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An open question to non interventionists.
Giuliano Taverna:
How do we prevent regional conflicts from becoming world wars if we cannot intervene directly.
Here is a scenario, Israel threatened by the nuclear program of Iran, which has made their intention to destroy Israel clear. Finally strikes, a nuclear exchange takes place. The UN condemns, brings international forces to bear against Israel with states in the region. The Jewish state is dismantled, and the Jews are forced out of the middle east in a mass exodus. Many nations including America are forced to take them in, at a huge cost in services. Cancer rates world wide increase due to the radio active fallout.
How do we as Americans prevent this chain of events, without war?
Alia:
--- Quote from: Giuliano Taverna on May 20, 2009, 10:08:16 pm ---How do we prevent regional conflicts from becoming world wars if we cannot intervene directly?
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It's a question, put a question mark.
Everything you're saying is speculation. That aside, Iran is threatening Israel, not us. If we allow hypothetical doom scenarios to force us to jump in and protect others at every turn in order to prevent it, we only create more threats in the long run. It doesn't involve us; we need to leave it alone.
If we really believe your scenario is possible, we need to investigate ways to protect ourselves from radioactive fallout. Decontamination methods ought to be researched. And we don't need to be taking in ever-more immigrants just because they're destitute. At some point we need to maintain our own country and stop helping others when we obviously can't afford it. I think you know that's a separate question all-together.
Giuliano Taverna:
Ok assuming we can develop a way to mitigate nuclear fall out for a scenario set to take place in the next 2 years or less. And assuming we magically fix the border problem.
There is still the oil question, with the middle east reduced to a smoking crater thanks to a regional nuclear exchange. From where will America and more importantly Europe, and china get their oil?
You have to understand the economic shock waves such a conflict would produce, it would be more devastating than the credit crunch. It would be the oil crisis in the 80's on steroids.
I'd also like to know how you are going to protect Americas image when global media outlets are broadcasting pictures of starving refugees on our borders being held off at gun point by our soldiers. That sounds like the ideal anti American propaganda photo op.
Alia:
The shock waves will come. Oil is not a renewable (as fast as we're using it) resource. We're going to have to eliminate our oil dependence sooner or later, why not sooner?
And the border problem could be solved easily, any number of ways. I like your Number of the Beast system. The PC people are playing a numbers game to get majority control. Just because it isn't being fixed doesn't mean it can't be fixed.
Giuliano Taverna:
Ok, but that still doesn't address our image problem, how do we justify millions of people starving in refugee camps on our border?
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