A Goosestep Down Memory Lane
"What Wonder then, fair Nymph! thy Hair shou'd feel,
The conqu'ring Force of unresisted Steel?"
- Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock
The last line of Canto III from Pope's mock heroic poem blisters the mind with a concept of horrific consequences. Think of the Nazis' march through France in World War II to understand it. "Bon jour, mes amis d'Allemagne, now take away our citizens whom you deem unworthy. Do whatever you wish to them, and we will avert our eyes."
Now, the Nations of the World for Appeasement and Cowardice, formerly known on We Happy Few as "The United Nations", willfully accept the proliferation of nuclear weapons in a regime that has vowed to decimate the nation of Israel. And with all the Shia and Sunni discord in Iraq, Saudi Arabia may be next on the hit list. According to a recent poll from Rasmussen Reports, seventy-seven percent of Americans believe Iranian President Ahmadinejad will summon the Nuclear Genie and make his three wishes. More importantly, forty percent believe the World can stop Iran; thirty five percent have resigned to Iran's possessing the Big Fireworks.
The United States will, once again, sally forth isolated from the world community. Amazingly, the NWAC (again, formerly the UN), its European bench-warmers, and the rest of the Hangers-On will take the risk of a regional nuclear conflict in the Middle East. Maybe people really do not care if Iran blows up Israel, but they will care if the Saudis and their wells get blown to smithereens. How does $250-a-barrel sound? Hard to drive the Autobahn when the gas costs as much as the leather seats in a Mercedes.
According to the Washington Post, the US Treasury has now crafted a plan to exert economic pressure on Iran and the financial instituions around the world that knowingly or unknowingly feed the Beast. Thus, while diplomatic means seem to have vanished from Kofi Annan Headquarters, the Greenback and the G7 nations can at least agree to slow Iran's progress.
Let's see which governments honor this commitment. Otherwise, the 21st century's "unresisted steel" may be more horrific than the last century's.
The conqu'ring Force of unresisted Steel?"
- Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock
The last line of Canto III from Pope's mock heroic poem blisters the mind with a concept of horrific consequences. Think of the Nazis' march through France in World War II to understand it. "Bon jour, mes amis d'Allemagne, now take away our citizens whom you deem unworthy. Do whatever you wish to them, and we will avert our eyes."
Now, the Nations of the World for Appeasement and Cowardice, formerly known on We Happy Few as "The United Nations", willfully accept the proliferation of nuclear weapons in a regime that has vowed to decimate the nation of Israel. And with all the Shia and Sunni discord in Iraq, Saudi Arabia may be next on the hit list. According to a recent poll from Rasmussen Reports, seventy-seven percent of Americans believe Iranian President Ahmadinejad will summon the Nuclear Genie and make his three wishes. More importantly, forty percent believe the World can stop Iran; thirty five percent have resigned to Iran's possessing the Big Fireworks.
The United States will, once again, sally forth isolated from the world community. Amazingly, the NWAC (again, formerly the UN), its European bench-warmers, and the rest of the Hangers-On will take the risk of a regional nuclear conflict in the Middle East. Maybe people really do not care if Iran blows up Israel, but they will care if the Saudis and their wells get blown to smithereens. How does $250-a-barrel sound? Hard to drive the Autobahn when the gas costs as much as the leather seats in a Mercedes.
According to the Washington Post, the US Treasury has now crafted a plan to exert economic pressure on Iran and the financial instituions around the world that knowingly or unknowingly feed the Beast. Thus, while diplomatic means seem to have vanished from Kofi Annan Headquarters, the Greenback and the G7 nations can at least agree to slow Iran's progress.
Let's see which governments honor this commitment. Otherwise, the 21st century's "unresisted steel" may be more horrific than the last century's.
posted by Henry Plantagenet at 8:08 PM
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