The BBC headline on September 15 was "US blames Iran for drone strikes on two sites," and Saudi Arabia's energy minister reported that the attack affected about half their oil production. The bad guys, the "purveyors of peace" in the Middle East, are at it again, and the U.S. and President Trump "spoke with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to offer U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's defense." Trump says America is "locked and loaded" to come to Saudi Arabia's aid.
While all people of goodwill want to see tyrants assume room temperature as they go into eternity to be greeted by whomever, it is not wise for the U.S. to assume the role of peacekeeper of the world. I believe there is another organization with that mandate that meets on the East River in New York City. Let Muslims fight their own battles. The choice between the two sides is a choice between not good and evil, but much evil and more evil.
I will not be angry, agitated, or alarmed if Saudi Arabia's oil wells become dry holes in the desert. Neither do I care if the price of oil drops to $10.00 a barrel and they end up pouring it on their breakfast pancakes. Neither do I care if a regime change takes place in Iran, but it is not America's responsibility to effect that change. It is time for Muslim nations to settle their own problems. No one made America the paladin of peace or the world's banker.
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