The implications of a nuclear Iran are serious and destabilising to the region, not to mention dangerous in the hands of a radical regime under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ali Khamenei.
Hrmm, I have to shoot a hole in that one Savak. Whilst you are right in that Iran would be the most potent military threat to the United States to date, they are by no means any match for the US or especially a more likely coalition force that would be involved were there to be an invasion.
Iran is not a potential threat to the united states to date. It is only a threat in sense of American interests are being threatened with the growing power of Iran in the region. lets not forgets every country west of the persian gulf is an American backed dictator.
An invasion Will not happen and neither a military strike on nuclear reactors either. Neither would Israel do anything without big brothers permission.Anyway, an invasion of Iran is unlikely, the only advantage of that for the US would be a regime change and some control of the oil there. It would be way to costly and the US is preoccupied with Afghanistan and Pakistan at the moment. If there is to be a military solution it would have to be a surgical strike or a single blitzkrieg like attack on the nuclear facilities.
Not that I'm a military tactician though
I meant a 'threat' in a military sense, i.e Iran has a much larger military force than Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Well, this depends on how far Israel is pushed. They are unlikely to get any kind of go ahead from the Obama administration unless there is a significant and very real threat of Iran firing a nuclear missile. If Israel sees that there is a serious threat to itself and the US don't give the go ahead, I'm quite confident that Israel would go ahead with it anyway.
The US isn't stupid enough to attack Iran, with or without boots on the ground. Nuclear weapon or not. They're already overextended with commitments in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany etc. and can't afford to get embroiled in another war. If Iran were to be attacked, it would give the green light for Shia militias in Iraq to go nuts which will just cause mayhem at astronomical levels never seen. the region would be out of US control.
LOL. it will defeat the purpose of Israel lobbying the US to attack Iran. LOL, it will then give the green light to oil rich gulf states to pursue the same.
This is quite evident - for a start, you were discussing strategy, not tactics.JonathanM said:Not that I'm a military tactician though
Israel, China, US, Iran. You're right, nuclear weapons in any of their hands is worrying. But what is even more worrying is the close links Iran has with groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and Alkeida. Who says they won't hand over a nuclear weapon to one of these groups?
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no he isnt. he is pretty much correct.
What did your parents teach you as a child? Why were you raised with such unfounded hatred?
You don't acquire something so expensive for it to just rot in cellar somewhere. Once you have the bomb it is only a matter of time before you use the bomb and when one country finally does use the bomb the rest will respond proportionately. You really think that Iran is going to be the straw that broke the camels back? That preventing Iran from getting the bomb will allow the world to keep spinning? The nations of Lenin, of Mao, of Napoleon, of Truman, of the Taliban, of Kim Jong all have these weapons allready. Iran hardly tilts the ball game.
What are you talking about you madman? All nations who currently have the bomb possess it strictly as a deterent. Iran however is a nation that has expressed its wish to destroy Israel AND is known to have strong links with the terrorist organisations which the US, the UK, Australia etc are containing in Afghanistan and Iraq. We have all felt the sting of attacks from these Iranian-backed terrorist groups on our citizens since 2001.
One needs to understand that global politics is not self righteous or for the greater good of humanity. The united states of America for all we know was once a great nation. The guardian of freedom and democracy. however, every single empire, when its on its last leg, has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, and in Americas case, bring order and democracy, Sadly the world is a more dangerous place these days more than it ever was. The fact that we only have one superpower policing the world is extremely scary. Russia and China are needed more than ever to keep tabs on the USA. And mark my words, America may be our allies now, or in years to come, but she has never cared for us, or Europe or Saudi arabia. For she only cares for her own interests.
what idiots.
