What the world needs now is war

So Israel is threatening to attack Iran just because that country is improving its capability to manufacture nuclear weapons. What business is that of Israel?

Some pseudo-intellectuals justify this by saying an armed Iran is a threat to Israel, but should Arab countries now all attack Israel because its military might threatens them?

Sometimes we try to intellectualise idiocy.

Peres told Israeli TV on Saturday night: "The intelligence services of the different countries keeping an eye on [Iran] are worried and are putting pressure on their leaders to warn that Iran is ready to obtain the nuclear weapon.

"We must turn to these countries to ensure that they keep their commitments ... this must be done, and there is a long list of options," Peres declared.

A senior Iranian cleric yesterday dismissed talk of a military strike by Israel as empty propaganda, taunting the Jewish state for screaming "like a cornered cat" instead of "roaring like a lion".

"The recent threats of the Zionist regime against Iran are more for internal consumption and their masters who are struggling with the Wall Street movement," said Ayatollah Mahmoud Alavi, referring to anti-capitalism protests that began in New York and have spread around the world.

"There is a difference between the roar of a lion and the scream of a cat trapped in a corner," he said. "This threat of the Zionist regime and its master, America, is like the scream of a cornered cat."

Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only atomic power, wants to maintain the status quo by stopping an Iranian nuclear drive at all costs. And the Zionist state has the backing and protection of the USA, which is why its nuclear programme never became an issue. Iran on the other hand is seen as a threat purely because it is an Islamic state.

Israel and America are not Nato or the UN. If these organisations cannot contain the two countries as they should, then maybe the best solution for the world would be an outright war to change the balance of power and bring about a new world order.