World Politics, 2030

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=295409

I don't know how the US defines their interests and actions when dealing with people overseas.  Where do they get the idea that a nuclear Iran would be destabilizing to the region?

Unless of course, they're talking about the Israeli's possibly attacking the Iranians to destroy their nuclear arsenal.

But that would likely trigger a nasty regional war between the Israel and all other Islamic countries that the United States may or may not, be involved in.  I don't know if many of our Western allies would necessarily be joining us on this issue.  If they knew what would be good for them in the long run, they'd stay out of it.

It could also lead to the involvement of Russia and China in the regional conflict.  Would need more information to know which side they'd likely be on (although I have a hunch it would be on Iran's side, to counter balance the United States).

In short, I don't see how it would be anymore unstable than it already is.

However, from the American perspective, I would like to point out that the chief reason how the United States would define it as a destabilized condition would be because of our prioritization and protection of Israel and our chosen enmity with Iran.  Remember, the United States had the option to end Iran's nuclear program after we toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 by taking Iran up on the offer for normalized relations.  We could have had peace between Iran and the United States, with the nuclear option taken off the table, were it not for the Republicans and the Bush administration.

If I were the US, I would see if we could get a similar agreement back again in the present, over the objections of the Israelis.  Normalized relations with Iran with the condition that they end their nuclear program and open up to inspectors, would probably do a lot to stabilize the region and prevent the war that's slowly growing against Israel from taking hold.

But, let's see if anyone is interested in hearing this kind of argument who is currently in a position of power, authority or consequence.

I don't think the US would be interested in making such an agreement with Iran.

And it wouldn't shock me if we were to pull another serious diplomatic and strategic blunder by continuing to side with Israel unilaterally from the rest of the world and maintaining the aggressive posture against Iran that can so easily be changed on our own side.

I hypothesize that this path will lead us to more peace, at the very least.

And it's only a hypothesis until it is demonstrated to be otherwise.

Think about it.

Cause this could be the lives of millions of people, not to mention, all of those Jews living in Israel at the moment.

And that's the biggest kicker about our support for the Israelis.

It's bad for our side.

And bad for theirs.

On this plane of existence.

And nowhere else, is it actually helping them.

Think about it.