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crazyewok
I hate to say this but I think the US has to start a war. A big one too. Thats how it plans to cover it debts.
With its extreme debt the only was to pay it off like after the great depression/WW2 is to increase economic growth. The other altenative is cuts and austerity measures and the USA doesnt seem to want to look at that so the 1st seems on the table.
Well the biggest growth secter and only real manufactureing left in the USA is weapons. A nice war with Iran would bring in a few trillion $$$ as the allies that will jump on the war wagon (UK, France, Isreal, Saudi arabia ect) will be buying US arms like crazy along with any partasian groups. Hell why do you think the US govemnet is tripping over it self to arm syrian rebels? Not the goodness of there heart but pure $$$$$$.
Plus if they can kick the behive enough they may get into a situation were a draft has to come in, which Washington would LOVE I mean what better way to reduce the wellfare bill than to send the poor and unemployed off to die as cannon fodder? A very cheap way to imporve the unemployment problem.
Even if the USA loses in Iran it "wins". I mean there is no one able to actually attack the mainland so whats the risk? Win or loss it will make its money and if it loses the worse that can happen is Isreal gets blown up, the fat cats in DC are not at risk.edit on 30-10-2013 by crazyewok because: (no reason given)
crazyewok
I hate to say this but I think the US has to start a war. A big one too. Thats how it plans to cover it debts.
With its extreme debt the only was to pay it off like after the great depression/WW2 is to increase economic growth. The other altenative is cuts and austerity measures and the USA doesnt seem to want to look at that so the 1st seems on the table.
Well the biggest growth secter and only real manufactureing left in the USA is weapons. A nice war with Iran would bring in a few trillion $$$ as the allies that will jump on the war wagon (UK, France, Isreal, Saudi arabia ect) will be buying US arms like crazy along with any partasian groups. Hell why do you think the US govemnet is tripping over it self to arm syrian rebels? Not the goodness of there heart but pure $$$$$$.
Plus if they can kick the behive enough they may get into a situation were a draft has to come in, which Washington would LOVE I mean what better way to reduce the wellfare bill than to send the poor and unemployed off to die as cannon fodder? A very cheap way to imporve the unemployment problem.
Even if the USA loses in Iran it "wins". I mean there is no one able to actually attack the mainland so whats the risk? Win or loss it will make its money and if it loses the worse that can happen is Isreal gets blown up, the fat cats in DC are not at risk.
andy06shake
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Ah the sheer hypocrisy of it all! Iran cant have the bomb because there considered a wild card while its ok for the rest of us supposedly morally enlightened first world nations to possess such a device.
If it was not so sad it would be hilarious! LoL
ketsuko
reply to post by BugOut
I feel a little safer when countries without autocratic, dictatorial governments have those kinds of weapons. Not much, but a little. When the government shifts on a whim and is more responsive and divided by the will of the people, it seems to me that it's less likely for those weapons to ever leave the silos without a catastrophic breakdown of some sort.
Contrast that with a dictatorial or oligarchic government where you are relying on the sanity of a single person or very small junta of people. It's much easier for the whims of one person to control whether or not those weapons leave the silo.
That's the main reason Iran and North Korea scare me. I'm not very comfortable with Pakistan either because they're very close to losing control on a regular basis. Russia used to be scary, but we at least knew they wanted to rule the world enough that MAD would definitely work with them. Israel is held in check by the reality of the size of their tiny piece of land.
I'm getting less and less comfortable with our own system, but we haven't flipped the switch into a dictatorship or one party rule yet, so there's still some hope.
how can i feel safe
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suffocated
how can i feel safe
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suffocated
crazyewok
reply to post by beckybecky
Iran would struggle to get a nuke on a missle that could hit Isreal. The USA no chance, not for many many more years.
And seeing as they have no bluewater navy to speak of your safe from conventinal warfare too
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fair
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democracy
beckybecky
reply to post by ketsuko
how can i feel safe
please tell me.
i a, so worried that i can't sleep at night.every little sound feels like iran attacking me.every little noise.i feel
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suffocated
bloodreviara
Its gotta stop man, this is all just such BS, i dont buy it for one
minute, if they do get one or are about to, so what? are they
really going to be that insane? NK has them and an insane leadership
but you dont seem them tossing nukes about, now why would
Iran do that? knowing full well Russia could not help them
anymore than China could help NK if they went nuclear......
I for one think the world needs a godforsaken armistice for
a good 200 or 300 years, we warred hard guys, lets call it
a friggin epoch and kick back a few sheesh......edit on 27-10-2013 by bloodreviara because: (no reason given)
I agree. It no longer matters who is right or wrong, who did what to who, or who is worthy and trusting enough to have this or that. World leaders need to pull away from a tunnel vision approach and read some literature on where all of this has gotten us so far.
Atomic energy exists - bummer it's used inappropriately but Iran has done nothing wrong that has to do with us directly. I have a ton of empathy, and don't want to see anyone hurt but our very existence over there is only making it worse. It increases resistance - more people recruited or join causes due to wrongs they have encountered; breeds more hate toward those they attribute those wrongs to. Do we really need more of this?
I know there is history and we have pacts to keep but it isn't working out. The worst acts of terrorism have been born from our meddling. That threat is not going to go away for a very long time but we can at least reduce any grievances against us by stepping away now.
If Iran does something world changing then maybe we have a place but short of an atrocity like what Hitler did or a direct threat to us we would only make it worse by interfering. I see and attack on Iran as preventing something they only guess "could" happen to another Country in their region. If we help prevent what is only a possibility, we also see casualties and therefore increase loathing for the US, making them want to bomb US allies even more. Such an attack based on presumptions is like throwing both gas and a match into a pile of wood.
crazyewok
reply to post by beckybecky
Maybe we should invade America cause they have nukes!
Its like speaking to a child
You do know they have been saying Iran will have the "bomb" in a month or a year or whatever for the last 20 odd years?
Why this any diffrent?
Plus they would not use a nuke anyway, if they did they know they would be nuked back. These are some random bunch of terrorists.
Plus what this BS about wanting to harm you cause of Democracy you been watching too much fox new havent you?
If they want to harm you it because idiot American keep calling for Irans destruction, o and the fact the USA is propping up Arab nation on its border like saudi Arabia ect who are of a diffrent Islamic faction as well as a certain pesky jewish nation calling for its destruction. O and the fact the US has been invading its neigbours left right and center and supply arms to terrorists in the region to destabilise it. USA=Sneaky.
Yeah a bit more complicated....but I guess sound bites from Fox news and your lying polticians are what you understand.
Plus if you want war so much are you going down the recruiting office tomorrow
to sign up?edit on 31-10-2013 by crazyewok because: (no reason given)
a documentary on terrorists motivations confirmed that they have been promised 72 virgins in paradise by the men telling them to go on suicide missions.check it yourself.ok?
their seems to an LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF THESE BOMBERS so it can't just be a small clique can it.they would have run out by now.