Ignorance, Not Bliss By Max Boot
"During the cold war, the American public often recoiled from the possibility that the Soviet Union might be behind some outrage too horrific to ignore. A lot of people understandably didn’t want to know if the KGB was responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the attempted assassination of the Pope. (Note to conspiracy-mongers: I am not saying that the Soviet secret service was responsible for either dastardly deed, but there was certainly a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing that way, at least in the latter case.) After all, if the Soviets were to blame, what were we prepared to do about it? If the answer was nothing, perhaps ignorance was a rational choice.
That seems to be the dominant American attitude these days toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ever since 1979, the radical mullahs who control Tehran have been waging covert war on the United States and our allies, and we have scarcely responded. Especially now, when we are mired deep in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans and especially most of our politicians would seemingly prefer not to focus on actions that might embroil us with war on another front."
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Ignorance is not always bliss. I am afraid we will have to do something about Iran sooner or later.
Gregory Copely author of "The Art Of Victory" was a guest on Fox earlier. He feels the way to change Iran is through the citizens. With a psychological strategy campaign, in the same manner that the Reagan administration applied to overthrow the Soviets and thus ending the Cold War.
He went on to say unfortunately that is not going on in Washington. The talk is either to talk to the Clerics and legitimize them or let's bomb them.
BTW Hans
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