Anyone seen my magic eight ball.?

Like everyone else, I am keenly aware of the history of Iran, Persia, the various kings and religious leaders through the course of their history. It is impressive, but in my opinion, history is interesting, actually a hobby of mine, but that was then, the question remains, what is the now.

We can take all of the points being made into consideration, one fact remains, are we the keeper of the Middle East? Is it our responsibility to insure every country is democratic in nature, a mirror of our own standard of government?

This is where I begin to raise questions that I have yet to find answers for. I do not subscribe to the dogma that democracy is the only method in which to govern across the globe, specifically within the various religious factions of the volatile Middle East. The concept of the legislative, judicial and executive form of government is not going to work unless a religious branch is tightly interwoven into the overall democratic fabric.

My thoughts on the escalating tensions with Iran are just that, thoughts. They will not accomplish a thing, however, I feel going to war with Iran would serve no purpose. What would be next? Syria, Lebanon, ad nauseam. Of course, as we attacked Iran, Syria would begin banging their war drums, sending their invisible insurgent army against us. This would lead to Israel attacking Lebanon, why not, we are going for broke, so they will figure they can as well.

The current state of the Middle East is and always has been best described as a few million or so humans standing on a single strand of black widow silk. If one human moves a fraction of an inch the strand is broken, the spider consuming everyone in its path. We do not need to add a few pounds to this strand, not even an once.

Has anyone even contemplated the fact that the state of Israel has weapons of mass destruction and will use them in a preemptive manner to safeguard their existence, not giving it even a second thought? Yet, we wish to be the guardians of the Middle East and look at the track record we have.

Time alone will tell what is going happen, if not now, but in the future, the present leader of the country or the future leaders. We can only hope that history will show we made the right decisions, or better yet, we can always ask the magic eight ball.