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On the other hand I do know of a solution that would prevent Iran from getting nukes at any point in the foreseeable future. But you're not going to like it...
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Does it involve NUKING THEM?
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Well, there is that. But I was assuming that you were going for a solution that wouldn't involve the US being ejected from the UN and losing diplomatic relations with half the world's countries.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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(note I am not neccesarily pro military action, I don't know enough, I just wanted to comment on GePap's consideration of US/Israel hotheads, and what they are capable of)
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Of course they have hotheads. But Iran isn't the one thinking of launching air strikes at nuclear facilities in ohter soverign states. And no, I don;t believe the Iranian regime would be any more eager to use nukes than any regime that currently has them.Originally posted by Jon Miller
So Isreal and US are the only governments with hotheads??
Iran definitely has none...
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Awful scenario. Can't say I'm sympathetic to Israel - they've never come clean about their own nuke program.Comment
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QFT.Originally posted by Sandman
Awful scenario.
This will clearly encourage Iran, and other countries, to acquire nukes as quickly as possible. Because nukes seem to be the only deterrent against foreign agression these days."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
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It was bushs fault. labelling them part of the axis of evil pushed iran and north korea to turn to nukes so that they could not be invaded."Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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Saddam didn't even load Chemical Weapons on his SCUD's to Israel. And presumably he still had those at the time.Originally posted by BlackCat
Nope. But he [Saddam Hussein] may have wished to drop a nuke on israel and the current Iran president seems to have taken up that dream, and it seems that the israelis yet another time has to do the dirty laundry.
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Democratic Kampuchea must've missed that memo.Originally posted by GePap
And no, countries don;t commit martyrdom,Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Given that a certain regime has been thinking aloud about initiating nuclear attacks, that's not very calming.Originally posted by GePap
Of course they have hotheads. But Iran isn't the one thinking of launching air strikes at nuclear facilities in ohter soverign states. And no, I don;t believe the Iranian regime would be any more eager to use nukes than any regime that currently has them.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Their border skirmishes with Vietnam, which lead to the regime's downfall through foreign invasion, was not an act of martyrdom. If you mean the internal genocide, that is even less of an example.Originally posted by Last Conformist
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Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
It was bushs fault. labelling them part of the axis of evil pushed iran and north korea to turn to nukes so that they could not be invaded.
Yeah, that's the ticket! The US invaded Iraq because of Hussein proclaimed he possessed and would use WMDs, so Iran and NK should proclaim they have WMDs to avoid invasion...
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I do not recall Saddam ever saying such a thing."post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
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They started a war they could not possibly win. It's as much martyrdom as Iran starting a war they couldn't win would be.Originally posted by GePap
Their border skirmishes with Vietnam, which lead to the regime's downfall through foreign invasion, was not an act of martyrdom.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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