Probably true, but given Iraq, it is hard to estimate how war crazy the US is. Besides if Obama loses no telling what a Republican can do.
WE have said over and over "all options are on the table" and that includes nuclear attack. google Bush, Iran. Obama and Hillary just leave it at all options are open. I assume they are just trying to keep Israeli firsters and neocons placated, but how far will they go. I still assume they are as nutty as the hapless Dubya. When dealing with neo-cons and those trying to please them, you should not underestimate the craziness. The crazy Iraq invasion started with similar somewhat vague threats.
Seems like conservatives and determined to be content moderates and even some liberals don't realize how paranoid and strong the forces are in the US who see frequent mortal enemies everywhere and rationalize constant wars are in the United States.
I'm not buying it either. I practically reached the point where it would be best for them to get nuclear weapons. Israel would have to grow up and quit trying to threaten its neighbors constantly. The US would have to stop threatening Iran with an attack. Your and my price at the pump would probably be less. We would have more money for state colleges, mental health and other worthwhile activities.
All the options are always on the table. The Pentagon has plans to invade Mexico and Canada sitting on a shelf somewhere. (And at some point, I'm sure they probably were placed on a table) You're mad because he's not ruling it out - fair enough, but it's a far different than the inevitable, imminent march to war that the Paulistas are saying is now occurring as we speak - which isn't actually occurring, hence joseph mama digging up the detritus of the 2008 primaries and slapping it in the ol' time machine.
Exactly. Having a plan is needed. We had a plan for Afghanistan as well. We need it or otherwise the invasion would have taken another year.
This is what everybody said about Iraq in the ten years that we bombed them leading up to the 2003 invasion... ... Errr, yeah! There won't be any war with Iran! Our elected officials are too morally righteous to do that!
That's not "what everybody said" at all. And no, the fact that we are not likely to invade Iran in the next 1-4 years doesn't have a whole lot to do with some bizarre allusion to moral righteousness.
The United States would be better off if our adversaries had better weapons. I'm sorry glynch, that's dumber than anything basso has ever said. But can you tell me who those "forces" are that so avidly desire a war with Iran? Because it sure as heck isn't either party.
The difference being we never tell Canada that 'all options are on the table' when we have a disagreement.
I was wrong! Sam is right, it is a fact that we wont invade Iran in the next 1-4 years. But when we do, I prefer Dos XX.
Have you ever watched a Republican presidential debate before? They all talk about who has a harder hard-on for war with Iran.
You must not realize that wars and their financing are fought for-profit purposes. Do some research on how the Bush family fortune came about in the 20's & 30's. Here is a brief intro: http://www.history.com/topics/war-finance
What does that have to do with this? It's not like I don't understand why the theocrats want nukes - from their perspectives, they have a very good reason to desire them, and it indeed would be a very good protection for them. But what the theocrats and Iranians want is utterly irrelevant to the United States. We don't want them to have nukes, and so, just like the Iranians, we will pursue our own national interest in preventing them from having nukes, just like they will pursue theirs in attempting to get it. That's what diplomacy is.
They don't have to be an adversary. The only reason for the enmity is because we keep going over there and messing with their ****.
And Iran's interests are obviously to convert our entire population to Islam, killing anybody who doesn't convert. What we want is totally irrelevant, right? So, they'll just kill us all, obviously. That's what diplomacy is!!!1!
