Is War With Iran In U.S. Interests?

Hardline Right-Winger, Pat Buchanan, takes a look at U.S. policy towards Iran. Is Iran really a threat to the United States? What would result if the U.S. attacked Iran?

“. . .a recent U.S. intelligence review, Iran may be 10 years away from a bomb. And under the NPT, Iran is allowed to enrich uranium for use in her own nuclear power plants.

Why, then, this talk of confrontation and pre-emptive strikes? Even if Iran had a weapon, to give it to a terrorist or to use it on a U.S. target would be an act of suicidal insanity by a regime that, no matter how militant, has shown no desire for war with America.”

He continues, “President Bush should think long and hard before yielding to the War Party a second time. Iran is a nation three times the size of Iraq and with three times the population. This would be no cakewalk.”

TheStateOf…War. The war in Iraq–hopefully–has taught Americans to beware of quickly developed “conventional wisdoms,” particularly when it comes to Middle East issues. For the last four years, the media and the government have inundated the American public with talk of the supposed threat posed by the Iranians. This is what author and linguist Noam Chomsky calls “Manufacturing Consent.” What terrorist activities have the Iranians sponsored against America in the last 20 years? How is Iran a threat to the United States? It’s half a world away.