Two short bursts of alarm from The Hill's Defense Blog are making my stomach sink. The fisrt was yesterday by Jeremy Herb and one today by Akexander Bolton.
Yesterday, Jeremy Herb reported on the "diplomatic" back and forth:
Israel’s foreign minister on Wednesday said it's not the business of the United States whether his country decides to attack Iran.
Foreign Minister Avigor Lieberman said that warnings from the United States and Russia about an attack would not affect Israel’s decision-making.
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Lieberman’s comments come after Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said Sunday that an Israeli attack would be “destabilizing” for the region.
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And then today, from Alexander Bolton
A military strike by Israel against Iran’s nuclear facilities has emerged as one of the biggest threats to the U.S. economic recovery and could roil the November elections.
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Economic and energy experts say an attack could cause an oil shock, which sent the United States into recession in the late 1970s. In the early '90s, a similar shock occurred when the OPEC oil embargo and the Iraq invasion of Kuwait sent prices soaring.
“If Iran is to retaliate against Israel or other U.S. targets, it’s really unpredictable. It’s safe to say there would be a big shock to oil prices,” said Adam Hersh, an economist at the Center for American Progress.
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My analysis is simple, so simple some will surely judge me a simpleton, but here it is: I don't care who starts it or why, I say NO to war. There has to be a better way.
Of course, we all know who would like to see President Obama in a worsened position politically, but would they really be willing to sacrifice so many lives to win an election?