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The question of Azerbaijan rendering assistance to the USA in its military campaign against Iran will be soon discussed in Washington, Armenian political analyst, expert Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan announced at a news conference in Yerevan on March 6. According to him, in late March a meeting of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov and US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice, during which the USA will try to gain Azerbaijan’s support in its campaign against Iran.
Iran recognizes that if Baku is captured, the USA will not run the risk of striking the oil city. However, Iran is ready to strike Georgia as well.
for Azerbaijan’s sake, but at the expense of giving Iranian territories to it
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
Im keen to know exactly what the ''campaign against Iran'' is....
Im sure we'll all know once breaking news starts flashing up all over the TV....
Wernt we dedicated to a diplomatic answer?
[edit on 12-3-2007 by Agit8dChop]
Israel should pursue a strategy of "open nuclear deterrence" towards Iran if international attempts to curtail Teheran's nuclear ambitions fail, a London think tank argues in a report to be released Monday.
Openly declaring its nuclear weapons stockpile and laying out the conditions of their use in the event of an Iranian attack is an option worth considering, a report published by the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) stated, "if it is conceded that diplomatic efforts are doomed to fail, yet the price of war is too high."
Originally posted by XphilesPhan
Geeee....
a regional cold war with two nations with their finger on a nuclear trigger
or
a war which may explode to encompass far more than the US, UK, Israel, and Iran.
These options suck...
Originally posted by WhOo0
Isreal needs to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. If they don't then they run the risk of being bombed themselves. In my opinion Isreal bombing Iran is the lesser of two evils.
Originally posted by WhOo0
Isreal needs to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. If they don't then they run the risk of being bombed themselves. In my opinion Isreal bombing Iran is the lesser of two evils.
Originally posted by WhOo0
Isreal needs to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. If they don't then they run the risk of being bombed themselves. In my opinion Isreal bombing Iran is the lesser of two evils.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
In my opinion taking the RISK of Iran carrying out a suicidal, surprise attack is the lesser of two evils.
They know if they do such a thing, they will be obliterated immediately.
This is a good incentive NOT to do it.
In my opinion, bombing iran ensures destruction on a mass scale across multiple countries.
Giving Iran the opporuntiy to prove their intentions has the chance of NO ONE being bombed, or Israel and Iran both being bombed.
1 way you ensure death and destruction.
The other way, you have a chance at NO DEATH and destruction, but you also have the CHANCE at death and destrcution.
Wouldnt you rather take the road that has a CHANCE for peace?
Originally posted by WhOo0
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
In my opinion taking the RISK of Iran carrying out a suicidal, surprise attack is the lesser of two evils.
They know if they do such a thing, they will be obliterated immediately.
This is a good incentive NOT to do it.
In my opinion, bombing iran ensures destruction on a mass scale across multiple countries.
Giving Iran the opporuntiy to prove their intentions has the chance of NO ONE being bombed, or Israel and Iran both being bombed.
1 way you ensure death and destruction.
The other way, you have a chance at NO DEATH and destruction, but you also have the CHANCE at death and destrcution.
Wouldnt you rather take the road that has a CHANCE for peace?
Many countries in Europe do not like Isreal, and even more in the Middle East. If Isreal were attacked by anything other then a nuke the only country that would aid it is the US. In addition, as unstable as the Middle East, whos to say that a group of people won't jack one. It's not so much that i'm defending Isreal, its more, lets not allow any more countries get nukes. It increases the chance of one getting into the wrong hands.
Originally posted by zurvan
Yeah so lets go and bomb the country that potentially has nukes inorder to stop them potentially attacking us? yeah Israel as you say is not that popular so surely an image boosting headline announcing that Israel has used pre emptive nukes on Iran will rise that popularity!
I mean right now there is a chance for war, lets just get it over with and start the war. Why wait and see if it happens?
Have you seen team America? did you see how they saved the Parsians? Lets just go in and start firing first and asking the questions later.
Originally posted by zurvan Have you seen team America? did you see how they saved the Parsians? Lets just go in and start firing first and asking the questions later.
U.S. efforts to end Libya’s weapon programs spanned four presidential administrations. For thirty years, Libya’s mercurial leader, Col. Muammar Qadhafi, had ambitions to become the leader of the Arab world and to raise Libya’s prestige among Islamic and other Third World countries. As part of that effort, Qadhafi sought to obtain nuclear and chemical arms and remained defiant on non-proliferation and arms control issues, especially those related to Israel’s nuclear capability….
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (full article)