It should not be news to anyone, that Obama is considering declaring war on Iran if Israel attacks. The claims of doing so are based on intelligence of an Iranian nuclear program. Our government continues to focus their efforts abroad rather than tackle the national problems we are continually facing. The New York Times talks about, a "classified war simulation" that resulted in American involvement due to the Israeli attack. The results troubled many of the officials that had the classified clearance to observe them. The conclusion was that an Israeli strike would have "dire consequences" to the troops and the region. Now consider the war on terror with Iraq and how the government was under the impression there were nuclear weapons when in fact we did not find any. How many troops were lost just to find that out? How much money was spent fighting for a cause that did not exist? With this evidence, stating the enormous casualties from this war and experience with a similar situation such as Iraq (a war we are still fighting); how can our government find it rational to declare war once again while we face some of the hardest national issues to date?
