Tapsearch Com EditorDo they want war?
March 27th 2007 02:38
This old William F. Buckley column really shaped how I view the Iraq war. He looks at it through Saddam Hussein's eyes -- what was the dictator thinking? The only logical conclusion was that he miscalculated, plain and simple. He thought he could thumb his nose at the West and lost.
Iran capturing Western soldiers, though, in addition to developing nuclear technology, makes me wonder: Do they just want war? That doesn't make a lot of sense, for Iraq then or Iran now, but maybe it's the more logical answer. Not clear on how that's in their best interest though.
Any other ideas on why Iran would do such a thing? Maybe it is the same calculation Iran made; then we were "paper tigers," now we're bogged down in too many conflicts as it is.
By Robert VerBruggen
Iran capturing Western soldiers, though, in addition to developing nuclear technology, makes me wonder: Do they just want war? That doesn't make a lot of sense, for Iraq then or Iran now, but maybe it's the more logical answer. Not clear on how that's in their best interest though.
Any other ideas on why Iran would do such a thing? Maybe it is the same calculation Iran made; then we were "paper tigers," now we're bogged down in too many conflicts as it is.
By Robert VerBruggen
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Comment by Damo
There are two ways of looking at this issue: One is to assume that it was an act of unjustified agression; the other is that it was an act of opportunity.
Looking at the Iranians through the eyes of Western strategists will only offer answers that match propaganda. Claiming that someone provoked an invasion was the same thing that Hitler did, so such claimes are dubious.
Instead what we have is a situation of sabre rattling over contentious issues. The captured British Soldiers from an Iranian view point would seem little different than the way their people were arested in Iraq. They would also see this as great propaganda moment at the best possible time. Their claim of the British in their territory matches their view of Western agression.
In short a simplistic view that the Iranian are so dumb that they want war does not cut it. Iran is not an easy place to invade as Sadam has already found out.
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