Rant #3,907: Waiting For An Alibi

As much as I don't want to talk about what is happening in the Middle East, I feel that I must say something.

What I am going to say is pretty short and to the point, but it is the way I feel about this.

Let me begin by saying that I back our country, and our President--the one that I did not vote for but someone I accept as our nation's commander in chief--1,000 percent in this war.

Iran was getting to powerful, too brazen in what it had in its stockpile, and was a threat to not only the Middle East, but to everyone worldwide.

Iranians the world over applauded what our country did--and what Israel did too--to try to make things right there, and sure, there were other Iranians who backed the-then current regime, but funny, most of them that I saw and heard spout their phony rhetoric actually lived outside of Iran.

Anyway, we and Israel went in there, obliterated much of the country, yet they still come at us.

These people are crazy. They don't care about dying, because they feel that they will be looked at as martyrs if they perish.

Their ways are not Western, their ideology is not anything that we can comprehend in the modern world.

So this war isn't going to take a week or two or three to finalize.

It might take not days, weeks, or months, but years.

We are dealing with a different enemy here, and they fight--and die--differently than we do.

Here is where I am going to make a statement that will rile some people, but I do believe others will support it--

And believe me, I hate to say what I have to say, but I have to do so.

Here goes--

The war against Iran ... It will only come to an end when other Arab countries, as well as our so-called allies worldwide--join Israel and the U.S. in this war, and when we at least attempt to negotiate a settlement off of the battlefield. 

The other Arab countries' reluctance to fully join us in this battle simply demonstrates that they would rather be attacked by Iran than side with those looking to make the Middle East a safe place. 

It also demonstrates that once an Arab, always an Arab, when it comes to Israel, and they cannot be trusted. 

Look at Qatar. They are supposed to be a moderate country, but they have Hamas officials living and working there. 

And people tend to forget, but Saudi Arabians perpetrated 9/11. 

Our allies ... they need to do something to assist us. They know that this initiative is a right one, but as the President said, there have been no response.

Sounds of silence often speak louder than words do.

That is the reality, and until everyone understands that, this isn't going to end so soon. 

I am sorry to say this, but it is true.

And if that doesn't sink in yet, it will ...

Believe me, it will, if it hasn't already done so.

Expect prices to go sky high on everything--

I foresee gas will go past $4 a gallon, maybe even higher than that.

Certain stations in California are selling gas at more than $8 a gallon ... already.

Expect to pay more for everything, groceries, and I mean, everything.

Thinking this way, is it worth fighting this war?

Yes, I think it is, but the President stating it will only last a few days or weeks ...

God, I hope he is right--

But I simply can't see it, at least at this point in time.

So get on your seat belts, I believe we are going to need them.

And I hope, really hope, that I am wrong in all of this.

But I don't see a united front in the Middle East, I don't see our allies joining the fight, and until and unless those supposedly moderate countries put their collective tails between their legs and admit that we--and primarily Israel--are on the right side here, this might be the most difficult war this country will ever fight.

And again, I really hope that I am wrong in everything I just said.

Until then, I support this war ... but I simply believe that in general, people are tiring of it, and it will become an unpopular exercise not because it isn't the right thing to do, but because it is hitting average Americans where it hurts the most--

And when your pocketbook hurts, very little else matters.