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originally posted by: Swills
Fallout aside, it would guarantee Iran's own destruction because Israel would counter with their own nuke strike. In the end, no one would win.
But that doesn't matter because Iran doesn't have a nuke and isn't working on a nuke. Mossad confirmed.
Nuclear weapons are nothing more than political bargaining chips.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
a reply to: buster2010
Hey Buster2010 do you think that if Iran got nukes would they use them against Israel in a first strike situation?
originally posted by: Swills
a reply to: burntheships
but apparently the US is giving the entire world money and the actions of this gov't rarely make sense.
But back to op and it's article, whose title is misleading making readers think the US is giving Iran more money than it has given Israel since it's inception, which is just not the case.
originally posted by: buster2010
In no way would they use nukes on Israel and I will give some reasons why.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
Well unless you are trying to create a religious event then all rational thought is gone.
Republicans seem to be unable to grasp the changes that have taken place in this century.
With the Arab Spring, the fall of half a dozen regimes, the rise of al-Qaeda and ISIS, civil wars in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, we have a new Middle East.
Our principal enemies are now al-Qaeda and ISIS.
And while both have been aided by our old allies, Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, both are being resisted by Iran.
But, we are reminded, Iran’s regime is founded upon ideological hatred of America.
But, so, too, were Mao’s China and Stalin’s USSR. Yet Nixon forged a detente with Mao and FDR partnered with Stalin. And Ronald Reagan negotiated a strategic arms deal with the “evil empire” of his time.
Total U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes. Indeed, Israel's GNP is higher than the combined GNP of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. With a per capita income of about $14,000, Israel ranks as the sixteenth wealthiest country in the world; Israelis enjoy a higher per capita income than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and are only slightly less well-off than most Western European countries.
source: www.wrmea.org...
originally posted by: buster2010
In no way would they use nukes on Israel and I will give some reasons why.
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
This whole mess in the Middle East started when somebody thought it was a good idea to give a "Holy Land" to "God's Chosen People" by displacing the people living there. Rational thought left the building on that one.
originally posted by: burntheships
Why why why is the U.S giving any aid to any country that does not like us?
More than that, give aid to Iran who's "supreme leader" tweets a graphic
of a gun to the head of Obama?
Iranian leader tweets graphic of Obama with gun to head
www.usatoday.com...
www.jpost.com...
What I don't get is why you support a country who's supreme leader has repeatedly called for our destruction. Could you explain that to me please?
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: FyreByrd
LOL
China at the time and the USSR at the time vs the U.S. had nothing in common with today's Middle East and Iran.
The "New" Middle East is all on Obama 100%.
originally posted by: burntheships
a reply to: Swills
We have given them aid.
Please check the links I provided.
Also check this
en.wikipedia.org...
Also, @ Buster, using the excuse that many members here would approve of
the destruction of the U.S. ... that is nothing but confirmation bias.
originally posted by: enlightenedservant
You're incorrect with this part. You seem to forget that the Al-Qaeda's 9/11 attacks, Madrid 3/11 attack, London 7/7 attack & the subsequent War on Terror happened under Bush. Whether you like Saddam or not, ISIS never would've existed if Saddam stayed in power. He was the type of strongman who crushed all internal threats, which is why al-Qaeda had no presence in Iraq until his regime fell.
originally posted by: buster2010
I said the government not America.