As has been widely reported on the Internet, Scott Ritter former Un Chief Weapon's inspector and current exile of mainstream media has said that The US will be prepared in June to attack Iran. The keys to understanding this statement are two qualifiers, one that negates the other. Ritter says the US will be prepared to strike in June but that doesn't mean US will strike. The most important thing to note is that Israel has by inference warned the US that they, Israel, will strike if the US doesn't after June. According to Ritter, Israel has said that if Iran is not struck by June, Iran will have crossed a threshold where by their nuclear program cannot be stopped. If that is true one can only assume that an attack by the US is a "slam dunk". You can listen to Ritter's most recent April interview here.
http://www.antiwar.com/av/?articleid=5433
An attack on Iran would probably entail more than an attack on nuclear facilities and include military installations as well. Retaliation could include closing down the straits of Hormuz by Iran which would send Oil prices skyrocketing and possibly weaken the world economy to such a point to create a worldwide depression among industrialized nations.
Life in America would be unalterably changed in the course of a few months. Airlines will fall, air travel would become almost impossible for average citizen, and transportation costs would translate to unheard of prices for common items. Lifestyles and business would become more regionalized and less national.
John Bolton's purpose as Ambassador to the UN according to Ritter is to destroy the UN by creating a scenario whereby the US goes through the motions of negotiating with Iran through the UN and the UN fails to act, leaving the US no choice but to attack.
Seymour Hersh has stated that according to his sources, Bush is unreachable. No one can influence him. Bush has reportedly said he is on a mission from God to bring peace to the Mideast. He was told by God to do so. According to Mahmoud Abbas ...and this has been reported a couple of times in Al Haaretz a major mainstream media newspaper in Israel.
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And now some loose speculation: As a former therapist I can say that Bush is very disturbed. ( I think anyone with commonsense can see that) . He's really nuts. Lot's of people are nuts. Other people often think I'm a little nuts, but he happens to be President.
I have made a very simple theoretical general analysis, which seems to work in predicting his behavior. And it seems consistent if one looks into his personal history. :
Briefly (and superficially) it seems Bush hates his father and wants to punish him by doing everything the opposite of his father and by screwing the world up in a way that would be his father's worst nightmare. He is self-destructive. But he will attempt to destroy himself by starting from the periphery and working -in -toward himself. Iraq and Iran are part of that periphery, but you must notice he is attacking Europe, Russia, the United Nations and even now conservative Republicans. He will get to China, don't worry. He will make enemies eventually of his closest current friends if he survives long enough. No one will be left but him.
Remember... his father went through the United Nations before attacking Iraq. His father did not go to Baghdad. Almost all of his fathers and advisors are out of the administration. He told Bob Woodward he didn't seek his father's advice that his father "was the wrong father to appeal to" , that he sought advice from a "Higher Father". He attempts to put his father in the position of being a weak person.
http://www.centurychina.com/plaboard/posts/3674644.shtml
Simply put his hatred stems from his father and apparently the entire families view of George as being a dangerous intolerable screw up who has througout the years, threatened the families name and position. Bush has admitted to having an alcohol problem, inferred he has had a cocaine problem. His sexual identity is something that inspires investigation. He has stated that all his youthful indiscretions are behind him since the age of 40 and now he's ok and that God is speaking to him. If God is not speaking to him he is quite insane isn't he?
Somebody better take a good look at this man and quickly!