Here We Go Again

Is it just me or does something stink about the coverage of Iran's new show of force? From the way Iran's new technologies are being portrayed you'd think we were dealing with the new Nazi Germany. Something makes me think I've heard this before. They have new missiles, torpedoes and, according to the Spectator, something called a "super modern flying boat". Sounds like a zeppelin to me.

I feel it's my duty to remind readers that we heard this all before in relation to the threat of Iraq back in 2003. Then it was a plain lie, now there is an element of truth to all the hype. Iran does have new toys doubtless but let's not forget the United States spends $400 billion on defense annually. That's right $400 billion. Iran's new weapons are sticks and stones compared to the power the US can project anywhere around the world. And unlike any other country on earth, the US has declared that it would use nuclear weapons preemptively at the drop of a hat.

Before we chastise Iran for militarism let’s take a good long look in the mirror and question our own priorities. That we don’t recognize this blatant hypocrisy is the greatest crime; far worst than enriching uranium.