The mere mention of an attack on Iran's nuclear sites by Israel's deputy prime minister sent the price of a barrel of oil up nine percent. The irony of Iran's oil companies profiting from an Israeli comment had me wondering, can "The Secret" work backwards in some geographic areas? How can one country be so cursed as to have everything they think they don't want continually come their way? If so, first I'd like to collect my consultant fee for being the brainiac who figured this out. Then I'd like to go on Oprah to brag about it. Lastly, I'd tell Israel to sell their land to the highest bidder and execute a (peaceful) hostile take over of Fiji. Surely the Fijians can move to a neighboring island, and this Jew needs a vacation as far from the Middle East as possible.

In any case, as a disillusioned American and lapsed Jew, I still support the right of Israel to exist (however unpopular this position may be), and I'm scared shitless for the Israelis and Americans that Iran has nuclear weapons. However, Israel's claims that they will attack Iran's nuclear development facility as a pre-emptive measure reeks of George W's failed rhetoric, and also of hypocrisy. Just because America has not experienced another 9/11 doesn't mean it isn't in the planning stages, friends. And by the way, Israel has had nuclear arms for years, why shouldn't they be bombed pre-emptively for that, rather than for the 10,000 other reasons their neighbors can think of to bomb them?

If George W's model/war/miscalculation/atrocity for peace has sent prices of oil sky high, and more importantly, failed to secure Iraq from extremists, why would Israel think that their particular bombing would be a better move? Because they're far more astute than George W and actually have to contend with violence on a daily basis? All right, noted. But I hope that they aren't so naive as to think that bombing Iran's nuclear facilities will pre-emptively keep the peace. It sounds more like another excuse to avoid peace.

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