Of course it could, peace-nik thinking it's not however.
What kind of thinking is it then?
The Iranian Government has, for sure; that's what they think they need to do to keep their population on side and appeal the the conservative base. Do you think the average man in the street feels the same way, in much the same way the average man in the street is behind the current US administration?
The Iranian populace vacillates in how it feels about America. Before Iraq it was very favorable. When it got to be too favorable the Ayatollahs crunched down on the scantilly dressed women
, the free press, and the democratically elected, reformist politicians.
Your analogy with Jewish persecution in Germany is nonsensical, the two are in almost no way related.
Of course they are related. It was an analogy of how the TOTALITARIAN like state can take some underlying hatreds and inflame them for their purposes, not about persecution (They can only persecute us in their dreams). And it's a hate based on ethnic values. Though we are a conglomeration of ethnicities, we are as a group ethnically American and we stand for everthing the Ayatollahs are against. They can keep that opinion, we should just be aware of it as we deal with them.
No news there, but what has that got to do with justifiying military action (or not). Muslims are often mean to us? Well, boo fuckin hoo??
No, until our President gets his head out of his ass completely and puts $200B into Tokomak reactors and fusion research, we need to have energy resources available. How the hell else are you going to get online and read my riveting posts?
Yeah, we could mine coal and Canadian tar sands for our gasoline needs to our hearts content for many, many years but why not try and spread a little love (democracy) while we can. ;-)
Ditto. But then of course those checks and balances don't seem to be working too well back home of late now do they? In the final analysis, if Iran wants them, they will get them.
They are working wonderfully thank you very much. You probably thought when Clinton and Gingrich stopped the government that was a bad thing.
No, Iran wants moderates and votes for moderates and the Ayatollahs take them away.
They're incompetent and unable to prioritise, lets blow 'em up? If economic incompetence was grounds for such action the world would be a smoking ruin. I understand where you're going with this but I just think it's a bit weak.
Its not weak to recognize that priorities are strong indicators of intention.
It is being contested - as it should be, the question being asked here is: if words are not enough will the US (for example) be willing or even able to take action? And, if so would the US be justified? As an aside, I'd be surprised if there weren't a few ex Russian nukes quietly squirreled away throughout the region. I mean they have to be somewhere.
Of course right now its not justified to use force. Saber rattling is just saber rattling and has its uses too. If Iran keeps screwing with us in Iraq, they definitely should be whacked on the nose for it. Whatever form that whacking takes should be carefully considered.
I've always thought that if I was the Jewish state I would squirrel away nukes in the capitols of my enemies and blow them up when invaded. Thought that would make a good James Bond movie. Started to hash out a script but had to stop in order to learn more about Middle Eastern culture.
Preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons makes perfect sense on that I agree completely. As you say it's all in the execution. Let's start at home....haha, right. Maybe Israel then, or India or Pakistan perhaps but they are our allies. Lets start with Iran, after all we can bully them into submission.....but no, wait, they gave us the finger; what's going on, is US supremacy on the wane?
I'm all for taking nuclear weapons from Pakistan and India if we can negotiate that. Israel? Sure. When all its neighbors are functioning democracies.
Pakistan is not an ally. They view us as we view them at the moment: useful.
U.S. supremacy is far from being on the wane.
That really only leaves the middle ground, so, what is your informed, worthwhile suggestion? I ask cos I can't seem to find one in your ranting and your posts are normally much more coherent.
I got comments on this coming.
