So when do we invade Iran?

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
I rather you send in the Swiss women bikini skiing team.

[MrFun]

Put your arms back down, Vince -- you smell really bad.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by MrFun
Put your arms back down, Vince -- you smell really bad.

The ladies are European.

[Dr Strangelove]

I'm having trouble understanding what is going on with Iran. A few weeks ago it was announced that a final deal had been struck in which the Russians would do the uranium enrichment for them. I thought that having another nation doing the uranium enrichment would eliminater the weapons production, then the Iranians turn around and rant about hurting the west if sanctions are imposed. Is the deal with the Russians off again? Can Iran still develop nukes if someone else is enriching their uranium? Are the Russians actually helping them with their nuke program?

[dannubis]

does anybody know who supplies them with the yellow cake ?

or do they have a mine of their own ?

[Sandman]

They have abundant reserves of uranium ore, IIRC.

[Ecthy]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I'm having trouble understanding what is going on with Iran. A few weeks ago it was announced that a final deal had been struck in which the Russians would do the uranium enrichment for them. I thought that having another nation doing the uranium enrichment would eliminater the weapons production, then the Iranians turn around and rant about hurting the west if sanctions are imposed. Is the deal with the Russians off again? Can Iran still develop nukes if someone else is enriching their uranium? Are the Russians actually helping them with their nuke program?

To my knowledge, that deal was rejected by the US interestingly enough.

[techumseh]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I'm having trouble understanding what is going on with Iran. A few weeks ago it was announced that a final deal had been struck in which the Russians would do the uranium enrichment for them. I thought that having another nation doing the uranium enrichment would eliminater the weapons production, then the Iranians turn around and rant about hurting the west if sanctions are imposed. Is the deal with the Russians off again? Can Iran still develop nukes if someone else is enriching their uranium? Are the Russians actually helping them with their nuke program?

Politics is dynamic, even in a fundamentalist country like Iran. I suspect that there are different views in the leadership relative to dependence on the Russians vs. risk of conflict with the US.

[Patroklos]

I haven't seen it, but it does seem Iran is trying to goad the US into war.

And why not, at any other time, America could beat teh crap out of Iran without much loss, but with our army next door, this is one of the few chances Iran has at really defeating the United States.

I am sure Iran hopes to have nukes before America leaves Iraq.

Wow, I haven't seen a running rant as retarded as yours in quite some time.

How does having 150,000 troops on the ground with a contigious ground border with the target hurt us, no matter where it is? Basically what Iraq gives us is an already taken beachhead.

The only reason why having a "hostile" Iraq hurts us now (and if you look at a map, most of Iraq is quite benign) now is we are wasting our time trying to be nice and conciliatory. If we went to war with Iran we could cut the bull**** and operate propery. You will notice there were no attacks on the building Marine force when they were preping to take Fulluja, as they were in proper battle array.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


I strongly doubt that DPRK has any nuclear devices. There is no record of North Koreans making nuclear tests.

Pay no attention to the brainwashed Chinese guy, everybody.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Ecthy


To my knowledge, that deal was rejected by the US interestingly enough.

Any idea why? If Russia makes enriched uranium for them and they close down their experimental enrichment facilities would they be unable to make nukes, or could they make them using the enriched fuel made for tham by the Russians?

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Patroklos


How does having 150,000 troops on the ground with a contigious ground border with the target hurt us, no matter where it is? Basically what Iraq gives us is an already taken beachhead.

To add to this, the forces the US has in Iraq are one third what they deployed for Gulf War I. So it has at least 300,000 more it can deploy against Iran. US forces are in Afghanistan, which is a client state. The allied navy and airforce completely dominates sea and air. The allies control the Persian Gulf. Russia won't come to Iran's aid. The strategic position of the coalition for operations against Iran could not be better.

[atomant]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse


To add to this, the forces the US has in Iraq are one third what they deployed for Gulf War I. So it has at least 300,000 more it can deploy against Iran. US forces are in Afghanistan, which is a client state. The allied navy and airforce completely dominates sea and air. The allies control the Persian Gulf. Russia won't come to Iran's aid. The strategic position of the coalition for operations against Iran could not be better.

As noted earlier, just have to wait for a few more key signals like increased pizza deliveries to CentCom and the Pentagon.

[Alexander's Horse]

make mine a Napoli

I'm having dinner with a number of US generals tonight I can ask them if they're getting much takeout

[atomant]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
make mine a Napoli

I'm having dinner with a number of US generals tonight I can ask them if they're getting much takeout

Ask them if you are having pizza?