America’s superpower status may be tested and found wanting if, urged on by Israel it opts for what it sees as a pre-emptive strike against Iran. The argument that the Persian nation will acquire a nuclear potential if not checked is a red herring; it is as transparently false as Iraq’s mythical ‘weapons of mass destruction.’

There is no credible evidence that Iran has any interest in developing such a capability. It simply doesn’t need one to wage war or defend itself. Iran’s conventional weaponry already has the capability to take out their only belligerent; Israel.

Should Israel succumb in a retaliatory war the real fallout would be a world changed beyond all recognition. America would retreat into isolationism, distracted by internal disintegration, followed by a global power and influence shift of seismic proportions.

Strategically Dumb

Israeli-American mutual alliance dependency (MAD) may prove once again to be strategically dumb. Any historical analysis of Israeli ambitions reveals catastrophic failure and human suffering. Its short history (Israel was founded in 1948) is already unique in terms of poor errors of judgement.

Despite its enormous power and global lobby Israel is still the most vulnerable and disliked nation on earth, wholly dependent upon aid and fiscal retribution. Its track record is already a textbook lesson in strategic and diplomatic blunders.

The distinguished Israeli psychiatrist Moshe Yatom recently blew his own brains out. He did so because in his own words his boss, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, is inherently loopy. Before taking his own life he said Netanyahu is so schizophrenic he would swear ‘Mahatma Gandhi invented brass knuckles.’ America should remember that one is known by the company one keeps.

U.S. Supremacy Fragile

American omnipotence is an illusion. Like all colossus it has its vulnerabilities, which are already being tested. There may never be another Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden or Hamburg: The world has moved on as has the nature of war. Should hostilities break out between USrael and Iran the alternatives to conventional warfare are likely to prove decisive and the Third World War could be over in days. Israel would be vaporised. This is what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meant when he said ‘Israel would cease to exist.’

ONE STRIKE AND YOU ARE OUT!

Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

American reliance on super technology makes it the most vulnerable nation on earth to an EMP attack. Countries likely to be dragged into war’s conflagration have an EMP warfare capability. Launched from an ICBM or satellite it can in a split second cripple America’s entire communications system. From the home PC to the Pentagon the system would be back to basics by which I mean Red Indian smoke signals.

Cyber Attack

The entire U.S. computer network system from local schools to supermarkets; the small town lawyer’s office to international defence systems and commercial networks are vulnerable to cyber attack. In peacetime the system is an asset but in war a liability. A few key strokes on a laptop by cyber-warriors can take out the American system. Are you sceptical? If European schoolchildren can penetrate the bowels of America’s communication systems think what a sophisticated nation can do. The Taliban are ‘Stone Age warriors’ but with primitive weapons they are bleeding America dry.

It is estimated that America’s (and Israel’s) potential adversaries already have the cyber capability to sabotage military establishments; stock exchange, defence industries; transport and communications systems.

The vulnerability of modern telecommunication and infrastructure systems renders them obsolete. The United States under attack and its communications system disabled would descend into anarchy.

Oil Imports: America’s Umbilical Cord

America is 75 per-cent dependent upon imported oil. 23.5 per-cent comes through the Persian Gulf, a no-go zone in the event of conflict. The simple mining of the Strait of Hormuz and America’s Achilles heel is severed. Only Russia, the U.S. and China have more sea mines than does Iran. These are far more potent than are nuclear weapons.

Iran’s geographical position puts its thumb on America’s jugular. It would also affect supplies to other countries such as Japan and Europe. 60 per-cent of Europe’s oil is drawn through waters easily controlled by Iran. The EU is seen as an ally of Israel and this would not be the first time Europe has been prostrated by imprudent alliance.

Simultaneously China’s military and commercial position would be enhanced to the detriment of the U.S. The Far East giant draws its oil and gas imports from Russia and Iran via a Kazakhstan supply network; hence the importance of American and British influence in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The U.S. Dollar on the Ropes

The load-bearing pillar of American superpower status is the U.S. dollar as the predominant reserve currency. It is the international currency for the purchase of oil and other commodities essential to world trade. Many countries are already switching their reserves. The Russian rouble is to be ditched as an alternative to the U.S. dollar. If there is acceleration of the present run on the U.S. dollar it will collapse.

America too has a reserve currency in place should the unthinkable happen because, it is no longer unthinkable. China, the Russian Federation, and Iran have the power to topple the U.S. dollar’s supremacy. If China, which is on the verge of holding in excess of $1 trillion in reserve currencies, does switch to gold, the euro or the yen, the U.S. dollar is toast.

America debt is far higher than are its assets and trade potential. It is a nation awaiting the receiver’s rap on the door. The U.S. is borrowing $2.5 billion every day simply to finance the gap between income and expenditure. If the Israeli lobby can be cleared from the bridge of the American Titanic it can get back to rearranging the deckchairs. The Israeli lobby dragged the U.S into World War Two. Will it drag it into World War Three?

Image credits.

Related news articles:

1. Israeli Military Strike on Iran Will Lead to a Long War says new report
2. Castro Warns of Nuclear War “Breaking Out Very Soon”
3. Israel threatens attack on Iran, practices war games
4. Israel Preparing for Major War with Lebanon, Gaza: WikiLeaks
5. Piling on the Agony