Israel already set a MArch deadline for Iran that has elapsed. Strike is imminent. I think Bush should have invaded IRan instead of Iraq because that's the financial hub for terrorism.
Nah... Saudi Arabia is the financial hub of terrorism. Here are eight reasons that Iraq was chosen over Iran as the first Islamic nation to be liberated: 1. 1/3rd the population of Iran. Easier to manage within budget. 2. We've already pretty much destroyed its armed forces. Much easier to win than a war with Iran. 3. Unlike Iran, the government of Iraq is very unpopular domestically. The Iraqi's are ready for a new political direction. 4. Geographically perfect. We can reach it by land and sea AND it borders our entire next round of targets. 5. Everyone hates Saddam. The Muslims won't even stand up for that ruthless sonofabitch. The only friends he has are the French, Russians, and Germans whom he has bribed -- and they won't do anything but whine. 6. We're already spending taxpayer dollars to enforce the no-fly zone. 7. Saddam is completely ignoring the agreements he made which ended the last war -- giving us clear legal justification for an invasion. 8. Iraq has an awesome population. Until The Baath Party took over in 1965, Iraq was doing very well. They are politically aware and ready for the future. As far as countries go, Iraq wouldn't be much more difficult to turn around than East Germany. This is an excerpt from this post which explains the reasoning for the invasion more in-depth.
Every day when I wake up I check the news, and every day when I check the news, I am surprised Bush hasn't attacked Iran yet. I'm 99% sure I will wake one day soon and I will see it.
Things that make you go "Hmmmm..." 1. The Taliban thought we wouldn't successfully invade Afghanistan. 2. Saddam Hussein thought we wouldn't successfully invade Iraq. 3. The Iranians... hmmm... are these people learning resistant or something?
I am starting to doubt it. Mayby because Irans Shahab missiles would struck Israel and coalition bases in Iraq, Afganistan and Turkey. Also, Irans new underwater missile can sink any american ship in the gulf. I'm still thinking that this is a better scenario than wait and get a nuke over the head.
You act like Bush cares about troops lives Any attacks on our Troops from Iran will only enrage our citizens and help gain more support for attacking them.
In any conflict, friendly casualties will occur. My friends in the know tell me that they aren't worried at all about the missiles. They worry only about the constant low-level street-fighting that a land invasion might make necessary. I do not see President Bush leading this conflict. It's too late in his term. I see President Clinton being in the Oval Office when these events come to a head.
Israel sets lots of deadlines, but they rarely use millitary violence but instead believe in a diplomatic solution. The peacefull solution has almost never been the case, still a nice thought
Well that's true but considering that it has been a liberal left circus in US despite that only 2000 was killed, which is a very low number, how will the reactions be if Iran kills 30.000 troops when they attack the millitary bases and probably also navy ships? Just curious. Too late?? He still got 2 years to go.
Well you talked about a miniwar before with just airstrikes. That can't take more than a few weeks, can it? And who said that a wars overcommand can't be transfered to another one?
Yes. That would be possible, as long as the air strikes had a defined set of targets. That's just a weirdness of American politics. To campaign, it seems that you must be in opposition to what the current office holder is doing. The more President Bush pushes forward on the War on Terrorism, the more President Clinton is going to have to push back. If President Bush wants President Clinton to be free to execute the War on Terrorism, then the best thing he can do right now is pull back. Hey, I didn't claim it made sense.
Oy vey... this guy confuses me. Everything he says translates roughly into "Please bomb me out of existence as soon as possible, thanks."
Religions is over rated. All it does is start wars. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/14/iran.israel/index.html I believe that the only way to prevent war is to concentrate on education, food growth, and higher standard of living. I good example of this is eastern asia. China, Vietnam, South Korea. Another example is India. I know that there is still some tensions between Pakistan and India but in the last 10 years with India economy growing rapidly has really thrown the region into peaceful times. Although peaceful is not the word I'm really looking for. Anyway I hope you get my point. ( Its easier said than done.) I honestly think that this is topic that can go back and forward. There is no right decision. Either way I do not believe America is ready for another war. It's going to take the international community to pull this off. Just hope the situation will not turn into another N.Korea.
It's bait. He wants to provoke Israel into initiating a first strike ... or the US, therefore one must question why he is being deliberately provocative ...?