In reality, even if the congress critters can over-ride a POTUS veto, the sanctions will be worthless and ignored by everyone on earth except the Iranian right wing who will be able to force the Iranian president to walk away from the talks while putting the whole blame on the US, and pretty much everyone on earth will agree with that reason.
Do congress critters understand the ONLY alternatives to negotiations are to ignore Iran completely or war? Do the congress critters really want war? Do they understand what war would be like? Do they understand that Iran is a lot more powerful then they imagine? Iran will NOT start the war, they will simply wait for the US and/or Israel to start the war then make everyone in the USA and Israel extremely miserable
I think the congress critters have a HUGE over-estimation of the real world power of the USA and think the rest of the world will salute and do as the congress critters say. That is NOT how it works and the congress critters are going to be shocked when the rest of the world laughs at them and refuses to OK another war.
There is close to zero chance the US can get the votes in the UN to authorize a war on Iran and in fact the USA might have to use its veto to keep the UN from putting sanctions on the US for even thinking about war.
This is NOT going to turn out good for the USA, congress critters nor Israel. This could be the final stupidity that causes Americans to throw Israel under the bus.
If Israelis think they are isolated now, just wait until the USA stops protecting Israel. If they think the cost of living in Israel is high now, just wait until the Israeli economy slows to a halt. Contrary to the popular myth that Israelis have invented the whole world, the REALITY is Israel produces NOTHING that the world needs and can't get someplace else on earth (often cheaper).
So the bottom lines are:
- Congress critter are going to be shown to be incompetent and impotent (driving their poll numbers close to zero)
- Obama is going to look like a real leader.(and probably picking up some poll numbers)
The "good news" is that Global Peak Oil might "solve" part of the CO2 problem.
It is absolutely mathematically guaranteed that Global Peak Oil will happen, the ONLY thing that is in dispute is when. The majority consensus is around 2020. After that date, the world will produce less oil every year, while the need for energy continues to increase. That obvious gap will have to be filled some way. If we choose to fill the gap with non-carbon energy, we could help ourselves in spite of ourselves.
The simple reality is there are ONLY four "permanent" sources of energy (at least "permanent" as compared to human lifetimes):
- Solar energy - Most of the energy we currently use is just converted and stored solar energy (oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind, photovoltaic, etc.).
- Internal heat of the earth - No really tapped very much, although the temperature difference between the earth surface and a few miles down a hole can easily be exploited for energy.
- Gravitational forces - mostly tides, with some influence on the winds.
- Nuclear fusion - if we can ever figure out how to build power systems that can tap it. While the energy may be "free" once we figure it out, the power stations may be astronomically expensive.
So when are we going to invest in the "permanent" alternatives?
BTW - Carter tried to get the US to make the changes necessary 40 years ago, but Americans were too stupid to think about the future so we elected Ronny Raygun who ignored the whole issue of Peak Oil (as did every president and congress since then). Now we have wasted 40 years and STILL refuse to even think about Global Peak Oil, even though it will definitely happen.
I guarantee that when GPO hits, Americans will scream about why they were "never told" even though Carter tried to tell us 40+ years ago.
In reality, even if the congress critters can over-ride a POTUS veto, the sanctions will be worthless and ignored by everyone on earth except the Iranian right wing who will be able to force the Iranian president to walk away from the talks while putting the whole blame on the US, and pretty much everyone on earth will agree with that reason.
Do congress critters understand the ONLY alternatives to negotiations are to ignore Iran completely or war? Do the congress critters really want war? Do they understand what war would be like? Do they understand that Iran is a lot more powerful then they imagine? Iran will NOT start the war, they will simply wait for the US and/or Israel to start the war then make everyone in the USA and Israel extremely miserable
I think the congress critters have a HUGE over-estimation of the real world power of the USA and think the rest of the world will salute and do as the congress critters say. That is NOT how it works and the congress critters are going to be shocked when the rest of the world laughs at them and refuses to OK another war.
There is close to zero chance the US can get the votes in the UN to authorize a war on Iran and in fact the USA might have to use its veto to keep the UN from putting sanctions on the US for even thinking about war.
This is NOT going to turn out good for the USA, congress critters nor Israel. This could be the final stupidity that causes Americans to throw Israel under the bus.
If Israelis think they are isolated now, just wait until the USA stops protecting Israel. If they think the cost of living in Israel is high now, just wait until the Israeli economy slows to a halt. Contrary to the popular myth that Israelis have invented the whole world, the REALITY is Israel produces NOTHING that the world needs and can't get someplace else on earth (often cheaper).
So the bottom lines are:
- Congress critter are going to be shown to be incompetent and impotent (driving their poll numbers close to zero)
- Obama is going to look like a real leader.(and probably picking up some poll numbers)
- Iran will win in the end.
- Israel will lose big time.
The "good news" is that Global Peak Oil might "solve" part of the CO2 problem.
It is absolutely mathematically guaranteed that Global Peak Oil will happen, the ONLY thing that is in dispute is when. The majority consensus is around 2020. After that date, the world will produce less oil every year, while the need for energy continues to increase. That obvious gap will have to be filled some way. If we choose to fill the gap with non-carbon energy, we could help ourselves in spite of ourselves.
The simple reality is there are ONLY four "permanent" sources of energy (at least "permanent" as compared to human lifetimes):
- Solar energy - Most of the energy we currently use is just converted and stored solar energy (oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind, photovoltaic, etc.).
- Internal heat of the earth - No really tapped very much, although the temperature difference between the earth surface and a few miles down a hole can easily be exploited for energy.
- Gravitational forces - mostly tides, with some influence on the winds.
- Nuclear fusion - if we can ever figure out how to build power systems that can tap it. While the energy may be "free" once we figure it out, the power stations may be astronomically expensive.
So when are we going to invest in the "permanent" alternatives?
BTW - Carter tried to get the US to make the changes necessary 40 years ago, but Americans were too stupid to think about the future so we elected Ronny Raygun who ignored the whole issue of Peak Oil (as did every president and congress since then). Now we have wasted 40 years and STILL refuse to even think about Global Peak Oil, even though it will definitely happen.
I guarantee that when GPO hits, Americans will scream about why they were "never told" even though Carter tried to tell us 40+ years ago.