| famousringo said: I can't believe how many responses one professor shooting the shit on a completely hypothetical situation has garnered. I guess it's good that people are engaged and interested, but in the real world, Israel is assuring Russia that they will not attack Iran, even if it continues to enrich uranium: |
If manipulating public opinion is all they needed to get done I'm sure they would have done it before. We've seen multiple times in history (just recently in America) how easy it is to manipulate public opinion. All you need is something to scare them and they will sway with the wind. There's a reason the founding fathers of America did not look so high upon public opinion.
My standpoint on Israel is pretty easy. They are going to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and their interests... mainly being the dominant military power in the region. So I'm pretty sure an Iranian nuclear buildup infringes upon that and I would expect them to take actions to prevent it. Either way America's standpoint should be, and from the beginning should have been, to stay neutral and be a peacemaker in the situation. It's not our battle and by taking sides we only serve to put fuel into the fire. We've seen how well playing the man pulling the strings has worked in Africa, South America, and of course the Middle East. Nothing good has come of it.
