Checking in, 6/22/25

The drought in posts continues. Yet, I must put something out there, lest anyone think the blog has died. The news of the death of this blog is greatly exaggerrated. I intend to keep going.

The problem is what do you say when you don't really know what to say? The best thing when you don't know what to say is to say nothing. But you don't always have that luxury.

 

The reaction to the bombing of Iranian complex, in which it appears that the Iranians sought an atom bomb, has something of a logic to it. But why not mention a whole-hearted approval?

 

One cannot be glad when one approves of violence visited upon another. But what else can you do with someone who has proven again and again that they will resort to violence, and that appears to be what kind of regime that Iran has now? You could hope for better behavior from them, but the evidence shows otherwise.

 

I'm not suggesting one get guilt-ridden over the matter. The political left likes to do this, especially of the dropping of the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is regrettable, but is it better to have let the Japanese off the hook? The Japanese were horrific in World War II. You cannot judge the way they are today, and compare it with how they would've reacted back then. Based upon what was known about them at the time, they would've fought ferociously for as long as they were able.

 

As for Iran, we've been hoping that they would eventually become reasonable, but that doesn't appear to be the case. When they reached for the atomic "gun", the only possible course of action was to take the gun away from them. Iran still stands. Hopefully, reason will prevail. But we are not gifted with perfect knowledge of the future, and hindsight is 20-20 as the saying goes.

 

 

Update a few hours later...

 

All of the above comment was made before the world reactions to the strike... There will be a blowback effect, and that is the wild card here.

 

Iran and its allies are in a geopolitical struggle with the USA and its block. It's a bit like Cold War 2. The first Cold War involved a number of proxy wars involving the communist block and the "free world". I use the term "free world" because there "free world" has lost its way.

 

Cold War 2.0 may go a different way than the first one. As the USA has moved to less free, the commie world has moved more towards free markets. It's a more even fight.

 

It shouldn't have been, but there it is.