U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION & IRAN.

Many people are thinking that Iran's provocation of the United States has only one goal, and that is to get the cost of oil to skyrocket to a point, where gasoline price will become part of American politics in a presidential election year.

When that happens, it will be President Barack Obama, who will stand to lose his reelection bid for a second term, as the country's economy, which is already on the forefront of political issues, will be more so.

The economy will have its recovery to reverse and make things difficult for ordinary people. Businesses will be complaining too, and that will create an uncompromising situation for all concerned

They, people, are trying hard to make ends meet in their everyday lives, and so they will be forced to vote against whoever is the leader of the country, meaning Obama, in this instance, and there will be a new person from the field of the Republican Party's nomination race now in progress, to assume the reins of government.

The change will rather be very smooth for the new president, as there will be no actual adjustment for him to make. For he will be coming in under no pressure to deal with everything from the start.

He must be given time to evaluate the problems that are pending in the White House; and also to have the opportunity to appoint a cabinet and to select members of his staff to work with him. It will be a stretch of time that is commonly referred to as the "honeymoon" period.

By the time that is over, there will be so much chaos and confusion, both in the government and within the American public, as the country will be compelled to begin almost totally afresh.

The new president will have an equally new U.S. Congress, if not an entirely makeover one, to deal with; and whose members will have to wait to assess the path that the new government will take. For them to legislate laws based on the policies of the incoming administration, they also will need ample time.

It is obvious that, by its attitude, that is what Iran is envisaging to happen in America; as it is now trying to attack American war ships in the Arabian Gulf, and threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz; but why?

Well, the idea is very simple. Iran, which is in the process of acquiring a nuclear bomb needs time too to address that issue, but in an atmosphere in which everything seems to be quiet, it will not be favorable for its leaders to achieve their ultimate goal.

It will be when the U.S. is busy sorting things out at home, and amid all the bustle and the reshuffling in a transition of government, it (U.S.) will be hard pressed to pay any attention to what is happening on the outside, and particularly, in Iran, where new sites are opening up for uranium enrichment, and that will continue undeterred.

By the time all is peaceful after the honeymoon period, which is also sometimes called "the 100 days" of the new U.S. government, Iran will become unstoppable, as it will be on its way to do whatever it is in its plans to dominate the Middle East, and also, more importantly, to be a nuclear power.

Nobody is saying that a change of government in the U.S. will be a bad thing or not. It must be the risk that people are prepared to take that must concern all alike. After that, the die will be cast; but they must do so without looking back and pinning the blame on someone else.

It will be their own decision, and that whatever the final outcome is, they will learn to live with it. People must admit that Iran has no good intentions for the U.S.; not now or in the future.