Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Threatens United States
Iran has been busy this week. They've been working with North Korea on underground nuclear testing, and now they've added some new threats to Israel, the United States, and Britain to the mix.
It's hard to say exactly how serious the Iranian president is with these new threats. His country depends heavily on the industrialized world, and they are very much in trouble with their dwindling oil supply. They are the only OPEC country that is not coming close to producing as much as their quota allows, and some experts predict their supply could be halved by 2015.
That would be bad news for much of the world, as the extremist regime in power in Iran would likely use force to get out of economic trouble. Now that Iraq has been weakened, they would be a prime target. People hate it when I say this, but Iraq would be much safer now if Saddam Hussein were in power. Taking him out played right into Iran's plans if they really are losing as much of their oil supply as experts suggest.
Iran will be the most important foreign policy issue over the next 10 years, and it looks like President Bush is not the man to handle the situation. Our next president, whether his/her name is Obama, Clinton, McCain, or Perot (just kidding) needs to present a policy idea that will do more to fix the Iran situation.
Technorati Tags: iran, politics, nuclear
It's hard to say exactly how serious the Iranian president is with these new threats. His country depends heavily on the industrialized world, and they are very much in trouble with their dwindling oil supply. They are the only OPEC country that is not coming close to producing as much as their quota allows, and some experts predict their supply could be halved by 2015.
That would be bad news for much of the world, as the extremist regime in power in Iran would likely use force to get out of economic trouble. Now that Iraq has been weakened, they would be a prime target. People hate it when I say this, but Iraq would be much safer now if Saddam Hussein were in power. Taking him out played right into Iran's plans if they really are losing as much of their oil supply as experts suggest.
Iran will be the most important foreign policy issue over the next 10 years, and it looks like President Bush is not the man to handle the situation. Our next president, whether his/her name is Obama, Clinton, McCain, or Perot (just kidding) needs to present a policy idea that will do more to fix the Iran situation.
Technorati Tags: iran, politics, nuclear