Spengler, at least, is ready and waiting for an Israeli bombing attack on Iran. He thinks regional war is inevitable and it might as well begin sooner than later in response to an Israeli attack.
Of course, he has the luxury of not sitting at ground zero. Or does he?
“An Israeli strike on Iran that achieved even limited success — a two-year delay in Iran’s nuclear weapons development — would arrest America’s precipitous decline as a superpower.”
I doubt the decline would continue if Obama is defeated in November. If he is re-elected, a two year delay wouldn’t be long enough. But regional war, Spengler (David P. Goldman) says, would resolve these looming problems:
Rather daunting list there. Only problem I can see is that wars (and their results) are always unpredictable. The new arrangement could be worse.
But neoconservatism, the moderate alternative between appeasement and war, certainly seems to be dead. Obama has tried appeasement and gotten a dead ambassador and trashed embassies. Being an ideologue, he may try more appeasement. But Spengler is right. War is inevitable.
















Inevitable is right, the question is timing, of course. And location 😉
If Israel is to have any support from us (in terms of spare parts and ammunition) they must attack before the election. After that a re-elected Obama will have no incentive to be supportive and may, in fact, be an obstacle.