Will a showdown with Iran spark new tensions that will lead to global warfare? How and Why?\n\nRules: \nNo propaganda\nNo hate speech\nNo religion\nAbuse will be reported.
210999
well i dont think wwIII wud start this way cause iran doesnt have that much of poweful backing
176818
The only thing worst then a military attack on Iran by the United States right now is a nuclear armed Iran. It can not be allowed too happen. I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes: \n\n"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."\n-John Stuart Mills, 19th Century Philosopher and Economist
568055
Yes, this is all just the beginning.\n\nSee if you look at the world today you will notice chain reactions happening all over the world that started on that day.  Example: the worlds distrust of the US.\n\nYes, a lot of things lead up to it, but it was the calmination of everything prior.\n\nBut don't worry just yet.  WWII started off a little skirmish it was a couple years before it became a blown out war.  The time you should worry is when another superpower enters this little skirmish or when it truelly becomes a religious war.\n\nYes, I know it seems that this is a religious war, but it's really just a political war right now.  If you noticed even on this forum it's becoming more religious every day. It still a man(Bin Lauden) using religion to do something political.  Eventually this will turn into a religious war or another World War; either way it will be the war to end all wars.
464070
It's should be an OUTRAGE TO THE WORLD that this rich tyrant in Iran dare to announce he wants to wipe another country off the planet. WHAT IS THE UN FOR?  Is the whole world going to back down and let these possessed guerillas rant on with their threats to humanity???????  This is like a nightmare coming to fore.
240350
I see the Point of the Article.....But  I think the Administration is taking the right Approach here,This is my opinion why:1-The younger Generation of Iran do not like its Gov. Policies.Wouldnt be surprised if some or all allied nations trying to stir people against war.2-Irans leader has been making unprovoked threats to many nations,making this a European problem as well.Because of types of threats,War could very well mean WWIII.I think Administration is hoping that our Allies take the lead in any negotiations because Irans military capabilities make it a bigger threat to europe.3-If it comes to American military involvement,look at a map,to see where our soldiers are with regards to Iran.With Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan,Fleets in Persian Gulf, And our bases in Europe and Asia,we are well positioned Militarily.Although my personal belief is that Iranian leader is Crazy(literally)I hope this situation resloves itself.The majority of young Iranians are just like us,they want to live like us and european nations,its just that they have a lunatic with a very large military loyal to that lunatic for a leader.Please note that my opinion is based on what I know and learned through discussions with Iranian Immigrants at school.\nSorry 4 any typos...heavily medicated....
128678
I think there is a strong chance that the War on Terror is going to continue into Iran.\n\n"A recent poll shows six in ten Americans think a new world war is coming: the same poll says about 50 percent approve of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. Somewhat inexplicably, about two-thirds say nuking those two cities was "unavoidable." One can only wonder, then, what their reaction will be to this ominous news, revealed in a recent issue of The American Conservative by intelligence analyst Philip Giraldi:\n\n"The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing – that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack – but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections."
269231
Well now.  A US battle battle group, which consist of aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear attack submarines, is capable singly of defeating any power on earth.  And the US has twelve battle groups. So at the very least Iran would be wiped out twelvefold.\n\nRemember how Saddam Hussein's "Mother of all Battles" turned out to be a total non-event.  Iran would simply cease to exist in a matter of days.\n\nAll your conceited, self-serving phony so-called religious rhetoric is useless drivvel.
560331
If that was the case, all hell would break lose and there would be a huge war.\n\nThat'll never ever happen.
29647
It really depends how you define "destroy the world" There will be a nuclear war. Most likley in the middle east. I don't think there will be a war that results in the total destruction of man kind. It is a sad state of affairs but I believe keeping nukes out of the hands of mad men is our best bet. Like it or not the best way to prevent these type of things is "Peace through superior firepower"
536374
Interesting. I liked the whole comment about having a lack of tension. I may be wrong, but I think the guy's from Iran. Don't they kind of have a habit of ignoring the international community and causing just a wee bit of tension on the rest of the PLANET? Besides, he underestimates the intellect of the American people; we are perfectly used to political rhetoric trying to play our emotions off of current events so that we form a favorable opinion to their cause(in this case namely "destroying the Zionist Jews") I hope he doesn't plan his reelection on it. Oh ya, if he gets thrown out, he'll just kill who he has to in order to get back.
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Prepare yourself for the unthinkable, war againsty Iran may be a necessity.\n\nThe UNIMAGINABLE but ultimately inescapable truth is that we are going to have to get ready for war with Iran.\n\nTehran threatended the US with 'harm and pain' for hauling them before the UN Security Council over its nuclear program. The rapidly intensifying crisis is like a train on a collision course.\n\nWhile we were chasing phantom nukes in Mesopotamia, next door, Iran was busy building real ones.\n\nThe unavoidable reality is that we now need urgently to steel ourselves to the ugly probability that diplomacy will not now suffice, one way or another, unconsciounable acts of war may now be unavoidable.\n\nThose who say war is unthinkable are right. Those who say the US should not send young boys to die in the Middle East far from home are right. Those who say war will foster more violence in the Middle East are right.\n\nMilitary strikes, even limited, targeted and accurate ones, will have devastating consequences for the region and for the world.\n\nAll the argument against a strike are fearfully powerful. But multiplied together, squared, and then cubed, the weight of these arguments do not come close to matching the case for us to stop, by whatever means necessary, Iran from becoming a nuclear power.\n\nIf Iran gets safely and unmolested to nuclear status, it will be a threshold moment in the history of the world, up there with the Bolshevik Revolution and the coming of Hitler.\n\nIran has stated that they will 'wipe Israel off the face of the map." They've stated that the 'holocaust was fake.' And the kind of society we live in and cherish in the West will change beyond recognition if Iran becomes nuclear. We balk now at intrusive government measures to tap our phones or other intrusions into our civil liberties. Imagine how much more our freedoms will be curtailed if our government's fear we are just one telephone call or e-mail, one plane journey or truckload away from another Hiroshima.
500393
Hizbullah is Iran's secretly (not really so secret) funded army. And I am not surprised at this attempt. If we continue to demonstrate that we have the stones to stick this fight through to the finish, they will lose ground. They (Iran and Syria) are known for their double-speak, loudly and globally proclaiming how America is bullying the middle east, yet at home and speaking to their citizens declaring a terrorist war on ALL of the western civilisations. No surprises here.
183864
I think the president will bow to pressure from the uninformed American People and not invade Iran, then Iran WILL end up developing Nuclear Bombs and using them, then the American People Will cry the blues wondering why our President didnt do something to prevent this.
309908
Nothing will happen.  Yes, that's right absolutely nothing.  All countries in that Region and many parts of the world just want to put up a perceived threat of retalliatioin of if you mess with them.  They see Isreal with Nuclear weapons, so they just want a deterant as well.  I mean run through the scenario, Iran attacks Isreal with a nuclear weapon, Isreal retaliates and deystroys Iran.  Other countries attacks Isreal again, Isreal attacks them.  These people aren't dumb.  They know that if they attack someone, they'll have severe cosequences.  India and Pakistan haven't destroyed each other yet.   And besides, as soon as the Iranians get their nukes ready, the CIA will send in a team to assinate the Iranian leaders.  (That's if Isreal doesn't get to them first).
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Yes, I do see the connection, friend.  Let me explain.\n\nI will say my opinions.  Be aware that this may frighten others so be considerate.\n\nIf anyone knows about the 150,000 troops, please state what will happen.  I didn't look into this one.\n\nFor the Palestinians and Israel going head-to-head on talks over the West Bank attacks, there's also the implication of recognition for Israel and the Beast who will deceive the world.\n\nYou may wonder who is the "woman that rides the beast".  The woman who rides the beast is the great harlot, the RCC (Roman Catholic Church), and the beast is the person that resides in the Vatican.  That person will come out of the Vatican to decieve the world, speaking blasphemies against God.\n\nFor Iran's nuclear situation, think of this.  I warn you, this is much bigger than you might think and may not be accurate due to newspapers changing every now and then.  With Iran, they deny they are building nuclear weapons but are looking at ways to negotiate than following a pre-conditional trigger.  Iran has nations on the talks, hoping to negotiate.  They are Germany, UK, France, US, Russia, and China.  The six-nation talks as you would have it.  Look at the bigger picture than this.  Russia (which is known as Megog), China (known as Gog, ally of Megog), are actually Iran's allies.  Think of the books that always provide heart-throbbing suspense.  China and Russia are pulling both strings, playing both as mediators and alliies.  Russia and China may say they want to negotiate but they actually want Iran to continue to build nuclear weapons.  Remember that Russia is nostalgic of the USSR and its heydays of bloodshed, repression, communism thanks to the democratic drawbacks.  For China, they see the alliance with Iran as a way to boost the imperial power of China's military.  On a side note, Russia is secretly building their military, expanding their force.  China, on the other hand, visits US bases to see exercises being conducted.  Why?  Because our US politicans want to see what China has in their arsenal.  Would China a.k.a. Gog do it?  No.  All it comes down to this is Megog and Gog are becoming ready for their attacks.\n\nSo, keep reading the Bible and checking with news.  The prophecies will be fulfilled as said in the KJV and I believe every ounce of it even if they have not come to pass yet.\n\nIf you are not saved, do so now.  Because once this all starts, and the national ID card comes out, Satan will come out like an angel of light, trumpeting.  Everyone will take the ID card and accept him as a god.  Then afterwards, there will be mass beheadings of people who resist the card that is required to buy or sell.  There will continue other seals.  But, anyone who asks to be saved by God, God will laugh in derision because you disobeyed Him and did not listen before He wreaked all His great wrath.  I'll list the websites in my source list so you can take a look at the seven seals and the End Times Prophecies.\n\nAll of this is not good for anyone who is not saved right now.  How to get saved?\n\nLet me enclose a piece of email that will help you.\n\n----------indiebaptist email-------------\n\nThe Way Of Salvation\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAccording to God's Holy Bible, there is a place called HEAVEN and a place called HELL. The Bible tells us that every person will spend eternity in one of these places. God wants everyone to know the way to HEAVEN. The following verses from the Bible point the way . . .\n\n\nThe Reality of Sin\n\nThe Bible tells us that "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). This means that ALL have fallen short of God's standard, and missed the goal. My friend, this means, "There is none righteous, no not one . . . They are all gone out of the way . . . there is none that doeth good; no not one" (Rom. 3:10,12). The good deeds
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I've been saying this for months. I've told EVERYBODY that after the elections, the U.S., Great Britain, and/or Israel WILL strike Iran.\n\nThink about it...  . . .We're not about to let them get NUCLEAR BOMBS.
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First of all the US has never threatened war with Iran.\n\nWe have never threatened military action.\n\nAll of the 'threats' are being made by people who do not speak for the US government.  The truth of the matter is that every nation wants the US to resolve the Iran problem militarily - but does not want to be seen as supporting that action.\n\nSad that you did not catch this.