...Nothing to fear but fear
Franklin D. Roosevelt said back in the 1940s that the American people had "nothing to fear but fear itself." The population of the country was much smaller in those days, and it was probably possible to reverse a trend in which too many people might make decisions based on fear rather than on reality.
Within the past few days, the media have brought up the recent poll findings, indicating that significantly more people in this country are now more fearful about Iran than they are about the economic crisis in Europe. The spokesmen for Republican presidential candidates have wasted no time incorporating that fear into their messages when interviewed. I predict that over the coming weeks, you will hear "the situation in Iran" mentioned daily by those spokesmen; it has already begun. Rather than pointing out that fear among the populace is never good for this country, they are exploiting that fear in order to convince us that their candidate is the one who is best suited to deal with Iran. No one seems to recall the Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction" that the Bush administration invented to whip up fear among Americans. The only indication that Iran is a nuclear threat is what we are being told by the U.S. government, through the all-too-gullible U.S. media.
Your overall well-being is much more likely to be negatively affected by the European situation than it is by anything going on in Iran, except for the fact that the U.S. government and its puppetmaster, Israel, are using fear to build a case for more military adventurism in the Mideast.
Within the past few days, the media have brought up the recent poll findings, indicating that significantly more people in this country are now more fearful about Iran than they are about the economic crisis in Europe. The spokesmen for Republican presidential candidates have wasted no time incorporating that fear into their messages when interviewed. I predict that over the coming weeks, you will hear "the situation in Iran" mentioned daily by those spokesmen; it has already begun. Rather than pointing out that fear among the populace is never good for this country, they are exploiting that fear in order to convince us that their candidate is the one who is best suited to deal with Iran. No one seems to recall the Iraqi "weapons of mass destruction" that the Bush administration invented to whip up fear among Americans. The only indication that Iran is a nuclear threat is what we are being told by the U.S. government, through the all-too-gullible U.S. media.
Your overall well-being is much more likely to be negatively affected by the European situation than it is by anything going on in Iran, except for the fact that the U.S. government and its puppetmaster, Israel, are using fear to build a case for more military adventurism in the Mideast.