis. It pays to have someone in the job who is anti-neocon to the bone from a childhood of seeing first-hand how external power oppresses third world countries; Obama won't invade anywhere because he knows it's self-defeating, thankfully.

Iran is a huge country with several times the population of Iraq, and so invading it would be a disaster for all involved, the US included. I used to worry all the time about this happening, and I probably will again from 2017 on, but it's not happening under this President, and I'd bet money on it. The news even noted this morning about how what he said on Friday (demanding protesters be allowed Internet and cell phone access by Mubarak) was completely different than all previous US responses to threats against allied dictators, which were considerably more supportive and never involved voicing demands on behalf on the people.

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