Herman, you are a fool. But everyone already knows that including, I suspect, yourself.
Anyway, the view from Australia-
‘This will not go unpunished’:
‘Grave error’ Australia will live to regret
Iran’s response to the US killing General Qassem Soleimani in an air strike has been swift. And this growing crisis puts Australia at risk.
Both Mr Pompeo and President Trump have referred to Soleimani as a “dead bad guy”, but this is not the script for an American Western.
Soleimani is likely to be an even more lethal force in death than he was in life.
Killing him on Iraqi soil places the entire coalition mission in Iraq, including the training of Iraqi security forces, in jeopardy.
Since the 2003 “shock and awe” campaign, tens of thousands of Iraqis, thousands of Americans and dozens of others as well as perhaps hundreds of thousands of Syrians have died and trillions of dollars of Western treasury (including more than $10 billion by Australian taxpayers) have been invested.
If the current tensions descend into all-out war between the US and Iran, then all that effort and sacrifice across 16 years will have been in vain.
In the event of a major conflict the challenge for the Morrison Government, already seemingly overwhelmed by the bushfire disaster, would be to resist pressure from Washington to join a “coalition of the willing” in yet another Middle Eastern misadventure.
US, Iran: Assassination of Soleimani more dangerous than bushfires
I realise Alliances, International agreements & Law etc mean absolutely nothing to the US, certainly not under this administration. But your reluctant allies are increasingly chafing at this farcical charade. Why should we be there with even a token amount of troops, offering moral support for this debacle? We have been counting our dead for too many years already, for absolutely no apparent gain- just pain. You have just put us in more danger, and for what?