I don’t think we are preparing for war; we are preparing to keep the SOH open and preparing to assist in the protection of Israel after they launch a strike on Iran. Here is my reasoning:
Israel sees an Iranian nuke as an existential threat. They have sent a million signals about how they won’t allow this threat to develop fully. You can agree or disagree, but that is what they believe. Israel is GOING TO STRIKE IRAN. I think the past bad blood between Netanyahu and Obama are the result of Netanyahu telling Obama that they are going to strike. Obama doesn’t like it, but its going to happen. He can play along or not, but his electability depends on his response. Netanyahu doesn’t give a shit what Obama thinks.
The US is now preparing for the ramifications of this action by Israel, and helping lay the ground work for deniability. Why the rush to pull out of Iraq? What about the destabilization of Syria? There is no way to fly Israeli aircraft to Iran without flying through Syria and Iraq. The delay has been about clearing those air corridors so as to allow the Israelis to fly and maintain US deniability. The Iraqis can’t control their own airspace, and the Syrians will be destabilized around the time of the strike. Watch for action in Syria next.
Once the shooting starts, the US must do two things: Keep the SOH open, and keep Israel from getting smoked by missle launches. Thus the naval buildup and the deployment of the anti-missile forces into Israel for the first time.
On the plus side for the Obama regime, he can blame the crappy economy on the subsequent price spike in oil, and wrap himself in the flag during the war, and recapture the Jewish vote in the US by “defending” Israel. Win-Win-Win.
All the pieces are on the board and in position. Shooting will start soon. The collapse will be hastened.
Rector
