The Russian general in charge of their military warned America against a strike against Iran. Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky has a difficult time figuring this thing out.Vladimir Isachenkov, reporting for the Associated Press (via Breitbart):
With tension mounting over Iran's nuclear programs, Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the chief of Russia's general staff, warned the United States against attacking Iran.Let's recap: the miltary option can't be ruled out, but this Russian general wants to make sure that Iran knows that the US shouldn't attack. The reason? Well, this general doesn't know what the reaction will be in the Muslim world. The whole world might get involved, and that would be bad.
"A military scenario can't be ruled out," Baluyevsky was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
He said that while Iran's military potential cannot compare to the United States', "it is hard to predict how the Muslim world will respond to the use of force against Iran."
"This may stir the whole world, and it is crucial to prevent anything like that," Baluyevsky was quoted as saying.
If there is nothing for which this Russian general, or the world for that matter, would fight for, peace is not worth the price it will cost. Giving the Muslim world, or anyone else for that matter, carte blanche to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction is not acceptable.
The solution proposed by Gen. Baluyevsky is to have China do something about the situation. Relying on China to solve the Iran problem diplomatically is about as likely to achieve success as the US relaince on Europe to get the job done. Furthermore, legitimizing communist China is not in the best interests of world peace as China has their own problems that they should deal with before being accepted as a broker of peace.
Iran will only understand action. The longer it takes for that decision to be made, the worse this situation will become. And that is the situation that needs to be rectified as soon as possible.
