The American Crusades…

One item in the news that caught my eye yesterday, was the revelation that the USA has Special Forces operating inside Iran…

If this proves to be the case is anyone really surprised?

Since America invaded Iraq (I’m sorry, but I’ve never been a fan of this war) they have been sabre rattling at other countries in the area (Iran and Syria being the most noticeable).

For a while now I have thought that these actions bear a striking resemblance to the actions that preceded the Iraqi invasion. A lot of sabre rattling and attempts to undermine national opinion of the regime by making false claims about WMD etc. before finally losing patience with democracy and using force.

To my eyes, this is now what the USA is doing to Iran. We have constant claims of a nuclear capability despite Iran appearing to bend over backwards to prove these claims false. Meanwhile work goes on behind the scenes in preparation for an assault.

I do believe that Hans Blix was never going to turn up any evidence of WMD in Iraq (as the American’s have subsequently proven). He was allowed to go about his business however, as a distraction while the USA freed up sufficient resources from other areas (Afghanistan).

The USA always intended to invade Iraq and I am sure they fully intend to invade Iran and/or Syria in the near future too and anything Iran do to placate the Americans will fall on deaf ears as minds have already been made up on the matter!

The real question is why are they doing this? Is it really for the oil or is it simply a modern day crusade to persuade these heretics to live the American dream?

And more importantly for us Brits, will George Bush’s lapdog (Heir Blair) follow America blindly into this conflict too?
I can’t help but think that these actions do set a rather unpleasant precedent. If America doesn’t like your ruler (be it a Monarch, President, Prime Minister or other) they now simply go in and take you and your government out! They are big enough to do it, appear not to care about international law or world opinion and lets face it, who’s going to argue with them…