It would seem we are headed for a national security moment with Iran almost certainly and with North Korea by happenstance probably.  One or both of these nuclear-charged events might take form during the presidential campaign.  The timing would probably help Barack Obama win re-election, most of the country rallying behind its commander-in-chief.  A national security crisis – especially one dealing with Iran – in which the United States either participates in militarily or is thought to support the actions of any ally – would encumber serious repercussions on American foreign policy and set it on a course for decades to come.

On Iran, not one credible HispanicLatino is known generally or publicly to have been engaged in developing any of the provisional strategies to deal with an armed conflict or its aftermath.  Since HispanicLatinos already fight – often disproportionately – in the nation’s wars and will do so in greater numbers as their population grows, the decisions that might generate future conflicts must be developed with the active participation of qualified and credible HispanicLatinos lest any policy of war or peace adopted lack credibility as it unfolds or lose it over time.  Unbeknownst to most policy decision-makers the war in Iraq was hugely unpopular within the HispanicLatino community. Continue reading →