If we won't, Israel will

[AztecWarrior]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/...a/iran_missile

What are we waiting for?

[Geist]

A new president?

[AztecWarrior]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye37

A new president?

Look at it this way, he put all our troops |________________________| that much closer* to Iran.

(*Not to scale)

[Hamma]

[Electrofreak]

Hey, I've got an idea, why don't we preemptively declare war on the entire damn world.

The irony is, we have tons of WMD, but nobody else is allowed to have them, even though we're the nation most likely to attack another country.

[Rbstr]

Originally Posted by Electrofreak

Hey, I've got an idea, why don't we preemptively declare war on the entire damn world.

The irony is, we have tons of WMD, but nobody else is allowed to have them, even though we're the nation most likely to attack another country.

Erm Lot's of contries are allowed to have them, and some that aren't alowed do, and noone's taken much action to remove them. Pakistan and Inda(and probably Israel) Come to mind.

And the inverse of your statment is also true, We are the nation most likey to be attacked.

That's not to say we're justified, but it's but we do have some standing.


Now here's what happens when Israel attacks(conventionaly or WMD) Iran becsaue of the missiles? Iran will do all they can to nuke Israel, if isreal has't use nukes they will, and pakistan will shoot too becuase missiles are being lobbed in thier general direction, and India will be scared by pak's launches and shoot, china might think it's an attack on them and getn involved aswell. Someware in there an american base gets nuked and we start lobbing them. Before you know it the entire middle east is glassed, and depending on how sane russia and the EU are, perhaps the entire world.

*takes a breath*

But the rational logical people will win out before, hopefully.


EDIT: for the point on religion, you forget any sort of positive aspect, charity ect. If it wasn't for religion, we wouldn't know mendilian gentics(being a monk gave mendel the time he needed), possibly the printing press(bibles for everyone!), and any number of incredible works or art.

Perhaps those things would have come along anyway, but that's history we can't undo it and fine out if it works the other way.

Religion it's self is not the problem, Dogma is. Dogma will kill us all.

[Kikinchikin]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

Erm Lot's of contries are allowed to have them, and some that aren't alowed do, and noone's taken much action to remove them. Pakistan and Inda(and probably Israel) Come to mind.

And the inverse of your statment is also true, We are the nation most likey to be attacked.

That's not to say we're justified, but it's but we do have some standing.


Now here's what happens when Israel attacks(conventionaly or WMD) Iran becsaue of the missiles? Iran will do all they can to nuke Israel, if isreal has't use nukes they will, and pakistan will shoot too becuase missiles are being lobbed in thier general direction, and India will be scared by pak's launches and shoot, china might think it's an attack on them and getn involved aswell. Someware in there an american base gets nuked and we start lobbing them. Before you know it the entire middle east is glassed, and depending on how sane russia and the EU are, perhaps the entire world.

*takes a breath*

But the rational logical people will win out before, hopefully.


EDIT: for the point on religion, you forget any sort of positive aspect, charity ect. If it wasn't for religion, we wouldn't know mendilian gentics(being a monk gave mendel the time he needed), possibly the printing press(bibles for everyone!), and any number of incredible works or art.

Perhaps those things would have come along anyway, but that's history we can't undo it and fine out if it works the other way.

Religion it's self is not the problem, Dogma is. Dogma will kill us all.

I quite agree. Fundamentalism is what is dangerous, not religion itself.

[Kikinchikin]

Orbital strike imo.

[Baneblade]

Here is a thought, go back to the Sanctuary and have a tailgate party. Let those other idiots blows themselves and each other up.

[Kikinchikin]

Have to be careful though, we can't have them getting too many cont locks.

[OneManArmy]

phew... religion is going to be the death of us all.

[Lonehunter]

I think Iran and Israel are gonna be the main reasons for the first Nuclear War, not sure about a WWIII

[Ivan]

Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and a fighter plane.

just one plane. I know they probably have more I just found that one sentence funny.

Originally Posted by OneManArmy

phew... religion is going to be the death of us all.

Some time in the future the world governments will declare all religions banned.

[Infernus]

Originally Posted by Ivan

just one plane. I know they probably have more I just found that one sentence funny.

I took that to mean that they designed multiple classes of tanks, apcs, and missles. But only one type of a fighter plane.

[TheRegurgitator]

Well, Iran's nuclear programs have to be stopped, I mean, If they get the bomb, they'll use it on Israel. And in addition, other countries will look at them and think "Oh, I guess we can make nukes without the US killing us!" And then the middle east will probably have an arms race just like the one between US and Russia, which set the grounds for the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62.

You think they're too poor for that? Look at all the oil they have.