does anyone think that there will be war with Iran or things will get sorted out diplomatically?
463970
Neither. Iran is run by power-mad fascists, who will never act civilized, but they're not necessarily crazy enough to actually use a nuclear device. So, it would probably be a standoff between the civilized world and Iran over this issue.\n\nDiplomatically, every country but the US is afraid to use any pressure. No embargos or boycotts or sanctions. The 3 Euro-wankers that have been negotiating with Iran these past couple of years wasted a lot of time, because they were too much the sitzpinklers, to threaten a punishment of Iran for failure to comply.\n\nThe UN, as usual, is too busy sipping tea and denouncing America and Israel, to actually do or say anything useful.\n\nSo, like for the past 100 years, it means the USA has to do the heavy lifting for the good of mankind once again.\n\nI wish we would tell Iran, "If you attack the USA or Israel, we will wipe you off the face of the earth. Everybody else is on their own, do what you will. May Allah be merciful to them."\n\nI'm tired of spending American blood and treasure defending wankers.
331039
Definately.  The war in Iraq isn't going that well for us, and Iran is a bigger, more powerful country.
402581
It shouldn't be a first option.  The ideal situation would be an internal revolution in Iran, I can't imagine that the average Iranian is terribly happy with Ahmadinejad and Khamenei though the Iranian police state has so far been able to keep them in power.  I think that diplomatic options need to be exhausted before military options are exercised, but it is up to Iran how far this goes.  If they allow the IAEA in to monitor and verify their claim that they are trying to generate Nuclear power for civilian purposes (which all current evidence indicates is not the case) then the world will probably let them do so, however if Iran begins deploying and/or exporting Nuclear Weapons they will have to be stopped, and it would be imprudent to take any option off the table before their intentions are known.
333706
A war between Iran and US would be a tragedy for both nations. It is not important who wins, it's important how many victims there will be on both sides. At the present technological stage, it should be easy to understand that war must never be an option.
429640
The whole MAD business.  If both sides start using nuclear weapons, the world has a good chance of ending.  So, no one actually uses them.  I'm guessing if Iran actually uses them, the US won't retaliate because no one wants to use nuclear weapons.
104588
It would take a coalition of countries and U.N. resolve plus resolutions, and getting Congress to approve.  Yes it is possible, however no one wants more war so a lot of diplomacy will be tried before it comes down to an actual war.  Is the U.S. able the answer to that is also a yes.  The U.S. is able to do most everything it sets it's mind to do.  I believe that there will be a settlement with Iran being willing to allow inspectors in to supervise the Nuclear Operations. If they intend this power only to make electricity from they should have no problem complying with that U.N. request.
686284
I don't think so, nobody wants war with Iran, because they have allies in China and Russia and that would be world war III
495274
Isreal would be able to deal with Iran without too much of a problem.  The real issue would be dealing with the rest of the middle east who will ride the fence until Isreal strikes.  They would not stand by, they would attack and then the US would need to intervene.  What a mess.
618164
The current "disagreement" will end peacefully... well, without war. The US cannot independently act militarily against Iran -Internationally it would mean political suicide. The US WILL need to have UN backing for any military action against Iran. The world watched the illegal Iraq campaign take place... We all see the problem of "Enduring Freedom!" They will NOT standby and watch a similar action in Iran. There is just no justification for it. Regardless of the empty political rhetoric of the Iranian leaders, the world does good business with Iran.\n\nThis does leave open one other option for the US, and, disregarding "black op's" (Terrorist insurgency) the US could act unilaterally against Iran... \n\nThis is the worst case scenario internationally. And just when does it make sense to go to war with a country and use "nuclear weaponry" against them because they are POSSIBLY embarking on a program to manufacture nuclear materials?!?\n\nThe world is watching, and the world doesn't watch US news.
525492
Of course not.  With the current most likely scenarios this will not happen.  If Iran continues its path of nuclear development, they will be increasingly separated from the rest of the world including some of the other Mid-East nations.  At some point a “face saving” way will be found so that they change direction or at some point the people of Iran will alter their government.
877466
i just wanna say if the USA started a war with Iran.Iran well win.......and Iran well be the new strongest country in the world instead of the USA\nhope so
1088683
mark my words, if we go to war with iran... WE WILL LOSE\n\nThey may not have the technology we have. They may not be a sophisticated militarily as us. \n\nBut they have over 1,000,000 people ready to strap on bombs and take the war to our soldiers and our homeland.\nAnd that is no bull$h!t\nMany of there people have already told there president that they will do "whatever is needed to defeat the bully" known as the U.S.\n\nWe are not talking about soldiers here. We are talking about civilians with families who are prepared to die.\nWe can not defeat that.\n\nJust ask the former Soviet Union.
689599
Yes, it appears to me that several events are starting to line up quickly. Hamas and the cut off of their funds is a ticking time bomb. The Iranian president is trying to provoke a conflict with the west in a attempt to usher in the Muslim messiah. If the U.S. or Israel attacks Iran their will be a response that could be the one foretold in Ez ch 38. That in turn could be the conflict that results in a peace treaty with Israel which is the start of the tribulation.
69348
I doubt the United States would declare a state of war with Iran- Iran has not attacked us (at least directly). If we fought a military action, I think it would be brief and simple, involving mostly naval and air forces to bomb and destroy Iranian nuclear reactors.\n\nI think the war would also be coalition-based, with UN and EU forces participating. After destroying the reactors, we would probably end the fighting.\n\nThis is similar to the 1981 bombings of that Iraqi nuclear plant by the IDF-AF (Israeli Defense Forces/Air Force). Except this time, we'll be fighting with a coalition.\n\nI am not sure if Israel should participate in this war. Like the 1991 Gulf War, it could ignite anti-Israel and anti-Semitic feelings in the middle East and spark a huge war.
642289
you need to become better informed, what war in iran are you talking about?
390150
Here's a conversation I had with an Iranian yesterday:\n\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:22:40 PM): hi\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:23:12 PM): i want to talk to you about the question you asked\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:23:28 PM): Sure\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:24:04 PM): which question?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:24:35 PM): The question about supporting military action against Iran\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:24:39 PM): OK\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:24:45 PM): What do you know about Iran?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:24:59 PM): And about persian people?\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:25:15 PM): I know that the Iranian President wants a war with the United States\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:25:51 PM): so it should cause milions of people and children to die?\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:26:11 PM): What, war with the US?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:26:23 PM): Yes\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:26:46 PM): The war which hasn't started, and in not going to start\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:27:05 PM): No, I don't believe that. I believe the Iranian government is trying to push the US into a war to prove some kind of point\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:28:04 PM): I don't think Iran's people agree with it, nor do they want a war, when Iran threatens the US or US allies with missile strikes or threatens to take a country out, that is pretty much a call to war\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:28:32 PM): OK\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:28:44 PM): So you mean you support it, right?\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:29:06 PM): But, think about this, if someone had a gun and threatened to shoot you, what would you do in reaction?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:29:47 PM): If i knew that the gun isn't real and it cant never hurt me, i wouldn't take a serious reaction\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:30:05 PM): I don't know that I do support it, but I can sympathize with people who are threatened militarily. It doesn't mean I want war, it just means I understand why they feel that way\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:30:26 PM): So what about us?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:30:33 PM): What about OUR feelings?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:30:42 PM): No one cares about them\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:31:39 PM): I feel that you are not in disagreement with your government leaders, however I do care about the millions of people caught in the middle, such as yourself. You don't want war any more than our people\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:32:07 PM): I don't disagree with the government?!!!\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:32:24 PM): No one agrees with them\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:32:35 PM): I don't think it will even become a physical war, just a war of words... like two men who flex their mustles to try to prove who's stronger\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:33:21 PM): So you agree that it's okay to say that your government will wipe a country out of existence?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:33:28 PM): I think it's pretty obvious that who's stronger, there's no need to war\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:33:57 PM): They can't do that ! They can't\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:34:39 PM): I don't care about them, you can send them to the hell, so that we can breathe easy\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:34:47 PM): But i'm worried about the people, children, lovers, memories\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:35:49 PM): They're deciding on their own, there's no one who supports or agrees with them\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:36:05 PM): Same here, that's why I don't understand why Iran would want to threaten powerful nations like Israel and the US\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:36:11 PM): Except some stupid people like themselves\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:36:27 PM): Iran doesn't want this\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:36:46 PM): Ahmadi nejad wants so\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:36:54 PM): Neither does the US. I think the only ones that want it are the news media because it means ratings\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:37:48 PM): So what about the people? When are they gonna decide about their own future?\nabcormi (4/15/2006 4:38:09 PM): who? your people? our people?\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:38:30 PM): our people\nParnian (4/15/2006 4:38:54 PM): Yo
19886
I, myself being an Iranian, I would say I hope the best for it. But the problems it is having on the international front are causing some problems. But on the other hand, IRAN will be kicking butt in the world cup in Germany!