From Iran/Iraq To China/Taiwan
December 18th, 2009Standard mental people are bad enough, but sadistic crazies fueled by righteous religious fervor?
Oy.
You’ll have probably already seen that Iran has supposedly taken control of an oil well in southern Iraq. A US military spokesman has said that,
There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of Iraq and Iran.
When they’re not screaming at each other for being heretics and threatening to stone each other’s mother to death, of course. As bad as whatever motivation underlay Iran’s decision to seemingly invade Iraq undoubtedly is (forcing the price of oil up? Messing with al-Maliki? Humiliating Barry? Insanity?), I don’t consider it to be the most disturbing aspect of this incident.
That lies elsewhere. If this is what it appears to be, China – whose existence I’m currently than… thank… thankful for, given their intention to scuttle any Copenhagan agreement – will be watching very closely. In the 60 years since the CCP slaughtered its way to power, circumstances have never been more favorable for them to finally overwhelm the ROC. If Iran persists in this illegal war against human rights (note: sarc), the US reaction is going to be critical.
Enjoy however much time you have left as an independent, though largely unrecognized, nation-state, Taiwan. Either China’s gonna invade during Barry’s term, or Zero will just hand you over on a silver platter in return for debt forgiveness.
How would you prefer to be shafted?