Will the US attack Iran soon ?

[dead0man]

What people overlook when studying history and politics is the element of money. This alone will keep hot air just that.

Everyone knows that the Chinese government has huge piles of green paper sitting around. Everyone knows that China has investments in Iran. Ditto with Russia.

Whenever the Chinese government wants to, it can cripple the US Dollar and economy without firing a shot. That's the elephant in the room.

Why would they kill THEIR own golden goose?  Totally agree with the first part though (because it's true).

[dead0man]

Then, I still wait someone to explain me in the name of which principle US should absolutely defend Israel,

Because we fear what might happen to the 5.5 million Jews that live there if we don't.  They do have a handful of neighbors who have repeatedly attacked them and have claimed hundreds of times that they won't be happy until every Jew is gone from the Middle East.  We ignore them at the Israelis peril.

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We'd do it for any country that is close to us.  Can you think of any countries as culturally tied to the US/West as Israel that we wouldn't support if threatened as often as Israel is?

[dead0man]

No, of course not.  We shouldn't unconditionally support anybody.  If France invaded say, Mexico, we wouldn't back France (unless they had a really good reason).  If Israel got a hair up it's ass and took the Suez Canal back, I don't think we should (or would) support them.