I awoke to a different world.
A world of questions and fears and worries.
For there is only one war that ever made sense. Behind the mayhem and hate, were evil men directing an evil goal. But opposing those evil men were other evil man. And another evil man, and yet another. And thus when one war ended another began: the Cold War.
And still, it didn't make sense.
I write to make sense.
And therefore, I cannot write about war. For it will never make sense. We may justify. We may reason. But all the logic cannot defy the lack of logic. There is one man, however, who tries to bring logic to the illogical. I like to read his measurement of tragedy. It allows me to take a deep breath--to have hope that there is sanity in the insanity of what he deems as "nuclear poker." According to political commentator Kaizen D Asiedu:
1. Iran had enriched Uranium to 60%. 3-5% is needed for civilian energy. 90% for nukes.
2. Between February and May, they increased their 60% enriched stockpile by 50%, enough to make several nuclear bombs.
3. Going from 60-90% takes weeks. Once Iran hits weapons-grade, it becomes far more difficult to detect what they do with it.
They could assemble a bomb in secret, underground, in Fordow. That's likely why Trump targeted that site.
4. A nuclear Iran triggers a chain reaction. Saudi Arabia has already said, "If they get one, we have to get one."
5. A nuke gives Iran cover for proxy warfare.
With nuclear deterrence, Iran could act more aggressively through Hezbollah, Hamas, and other actors. They wouldn't need to use the bomb. Just possessing it changes the game.
6. Iran's regime, the Islamic Republic, is hostile to America.
How much was Trump influenced by Netanyahu?
We cannot know.
But he had to make a choice.
So he had to chose to specifically target Iran's nuclear capabilities.
And there's strong rationale for the choice he made.
If you don't like what he did, ask yourself:
What was the alternative given the situation right before the strike?
This wasn't a simple choice.
It was a calculated risk in a probabilistic world.
Iran was playing nuclear poker--uncertainty was that weapon.
Trump removed that uncertainty.
Peace is not made exclusively through diplomacy.
Sometimes it requires force.
Such is the imperfect and sadly, violent world of man....
Kaizen Asiedu
Countries are in the end, just people who suffer. Pray for the United States. Pray for Iran. Pray for Israel.
Pray for humankind.
It's a Small World.
After all.
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