Posted by
reasonmclucus on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:34:14 PM
Comedians regularly question the intelligence of President George W.
Bush. What many don't realize is that Bush actually got
better grades in college than either of the Democratic candidates
he ran against for president.
Recent comments by Barack Obama indicate the Democrats are once again
planning to nominate someone who is less intelligent than Bush.
Obama is so ignorant he thinks Iran poses no threat to world peace
because it is a "tiny nation".
Estimates of Iran's current population range from 65 to 70 million with
24
million males between the ages of 15 and 64 with the population
concentrated at the younger end. With it's oil wealth, Iran could
finance a very large army. The total population is comparable to
the populations of Germany and Japan when those nations began their
attempts to conquer the world that produced World War II.
Japan temporarily conquered the more populous China as well as the
South Pacific islands. Germany temporarily conquered Europe from
the French coast to well inside the much larger Soviet Union.
Adolph Hitler may not have established his 1,000 year Reich, but his
actions resulted in millions of deaths and destruction of most of
Europe, including England.
Iran wouldn't need to attempt to build an empire to
substantially disrupt the world. If Iran develops nuclear
weapons it could start a nuclear war that would destroy the Middle
East.
Israel an even tinier nation, with a
tenth
of Iran's population, already possesses nuclear
weapons. Because of Israel's small size it would need to develop
a first strike capability if Iran acquired nuclear
weapons.
It wouldn't take very many nukes to destroy Israel. To avoid
destruction, Israel would need to anticipate a potential Iranian attack
and destroy Iran's missiles/planes before Iran could launch any
attack. And, if Israel quessed wrong and Iran hadn't
planned any attack...well they are only "tiny nations".
Incidentally. I am working on a
novel
dealing with a nuclear war in the Middle East on a parallel
earth.
Perhaps Obama is smarter than he appears. Maybe he is just too
immature to consider the long term consequences of actions. In
either case, his election could be a prelude to disaster.