Deja Vu

It seems as though everytime I read the news, another war is just around the corner. However, with Iran refusing to put a hault on their nuclear program, the threat is very real. If Iran doesn't halt production then President Bush said the U.S. will attack. The U.S. believes that because they are working on a nuclear program that terrorist acts must be in the works. According to Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, "any country or power which invades Iran will face a crushing response. We will defend our security and our country in the strongest way."

Although the U.S. may be the world powerhouse, other countries are not afraid to fight. We have found this to be true in both Afghanistan and Iraq. After thinking it through, Pour-Mohammadi's quote frightens me a bit. It's almost as if he is implying that the use of nuclear weapons is a definate possibility. He said they will defend their country in the strongest way. So who is to say that if their backs are against the wall in a war they wouldn't use nuclear weapons?

I hope that war isn't in our near future, but because the U.S. believes it must police the world war will always be an option. This war, unlike Iraq, could prove to be more devastating because it could affect the homefront. According to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, "if Iran's rulers choose to continue down a path of confrontation, the United States will act with the international community to resist these threats of the Iranian regime." It sounds as though both countries will continue doing what they've been doing. However, this will lead to some kind of conflict, I just hope it can be resolved by words rather war.