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Do you guys think that Israel would assist us if America and our allies attack Iran? Because as I look at it, Iran, not Palestine, is Israels greatest threat.
cyrusabdollahi said:They would jump at the chance of war with Iran.
How did we go to great lengths to keep Israel out of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Anttech said:Did u miss the news? Iraq was firing skud missels at Israel and they didnt retaliate! Isreal wouldn't join any war, they have enough of there own problems, plus they arent stupid enough to do that IMHO.
Anttech said:Iraq was firing skud missels at Israel...
Schrodinger's Dog said:Are you implying that the US is
Are you implying that the US is
When did that happen?
Nothing000 said:Are you trying to make fun of the United States? Don't forget your country is in this as much as we are.
Bush won't be President in five years. If he's going to make his mark on history, he has to do it within the next two years.Schrodinger's Dog said:And yes I supose I am being a little sarcastic but I do think any sort of military action against Iran when it is already involved in a costly war with Iraq, is somewhat unwise to say the least. I'm hoping all this is is posturing and who's got the biggest **** type stuff. But with old GW you never can tell what he's going to do.
Hasn't the IAEA already stated that Iran is at least 5 years from obtaining the technology to make nuclear weapons? Would it not then make sense to threaten rather than invade? Or even bomb? Would the US want to be shown to be making war if there is no WMD again after the last embarassement? Is there more to this than just WMD, as there was in Iraq?
Do WHAT for? Please quote statements you are responding to.Nothing000 said:What the hell did they do that for?
HallsofIvy said:During the first gulf war, after Iraq had invaded Kuwait, and the United States was bombing Iraq, Iraq did, in fact, start firing missiles at Israel who, to that point, had had nothing to do with the war. Iraq's whole point was to get Israel to retaliate- then most of the middle east, moslem, nations would stop fighting Iraq and turn against Israel.
BobG said:Bush won't be President in five years. If he's going to make his mark on history, he has to do it within the next two years.
If he does attack Iran, I doubt he'll go to Congress about it first. You don't do that unless you're sure they'll back you. Even if Bush could eke out a majority for support, the scene in Congress would be positively ugly.
In the first Gulf War. We stationed Patriot Missiles in Israel and all but begged them to stay out of the conflict. Saddam was trying to pull them in precisely because it would break-up the international coalition against him. We had been invited (begged?) in by the Saudis, Kuwaities, and other oil states (thinking they were next in line), but they are all Muslim and they would never would have accepted being on the same side of a war as Israel.Nothing000 said:When did that happen?
They might. More history for you: Do you know about Israel taking out Iraq's Osirak nuclear plant/facility in 1981?I really think that Isreal should take them out.
russ_watters said:This would be a tougher strike, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility, and I think it is more likely than a US strike (but only by a little).
Schrodinger's Dog said:...show me direct evidence that Iran is enriching uranium?
Schrodinger's Dog said:...you believe it was solely to depose Sadaam?
SD, it has been all over the news. It's the very reason we are having this conversation - why the governments are having the rhetoric-war.Schrodinger's Dog said:Show me direct evidence that Iran is enriching uranium?Not speculation not circumstantial gossip, not suggestion, actual proof, No? Or that Iran has an eye to make WMD? That's because there is none?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1488020The International Atomic Energy Agency announced today that Iran had begun removing seals at several nuclear facilities in the area of Natanz under the observation of the IAEA's nuclear safeguards inspectors.
ABC News reported yesterday that Iran intended to begin enriching uranium — the critical step in making material for nuclear weapons — a move European diplomats and officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency have tried to prevent over the last three years.
Sources with knowledge of Iran's nuclear program told ABC News that a senior Iranian official notified the IAEA verbally over the weekend of the country's intention to introduce uranium hexafluoride gas, or UF6, into centrifuges at a facility in Natanz, 150 miles south of Tehran.