Oh No, They're At It Again.

This is a tale of two old friends. In fact they may even be shirt tail relatives. Okay, maybe shirt tail thrice removed. Now as sometimes happens among old, old, old friends, they aren't so friendly anymore. In fact it wouldn't be too far fetched to say they are enemies. Yes, even in these days of world wide happiness, peace and even camaraderie, there are a few isolated cases of unfriendliness. Although to be sure, it's not often that you run into two who have become uncivil toward each other. Now these two extremely old, in fact, ancient friends, wait a minute, maybe they've never been friends after all. Well, no matter the past, let bygones be bygones, right? Not this pair. As soon as one gets a new toy, the other wants it, and the first will do everything it can to keep the second from getting this new toy. Right now, the toy in question is nuclear weapons. That's right, much to do about nothing. Well, maybe it's a little more than nothing because the second has wanted to destroy the first for some time now. Now if you were the first, what would you do about this schoolyard squabble? Yeah, well the Israelis are threatening Iran with a military strike. Most likely an air attack. In fact, unquestionably an air attack, because they've done it before. Iran has said it would shut down the Strait of Hormuz cutting off about a third of all oil in the world, including their own, if Israel or anyone else attacks them. Okay smarty-pants, what're you gonna do about it? I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna start walking more so I can get back and forth to the store just in case there's any food there that I can afford. That's because when there's one third less oil in the world, I ain't gonna be able to afford to buy any gas. On the other hand, if Iran does get the bomb, there's no assurance they won't bomb Israel or even sell, or give, it to some terrorist who wants to import that bomb to America. This is what is described as being between a rock and a hard place. In fact if you look up "between a rock and a hard place" in the dictionary, Israel vs Iran is what the definition is. Of course politicians all have the answer. Just ask any one of them. Unfortunately, they each have a different answer. Have you ever wondered how so many people can have so many different answers and yet all claim they're right? That's called politics in an election year. And every year is an election year somewhere.