Time to crack down on this Iran deal

Either you are with us or you are against us.

Is it really that easy... yes I truly believe it is. This is not a popular opinion around the world and with a lot of the lefties here in the states. But let's be honest. America runs the world. Here is proof.

Think about your latest tragedy either natural or biological. Which country consistently steps up in a big way. U.S.A. that's who. Tsunami in the Indian Ocean... USA. Earthquake in Pakistan... USA. Aids out of control in Africa... billions from the USA. Earthquake in Haiti... USA.

So with that in mind, I think we've earned the right to dictate our terms to some regard. Especially when you figure that the crazy guy over there refers to us as the bad guy. Used to be the crazies would bag on "The West" in general but now those same crazies are putting their minions by the truckloads into westernized cities across Europe. Doesn't mean that all Muslim communities in Western Europe are bad, just like they aren't all bad in the USA. But the bad guys do tend to blend in.

Back to my point though, when Ahmadinejad gets on his booster stool so he can reach the microphone it is not like he is up there ranting about Belgium... it is all US and the Jews all the time. So I would pretty much say this is our problem to deal with and we are going to have to deal with it how we want to.

Here is what I would do. We all know that companies in Europe are doing business in a big way with Iran just like they did with Iraq. For this reason, sanctions w0n't achieve anything. It is laughable to think that they will because France, Germany, Italy, they went around the NATO sanctions in Iraq for years and we knew it but we let them because we didn't want to look like the big bad U.S.

So we can't really dictate to Europe... so be it. But can't we humiliate them. Point out the things they are doing. Bring them out in the open. In turn I'm sure Europe would pull out some of the U.S. dirty laundry but who cares. It is not like our reputation can get worse at this point.

As for China, we've got some power there. China holds roughly $800 billion of US debt. So President Obama thinks he has got to play nice with them. No being nice to the Dalai Lama. Putting up with their crappy toys that are filled with lead. Letting U.S. oil companies work with them to drill right in our backyard.

If I were Obama I would make the following announcement. This countries top priority is going to be to completely pay off our debt to China in the next 24 months. Can we do it... sure we can.... will we have to.... absolutely not. China NEEDS the U.S. in a big way. In 2008, the Chinese sent $400 billion worth of goods to the U.S. That represents about a third of the all Chinese exports. This is a country of more than a billion people. They can't afford to have the U.S. go under which is why they keep loaning us money.

But, as I said, imagine if Obama said we are going to pay back the Chinese the $800 we owe them and if we need loans we will get them from other entities. In addition, we are going to pay attention to the U.S.-China trade deficit ($266 billion in 2008) and try and right that ship by putting controls in place that would enable countries like South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, etc., to import more goods to the U.S.

I know some of this would really be hard to accomplish but if Obama made these kind of statements he would get the Chinese attention really quickly. So, when you publicly asked the Chinese to help reign in the Iranians they would be forced to pay more attention. They just simply would.

Would the U.S. relationship with the Chinese become more adversarial. Of course it would... but does anybody really believe the Chinese really like us anyway. Of course they don't. I don't like them. Don't like what they stand for.

We have no gun to hold to the Chinese head except for one... trade. So would it be painful. Absolutely. Might mean people have to pay an extra 10% for this or that but in the long run it could save the country tons of money by creating an environment where China has to play along and help us reign in Iran which could save us billions in military escalation and another arms race.