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Originally posted by Shermanator
Iran is going to get a bomb... Iran WILL end up bombing Israel... It is a shame...
Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
Originally posted by Brasov
Simple: FREE as in "free" and TRADE as in "trade".
Cut the semantics BS and talk like a man. By threatening humanity with closure of a passageway it doesnt own if others boycott its oil due to the Iranian infidel leader's irresponsibility is considered 'free' and 'trade' as define by you?
Please dont waste further of my time.
Edit:- You can skip the name calling and ad hominem attacks on me. Only water off my back. Truth needs to be told, painful if it needs be.edit on 10-1-2012 by SeekerofTruth101 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by xXxinfidelxXx
There is not going to be a war against the civilians. If (and that's a huge if) anything is done about this beyond sanctions, it will be surgical. It's only those who support the evil of the Iranian leaders who spread those myths.
This war with Iran has been imminent for how many years now? Oh the joys of propaganda.
In such a situation, Israel might rely increasingly on "stand-off" weaponry such as the Jerichos, which Jane's missile experts believe are accurate only to around 1,000 yards (meters).
Originally posted by xXxinfidelxXx
reply to post by HellstormRising
So your argument is........they're dumb? We have to go and bomb civilians because their means of production of fissible materials is not safe? You're havin a laugh, man. Uberfail.
Originally posted by DevilsLettuce
I have a few questions about this...
1. We are 15 trillion in debt and counting, how could we possibly afford another war?
2. Even if Iran has a nuclear weapon, would they use it? Pakistan has nuclear capability, Isreal has nuclear capability, what are they going to do turn the middle east into a nuclear holocaust? One can automatically assume that whatever aggresive move they take would have tremendous blowback, do they even care about that? I would think so...but im not Iranian
3. Even if Iran has a nuclear weapon, can they reach the US with it? The missiles I have seen them using on TV while they do their war games in the Straights of Hormuz only have a range of a 100 or so miles...do they have an ICBM hidden somewhere? is that what they are making? And if they used it, what kind of blowback would result?
4. China is the #1 importer of the oil that comes out of the Straights of Hormuz, so are they going to close it and hurt a potential ally?
Basically even if all the allegations are true and A-jad is a satanist, America hating, freedom hating muderer who wants to kill all of us how's he going to pull it off? And even if he is a Isreal hating, murderer who wants to wipe Isreal off the map how does he pull it off without blowback? A US overreaction here, with us already drowning in debt is going to destroy this country economically, whats left to destroy that is...edit on 10-1-2012 by DevilsLettuce because: had to re-word my intro sentence..
Originally posted by HellstormRising
Originally posted by DevilsLettuce
Great Observations. You're right on all fronts except one thing. A-jad doesn't control the fate of IRAN. Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamenei is the current "Supreme Leader of Iran" and pretty much tells A-jad what to say. He's a mouthpiece at best but sometimes his mouth keeps talking when it shouldn't.
My personal feeling is that IRAN wouldn't use a nuclear missile unless they were forced to. Certain upgrades to their missile technology if I remember correctly allows them to potentially hit a target 2500 miles away or something like that. They can just about reach Israel now. The issue is more they threaten the motherland Israel and have backers like China and Russia if we attack them. China and Russia involved can muddy things greatly and honestly who knows where they stand on the use of nuclear bombs.
So here's my attempt
1. We can't afford another war which plays right into the current politics to destroy our dollar and rape our country from the inside out. (I'd keep going on this one but I'm afraid it'd be off topic).
2. They wouldn't use a nuclear weapon unless backed so far into a corner the ramifications wouldn't matter at that point. Right now it's mostly propaganda and tactics to try and ruin IRAN for control and to make sure that country is kept where NATO thinks it should be.
3. No they couldn't reach America by any missile however they can sneak it in over international borders or do something similar to what the Russian's did in the Cold War. This would put their missiles in range of the U.S. The blowback would be answered in 2.
4. Well the sanctions that the U.S. is trying to enact would ultimately forbid China from doing business with IRAN however Beijing has recently said it didn't care. So yes, that would potentially mess up a route for them to do business but with the sanctions being as far reaching as they are have already screwed up the IRANIAN economy to the point where it's now very difficult for them to sell at a competitive price thus backing them into a further corner.
I'm almost out of characters so I'll just leave you with that. Hopefully I managed to clear up a few of your questions.
Thank you for replying, people rarely do...
I believe there are some shades of grey in the Iranian government, allegations of funding terrorism, sabre rattling, the Ayatollah in hiding using another mouth to dictate policy, those things make anyone wonder what is going on. I just think an overreaction by the US would be problematic. And how can we tell China what to do? Don't they hold like trillions of dollars of our debt? If they sold off that debt wouldn't our economy tank? I just think it's time we had a serious discussion about a change in foreign policy, one that creates dialogue and perhaps diplomacy.
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Originally posted by Shermanator
Iran is going to get a bomb... Iran WILL end up bombing Israel... It is a shame...
Despite your unfortunate choice of the "Shermanator" , it's refreshing to see the truth laid out so plainly.
On this topic-
Slowly the whole world is coming to realize what Iran's leaders are and the danger they represent. First Pakistan, then North Korea and now Iran. Eventually one or the other will teach the world the lesson that there are times when we must intervene.
Originally posted by DevilsLettuce
reply to post by insaan
That's what I don't understand, if Iran blocks the Straights of Hormuz, aren't they hurting their allies, mainly China?