I can’t sleep.
How awful. I’ve had such a long day, and now I’m lying in bed, and all I can think of is Iran. Will we or won’t we? Should we or shouldn’t we? If we do, will the Americans join in? Or will we be in this on our own?
It seems like today, more than most days, was ‘let’s talk about Iran’ day. Ashkenazi talked about it, Yadlin talked about it, Dempsey talked about it. Time Magazine wrote about it. The New York Times had a big story about it. The Institute for Science and International Security released a report about it today.
And it wasn’t just today. Yesterday Bibi talked about it, the day before Barak talked about it. The day before that Foreign Affairs wrote about it.
Barry Rubin says we won’t.
Ronen Bergman says we will.
Iran overload. Did I miss something? Was there a memo? Why was there so much about Iran today?
I’ll try think about something else. Clear my mind. Decompress. It’s late.
But wait, will an attack destroy the program, or just set it back a few years? And if it just sets it back a few years, and gives them a legitimate justification for making nuclear bombs, what good is an attack then? And if we attack, will all our pilots come home? And what will happen to the Strait of Hormuz? Will the Iranians close it? And if they do, will the Americans open it? And what will that do to the price of oil? And if the price of oil spikes so high, what will that do to the European and American economies? And if those economies collapse, will there be a massive backlash against us?
Ok, let’s try this again. Clear your mind. Look for tension in your body and breathe into…
Hold on, will the Japanese and South Koreans join the EU oil embargo on Iran? Will the Saudis give China all the oil they might lose from Iran? And what about us and the Americans? What do they expect from us, and what do we want from them? Are we on the same page? It doesn’t seem like it. Can we do it without them? Can we withstand and sustain the fallout without them?
Don’t fight it Amir. This is big. Really, really big. History hinges on this moment; and you want to count sheep?!. Shame on you.
So go ahead, let go, let your mind ponder, ruminate, obsess.
See, by writing this, you’ve joined the long list of words about Iran today.
Bliss. Now I can sleep.
Tomorrow we can start all over again.
Feels like an analogous build up to the Cuban Missile Crisis
If only we understand iran they are never threat to us.their are many jew , most peaceful jew living in iran as 1st class citizens having right to vote and be voted for,serve in regular amy ,right to religion,build centere of worship then what is the problem.1Zionist deciving us with state of israel for their selfish domination of the world and stealing their resources.2occupation.3illegal wars which led to thousand life lost.3divide and misrule policy .4creating insecurity arround our nebours for our sefty .solution.ayatollah proposal.palestians refredom we never can tell they can accept some of the masses be cause they are not in war with us rather the zionist.