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TimesOnline.co.uk is reporting that Israeli
warships are positioning themselves in the Suez Canal in preparation
for a possible invasion of Iran.
Speaking strictly as the fiction writer and the observer of world
events that I am, I must say the timing of this does make some amount
of tactical (if I'm using the word correctly) sense from the Israeli
standpoint. Iran is a mess after its government cracked down, rather
oppressively, on protestors (mostly students, apparently). There's
been talk for the past month of a complete revolution in Iran--the
leaders can't seem to decide if their recent election counts or even
if the ballots were properly counted and it's not the easiest thing to
get an accurate account of the state of things inside Iranian borders
due to a crackdown on foreign press.
So, with that kind of chaos--a stumbling government and a rather large
contingent of their citizens feeling pretty rebellious, Israel may
have picked a perfect time for invasion--one that just might catch the
Iranian military at a place where they simply will not have their shit
together enough to defend against an attack.
The theory before the recent Iranian crackdown was that even though
the populace didn't seem to generally care for the leadership, said
leaders could still rally the Iranian people to rise up and defend the
country from any outside attackers. After showing such bloodthirsty
instincts on it's own people, Iran's leaders just might find it harder
to get support from those people--at least, that's what I bet Israel
is thinking.
Does this mean an Israeli attack on Iran is moral or even legal? No
and no--not from my perspective, anyway. Iran would have to attack
Israel in order to make an attack on Iran legal in the eyes of the UN
Charter (aka international law). On a moral level (think the Golden
Rule) Israel can't invade a country that may be talking shit, but
isn't doing shit to mess with them--so how could Israel feel the need
to attack? But then, Israel is the country that's been occupying a
people for decades for no easily discernible reason, so anything is
possible.
No, I don't hate Jews, nor do I hate Israel. I just don't like what
their government is doing. Drawing first blood is never a good
thing--end of story. PR, rhetoric, even blatant threats do NOT
justify an attack on another country. ONLY an unprovoked attack from
that country justifies an attack on it.
So, let's hope Israel is just going for a sail.
Fingers crossed!
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