Rumors of War

Rumors of a war against Iran are circulating. With the exception of Ron Paul, the Republican Presidential candidates seem eager for a war. They are blustering like puppet Netanyahus. The public apparently wants Israel to bomb Iran, which would be nuts. My sense is that President Obama is working to avoid the conflict. If he persists his position might cost him re-election. I tend to be pragmatic about these matters but not when it comes to an unprovoked attack on another country. We cannot, in good conscience, attack or support an attack on Iran.

I haven't seen anything that convinces me that Iran is making a nuclear weapon. And if they are, I don't see how that gives another country the right to attack them. European and American intelligence sources have found no evidence that Iran is about to make a bomb. Nada. But the bluster continues to build. It's an election issue.

What will the impact of an Iran war be on the world's economic system? Just the rumor of war has driven up gasoline prices each day, every single day, for the last month.