Tally Ho

Whatta ya think about Iran? We see an emerging monster bent on building the bomb so they can control the middle-east which would then become festooned with the bomb as other middle-eastern countries acquire the bomb. At least I think that's our position. So we placed sanctions on Iran who is now cozying up with other third world and emerging countries to sidestep the sanctions. So, who's right? The Iranian block or the western block, or the Russia/China block? Oh yes, lets not forget the Russians and Chinese. Their position seems to be let Iran alone, it's not bothering us. Funny thing though, that's what America thought about Osama Bin Laden a couple decades ago. Before he was against us, he was with us. That was back when Russia (think Soviet Union) was occupying Afghanistan. Sound familiar? So, if we were to make peace in the middle-east or get out anyway, in a decade or so, who will be the enemy du jour then? Maybe Russia or China? Of course, for us to pull out of the middle-east, which is what Bin Laden seems to want, we'd have to swear off oil, which brings us to the Gulf of Mexico and our lack of interest in alternative energy sources. I'm getting dizzy from all this circular movement. Back to the middle-east subject. Everybody is playing a board game. Some are playing checkers, some chess, some monopoly and so on. No two are playing the same game. What if you and I sat down across the table from each other and I tried to convince you to buy the car I don't own, while you were trying to convince me we need to build a fire in the fireplace which we don't have? How can we possible agree on anything? We don't understand each other. So, what's the answer? Some say yes and some say no. I agree.