Halloccia
22-10-2004, 20:26
Glad the title of the post got your attention. Now, whether you agree with Bush or not, I don't care... but has anyone taken a look at a map of the Middle East lately? Everyone is screaming for Bush to do something about North Korea and Iran yet condemn him for preempting Saddam in Iraq.
Right now, Iran has basically given the raspberry to the France, Britain and the rest of the UN Security Council and will continue to try to create nuclear (pronounced nucULAR, right Dubya? hehe) missles. Isreal is ready to step in and destroy Iran's nuclear factories if the UN fails like they did with Iraq a while ago. Europe is already asking for the US to step in and speak to Iran which would do little to deter them. All of this news seems to lead to one conclusion that Iran is about to force a war by developing nuclear weapons (especially with the Bush Doctrine in place).
Has anyone noticed that Iran is almost completely surrounded by US forces or our allies? Take a look at any map of the Middle East:
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/maps/political/Saudi_etc.htm
To the east, US forces are in Afghanistan. To the west, Iraq. To the south, aircraft carriers are stationed in the Persian Gulf. North, we have air bases in Turkey and Armenia would not mind if we entered through their borders but Turkmenistan is a question mark to me since I don't know our current status with them. One would think they are Iran-friendly but maybe Russia could put some pressure on them? I can only speculate. We've also heard mentioned in the US presidential debates that we're developing bunker-busting tactical nuclear bombs (hint:Iran is mostly mountanous) so those could theoretically be used to deter Iran from major counterstrikes (right?).
Just curious to see what everyone thinks about Iran's current position and what must be done to stop their nuclear proliferation...
Right now, Iran has basically given the raspberry to the France, Britain and the rest of the UN Security Council and will continue to try to create nuclear (pronounced nucULAR, right Dubya? hehe) missles. Isreal is ready to step in and destroy Iran's nuclear factories if the UN fails like they did with Iraq a while ago. Europe is already asking for the US to step in and speak to Iran which would do little to deter them. All of this news seems to lead to one conclusion that Iran is about to force a war by developing nuclear weapons (especially with the Bush Doctrine in place).
Has anyone noticed that Iran is almost completely surrounded by US forces or our allies? Take a look at any map of the Middle East:
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/maps/political/Saudi_etc.htm
To the east, US forces are in Afghanistan. To the west, Iraq. To the south, aircraft carriers are stationed in the Persian Gulf. North, we have air bases in Turkey and Armenia would not mind if we entered through their borders but Turkmenistan is a question mark to me since I don't know our current status with them. One would think they are Iran-friendly but maybe Russia could put some pressure on them? I can only speculate. We've also heard mentioned in the US presidential debates that we're developing bunker-busting tactical nuclear bombs (hint:Iran is mostly mountanous) so those could theoretically be used to deter Iran from major counterstrikes (right?).
Just curious to see what everyone thinks about Iran's current position and what must be done to stop their nuclear proliferation...