Iran - will we soon face another aggressive act?

[GePap]

I find it amazing that anyone here thinks that if at this point the house of Saud falls, that pro-US forces will take over...they won;t. Islamic fundamentalist will,a nd then we are worse off. We are stuck with the porblem of having to continue to back the house of Saud, if from a distance, hoping that the House will make the necessary changes so that when it falls, it will be pre-west moderates, not the Islamists , who take over the oil spigot to what remains without a doubt that biggest reserve of crude oil in the world.

As for Iran: Anthing that allows the Hard liners to move on reformists without suffering too much popularity at home is a Godsend to them, and nothing could be worse than these groups getting money for illicit acts in Iran: that's just an invitation for the hardliners to crack down hard. The admin. should keep it's d1ck in its pants and chill at this point. They have just begun in Iraq, and they aren't doing too well (and that is without mentioning Afghanistan)

[TCO]

Originally posted by HershOstropoler


So it's about a little empire building around the oil?

9-11.

[Whaleboy]

Oh god not again. I suspect the case against Iran is going to be more feeble than Iraq!!! Hopefully this will be the straw that breaks the camels back for the American people, who will come to reason the fallacy of these policies their adminstration is adopting in their name.

Are we going to see another argument based on emotive subjectives, at the expense of reason and logic? Are we going to see the imposition of the US subjective upon an equally valid foreign subjective?

Its really getting rather boring now!

[HershOstropoler]

They want another 9-11?

[TCO]

you do.

[The Mad Monk]

It's about cutting the balls off the people who attacked us.

[Whaleboy]

Having said that above.... US presence in Iraq, US presence in Afghanistan, Iran sandwiched in the middle. Its a tactical goldmine for the US. Needless to say, it is still STUPID!!!!

[oedo]

It's about cutting the balls off the people who attacked us.

who did attack you? Iran?

[The Mad Monk]

GePap, not only do I not believe that Saudi will be taken over by pro-western forces, I am counting on it.

[HershOstropoler]

"you do."

I want another 9-11?
In that case I'd be a Bush fan and beg for the invasion of Iran, Syria and most of all, Saudi Arabia.

"It's about cutting the balls off the people who attacked us."

Iraq? Nope.
Syria? Nope.
Iran? Nope.
Saudi Arabia? Not the regime, but enemies of the regime.

Yup, makes sense.

[Whaleboy]

"9-11"

Get over it. It was in 2001, this is 2003. Revenge is irrelevant and counter-productive.

"It's about cutting the balls off the people who attacked us"

Hardly. If America wants to incite more terrorism, it is going the right way about it. Warships, billion-dollar jets, military strikes etc, may be effective against a similarly armed foe, but not a few determined individuals, motivated by their pain.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
It's about cutting the balls off the people who attacked us.

actually it is about multiplying the volunterers in their ranks

[Whaleboy]

Ummm, am I to take it that the Americans among us actually would support an action against Iran, or any other fallaciously names "axis of evil" country?

[GePap]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
GePap, not only do I not believe that Saudi will be taken over by pro-western forces, I am counting on it.

I am sorry., but that is absurd. People keep *****ing about Iraq as a counrty the size of California, and you want to take over a country the size of texas? We had Islamist attack us for basing in SA, nowhere near Mecca and medina, and now you want to Invade the land of mecca and Medina, if only the oil fields? Give me a fvcking break: that is beyond the realm of fantasy on your part, but if that is the level you care to function is, well, then reason probalby will fail.

[HershOstropoler]

Well if I understand MM correctly, then the pictures of GIs in Mecca and Medina will turn the islamic world into a peaceloving strawberry field.

Or something like that.