I am always hearing that America needs to attack Iran because they are a threat to Israel. America is already too busy with Irag and Aghanistan why should go to Iran. Israel has their own army, tanks, bombs, jet and they say God is on their side...why can't they do it themselves?
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http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=8821\n\nOne of the best summations of why the U.S. is concerned about Iran.\n\nTo correct a few skewed facts above, Iran is no more a rogue state than Israel, Iran is independent, a member of the U.N. , and has a democratically elected government. If you actually had read a history book or two, you would also know that the entire reason why the American hostages were held is because the U.S. had given asylum to the dictatorial monarch that they had imposed on Iran in 1953, the shah Pahlavi, and refused to send him back to be put on trial for numerous crimes against his own citizens. As soon as he died, they decided to release the hostages, when they could have just as easily held them for other demands such as weapons, money, or supplies. But they didn't. They wanted justice. Iran is nowhere near being able to even produce enough enriched uranium to create a bomb, let alone a reactor. The president of Iran is no more a fanatical They are not in violation of the non-proliferation treaty or IAEA regulations. Do a little research rather than flipping on the news and you might realize this. Now if you are going to argue that we need to prevent nuclear proliferation, I'm all for it, however, Iran is not the place to start. Right now Pakistan, India, North Korea, and Israel all have nuclear weapons yet somehow that is not as big of a deal? Iran is  the world's second largest producer of oil and gas, but of course, no, that couldn't have anything to do with it, even though our oil companies have recorded record-breaking profits over the last few years. Well what about freedom and democracy for all the poor Iranians? Bullshit. Like before, Iran's government is democratically elected and run by the people, that is not just an opinion, it is a fact you can look up in any reference source.  Claims of how Iranians live without freedom are made by people who have never been there. I have traveled all over the world and have been to Iran six times. I can honestly say that I have never felt as safe in the U.S. as I have in Iran. You can literally feel free walk around in the middle of the night in Tehran without fear of being mugged, attacked, or be a victim of any other stupid crime happens here much more often. Iran is not at fault here, we are.\n\nIn addition on the claim of Israel's undeniable right to exist, you might find this letter by Ghandi interesting:\n\n"Several letters have been received by me asking me to declare my views about the Arab-Jew question in Palestine and the persecution of the Jews in Germany. It is not without hesitation that I venture to offer my views on this very difficult question.\n\nMy sympathies are all with the Jews. I have known them intimately in South Africa. Some of them became life-long companions. Through these friends I came to learn much of their age-long persecution. They have been the untouchables of Christianity. The parallel between their treatment by Christians and the treatment of untouchables by Hindus is very close. Religious sanction has been invoked in both cases for the justification of the inhuman treatment meted out to them. Apart from the friendships, therefore, there is the more common universal reason for my sympathy for the Jews.\n\nBut my sympathy does not blind me to the requirements of justice. The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?\n\nPalestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs. What is going on in Palestine today cannot be justified by any moral code of conduct. The mandates have no sanction but th
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They want a bomb.  Period.  When oil is plentiful and cheap, why spend all that money on a nuclear reactor for electricity?\n\nThey want a nuclear weapon.  My guess is that they would pass it along to some terrorist organization (Hamas) to detonate in Israel.  This way, they could deny involvement.  Iran hates Israel, despite it's significant Muslim population, but they know they can't formally declare war, because they would get blamed, then they would get beaten up bad.\n\nSo Tehran instead plays around, giving money and arms to terrorist groups to act as some sort of play army.  This way they can attack without being blamed.\n\nAfter Israel, I would worry next about New York and Los Angeles.  Both are major cities, with significant Jewish populations.  Again, Iran doesn't care about either cities Islam populations (which are also sizable).  Killing ten Muslims for one Jew is fine by them.\n\nBy the way, I reference their government here, not individuals, particularly those in the USA for more than 25 years.  Iran has an opposition movement, with many supporters fleeing to the US and Europe after the Shah's government collapsed in the late 70's.
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My god what are they teaching in the schools these days. Some one said so what we have em, Israel has em..... \n Are you that stupid. If we let Iran have them, then they will end up on your lap one day when you go to eat dinner. That dude is a Nut ball and has already said that his plans is to take Israel off the map. After he takes out Israel where do you think he would attack next? Yes that's right, right here in the USA. Think its to big of a job for him. Well maybe, only because we already took out Iraq(which you probably was against as well)and The Taliban. Good grief what is wrong with you people, Don't you know what a Nuke is. There are to many in the world already and if we let anyone else have them then its that much more of a threat. Especially some mental case. Go USA. I still live here. If you don't like it then move over with them. Be decent for once, Support your president and your country. I still love this place. You should to.
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First of All America never Attack on Iran cause two time he done already if third time America sumbited tht kind of mistake America will Torn to Pieces.In this Asia Blog means Pakistan India and China they never wants tht Some One attack on Iran cause of Peace.if tht happen they all Combine.Isreal is major Cause of Attack on Iran so if America Attack on Iran its mean tht Isreal is totaly Sported them if America Attack on Iran its mean tht America Attaks the Whole Muslims
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There is no need to conquer Iran.  There probably will not even be a need to attack Iran, but if the need arises, we would still not need to conquer them.  Iran presents two strategic problems for the US: the leadership and, to a certain extent, the people are rabidly opposed to Israel; and they actively support, supply and finance the insurgency in Iraq.\n\nSo far we have let the Europeans ply their typically Chamberlainesque appeasement tactics to the nuclear problem, but sooner or later we will have to explain to them and to the Russians that Iran will simply not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.  Period.  The problem will then almost certainly go rapidly away.  If it does not, we will destroy their nuclear facilities from the air.  No need to invade.  Pay no attention to Iranian threats; the worst they can do is lob a few missiles at Israel, like Saddam did in the first Gulf War.\n\nThe second problem is more intractable, but it has, I believe, an indirect solution.  Invade Syria.  That would cut off Baathist support for the insurgents, sever the main route for insurgent communications, and send an unambiguous message to the other states in the region, including Iran.
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Its a game for Iran, they are buying time, noone wants to take the time and resources to take military action against them, they will be nuking israel soon, then WWIII
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iran's nuclear power is just something america uses as an excuse to attack them and overtake their natural resources, by accident - it's oil\n\nwhat makes US China, India and Israel better so they can have it and others can't, besides america is the only one who used it till now and they still do, they use it all the time, light  type - and the victims are everybody who is where american soldiers have actions and themselves too, do you know that over 100 000 Desert Storm Veterans have leukemia and similar diseases\n\n(bosnia and herzegovina)\n\n\nYou americans live in great ignorance (most) thinking you're kind of good force fighting against evil like in your movies \nthe true is mostly inverse\n\nWhy dont you stop genocides all over the world - because those poor people don't have oil, why didn't you stop the war here 15 years ago? because there was no interest
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In view of the fact that it has been widely known that Bush has been planning to 'invade' Iran for about 3 years now, nothing is a surprise to me.  \n\nNothing surprises me about Israel's actions as I am increasingly getting the impression that they are simply a 'state' of the USA out on a limb [bit like UK are becoming - and I'm British!]  Both USA and Israel are in contravention of UN demands and International Law.  Israel beat the **** out of Lebanon weeks ago - they blasted the country into the ground and ruined its infrastructure and developing tourist industry.  Now they have started shelling Palestinians again - it's shameful and you have to ask how they get away with it - all the time!  I'm not surprised these poor people have turned to 'terrorist armed forces' for their defence - Israel is the most technically advanced and well equipped fighting force in the Middle East and they constantly abuse the human rights of the Lebanese and Palestinian people.
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Despite the Anti-American rhetoric from Iran, it doesn't really want to have any major confrontation with the US, especially on a head-to-head basis, as militarily it is far weaker than the US.\n\nIn addition, the US has no real desire at present to send troops into Iran either (it's bad enough fighting battles in both Afghanistan and Iraq without fighting Iran also, since the best combat divisions are already tied up).\n\nIran is well aware that "attacking the US" would provoke a swift and powerful military response in the form of bombings and ship-launched missiles against strategic military targets in Iran, in order to prevent further Iranian attacks. The US would also ensure that Iranian nuclear facilities were well "bombed".\n\nThere would be no need for troops on the ground as the US wouldn't be seeking to invade, merely to punish.\n\nIn some ways an attack on a US ship by Iran would give the US an excuse to attack Iran and halt any nuclear intentions it had for the foreseeable future. \n\nHowever, Iran is not a "helpless kitten".\n\nWhen the USS Vincennes accidentally shot down an Iranian passenger plane, believing it to be a hostile jet, Iran vowed revenge - whatever it took.\n\nLess that 6th months later Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie killing all 270 people on board + 11 townsfolk who were subsequently hit by the falling debris.\n\nAlthough Colonel Gadaffi, who the the favorite whipping boy of the US was blamed, many intelligence agencies outside the US blamed Iran for funding the terrorists and proving the detonators.\n\nThe timing device used on the bomb was found to be similar to a batch sold to Iran 3 months earlier. 3 weeks before the bombing, West German police successful arrested several Arab terrorists who were plotting "to blow up a US plane". Two of the terrorists (now serving 20 years each in a German prison) admitted that Irananian Intelligence had supplied them with money, training and detonators.\n\nSo perhaps the real question is whether the US will cause a confrontation, either deliberably or accidentally with Iran, and how Iran, rather than the US, will react. \n\nMy guess would be a 6 or 7 suicide bombers in Times Square, Wall Street, near the Whitehouse, etc. There is a hell of a lot of "wannabe martyrs" in Iran, but they lack both the training and the funding. Iran can provide both.
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This is all very convenient and farcical. You have the most belligerent nation on the planet, the only one that has used nukes in the past, the one that has the capability to destroy the world many times over, behaving like an empire telling nations what they should or should not do.\nThe assumption that other nations who may want nuclear weapons are "crazy" serves as the rationale for not allowing them to have them.\nIf you paint your adversary like a nut job bent on destroying Israel then everything you do or say will be justified.\nI don't particularly like Iran, a theocratic dictatorship, but one must remember that the primary goal of any dictatorship is to stay in power. Iran knows very well that if they would use nukes on anyone, let alone Israel, they would be wiped off the map.\nThe same reasoning was valid for Saddam's Iraq.\nThe last thing a fledgling dictator like him could have wanted was to create a case for being removed. That's why the alarm by the US govt that Iraq was a threat are ludicrous.\nBut people get easily drunk on propaganda.
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I don't know where you heard the American people want to kill you, but it's completely false. The vast majority of the American people want Iranians to have freedom to choose their path in life without fear of an opressive government. Americans would gladly support Irans people in building a free and prosperous nation which would be welcomed with open arms by all nations. The problem is the Iranian government talking about using nuclear weapons in premptive attacks. Its not the people, its the government.
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Look we're the only superpower. We have nukes as a deterrent. Would we use them? Sure if we needed to, but that would be a last resort. As to Israel, they are our ally and Thus we let them keep nukes as a deterrent. It is one way for Ismael to ensure not being over run by its enemies in the middle east. Why can't Iran have nukes? North Korea? Because we said so that's why. (Please refer to first sentence.)
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Free Speech comes to mind when talking about that little cartoon---Why can't the nation of Islam just roll w/ it? They were'nt up in arms about any Jesus cartoons (and there were many) No, Wash., DC is still the capitol of USA, it's just that Israel deserves the rite to a "nuclear" deterrent since every country bordering them and beyond has their annilation on their political agenda! There are lots of countries that refuse to acknowledge Israel for what reason? We know that Israel will not use "nukes" for instigating purposes---Iran, being unstable and hostile to others, poses a threat to anybody that does not see things their way...no diplomacy just the nature of the beast!
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Iranian Policy is fraught with peril and so long as they call for the destruction of Israel they will NEVER be a part of the World community.  I just hope Iran is not dumb enough to provoke the rest of the world to the extent that it causes military action to be taken against it ----that would destroy Iran; throw the MidEast into turmoil; and have a disastrous impact on the global economy
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I don't know what that first person above me is talking about, but the problem is Iran and Syria. They are the ones propagating the violence in Iraq AND in Lebanon in order to better suit their own interests, that being to give the US hell to prevent the US from helping Israel in case Iran wants to attack Israel and to use the violence as a way to get the US to talk to Iran and Syria so that the US government can hear their case, that being their agenda in the Middle East. Also, Iran does not want a stable Iraq. Iran and Iraq had a long eight-year war with one another and over a million people were killed. If Iraq was stable and still under Saddam or any stable government, Iran would have a nation to contend with. Iran and Iraq have hated each other for more than two-thousand years, going all the way back to when Persia (modern Iran) conquered Babylon (modern Iraq).\nIt was stupid for us, the United States, to attack Iraq. It would have been in our better interests to leave that country alone, because now that Iraq is in shambles, there is no nation in the Middle East that can be used (besides Israel) to help fight Iran.
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Iran has successfully out-manouvred the US at every stage of this developing crisis. They've done so through skillful diplomacy, using rhetoric aimed more at their allies than at the West, thus building a huge Worldwide backing, not out of support for Iran, but out of common hatred for the bully boy tactics of Bush America. \n\nAmerica has no answer to the Iranians because it understands  only one response to its belligerence. America expects States to roll over and surrender to its might. When this doesn't happen America can't cope. Iran knows this and is having enormous fun making America look ridiculous. Its all a game and America is losing every move.\n\nIran also knows America is not a serious military threat. America would be taken apart if it tried to take on Iran because the whole Islamic World would be aligned with Iran in a flash. So what does America have to do? It can do only one thing: Start treating Iran with respect and negotiate a settlement as a partner in this little World instead of acting the bully boy.
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The whole situation in the middle east is so complicated. I do not even know where to start. The worst thing they could do was to try and start a war with Israel. Not very smart. Hopefully they can rebuild their country and try to live a peaceful life. I hope they do along with everyone else in the middle east.