Having a few drinks with Ret. Lt. CMD R.H. Boehm we had a discussion about "world peace". I asked him if he thought we would ever see it. His reply to me was, "Are you kidding me? Look at the history of the human race, mankind will go to war over cultural issues, religion, turf, economy, you name it. How about in school wasn't there always a school bully or two? Did the bully quit bothering kids that were peace loving? No! This just inflames the instincts in man to take advantage over the weak as they see it. the only way to get the bully to stop is to punch his lights out. Works every time! No! We will never see world peace...."
I agree with Roy, and the situation in Iran will not be solved through diplomacy. However, I think it should be Israel's decision not America's to take out Iran's nuclear facilties. they did it before and they can do it again. Iran seems to harbor an "armageddon" view of it's role in the world. Which makes me believe that if they get the bomb, they will use the bomb in a most deleterious fashion. So, I do not think war with Iran is necessary, just a nice spanking my do the trick.
