Iran is still far from having a nuclear weapon capability. Especially when talking of nuclear weapons of small enough size that can be mounted onto long-range missiles.
It seems to me, political establishment + big swaths of industry are in favor, while the military is still skeptical. Once a decision has been made, a hot incident can be manufactured easily.
Cheney was pushing for it a few years back; Bush shot it down. With the current administration the likelihood is again high, methinks. We could have an incident after this summer, but maybe not a full-blown war until later.
My grandma is 80+ and a lovely lady but she has difficulty climbing up the stairs and a tendency to fall... how about you stay with her and hold her when walking and keep her company... and she'll give you a hug once in a while.
He was the god of fertility and wine, later considered a patron of the arts. He invented wine and spread the art of tending grapes. He has a dual nature. On the one hand bringing joy and devine ecstasy. On the other brutal, unthinking, rage. Thus, reflecting both sides of wines nature. If he choses Dionysus can drive a man mad. No normal fetters can hold him or his followers. ...
Dionysus wandered the world actively encouraging his cult. He was accompanied by the Maenads, wild women, flush with wine, shoulders draped with a fawn skin, carrying rods tipped with pine cones. While other gods had templaces the followers of Dionysus worshipped him in the woods. Here they might go into mad states where they would rip apart and eat raw any animal they came upon.
Dionysus is also one of the very few that was able to bring a dead person out of the underworld. Even though he had never seen Semele he was concerned for her. Eventually he journeyed into the underworld to find her. He faced down Thanatos and brought her back to Mount Olympus.
Dionysus became one of the most important gods in everyday life. He became associated with several key concepts. One was rebirth after death. Here his dismemberment by the Titans and return to life is symbolically echoed in tending vines, where the vines must be pruned back sharply, and then become dormant in winter for them to bear fruit. The other is the idea that under the influence of wine, one could feel possessed by a greater power. Unlike the other gods Dionysus was not only outside his believers but, also within them. At these times a man might be greater then himself and do works he otherwise could not.
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RE: war
Trust US politicians as much as you'd trust Israeli ones meddling with your affairs.