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Originally posted by Qoelet
the same Ayetollahs that promoted Ahmadinejad's rise to power can curtail him just as easily... and they won;t want to see the victories of the Islamic revolution reversed because of some far flung ideas about war bringing the Mullah (whatever his name was again) back to smite the Sunni and avenge Shia martyrdom (from like... the 1400s)...
How many destructive and generally economically damaging policy lines have past Israeli govts pursued
If Ahmadinejad goes too far, he will get the chop... too many people in Iran (ayahtollahs included) remember what long protracted wars of attrition are like
derekjr321
Maybe instead of fighting the whole friggin world over oil we
ctually Bush has claimed that he speaks to god, and that god speaks thru him...
The oil aspect here is irrelevant.
Originally posted by DerekJR321
The oil aspect here is irrelevant.
How is that true?
We beat the war drums in their direction, but let me ask you this. North Korea very well HAS nukes, they have threatened us directly. How come we're not all hot and heated over that?
It just seems to me more and more that Iraq was mearly a jump off point.
Iran, wether they had, want or are making a nuke would be completely psychotic to use it.
xmotex
And the differences?