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Why wouldn't they shoot it down? We would, and most likely declare war on whoever sent it over our air space. They don't like us spying on them. Imagine that...
If they have a choice between taking it intact or shooting it down, they'd surely want to take it intact for intelligence purposes. Who knows if they even have the technical ability to shoot it down, but if they don't then chances are they will soon now that they have a first-hand look at the technology combined with the technological expertise of the Russians to help them sort it out.
As for declaring war... to what end? An outright declaration of war would accomplish nothing more than to give us a pretense to mess up the Iranian regime at our leisure. Our military resources may be stretched thin, but not so thin that we couldn't deal with Iran if they gave us an invitation.
Wouldn't it be funny, if that drone was still transmitting audio and/or video along with GPS info, allowing us to monitor everything happening to it, and where it's happening?
Wouldn't it be funny, if that drone was still transmitting audio and/or video along with GPS info, allowing us to monitor everything happening to it, and where it's happening?
But not only is there no evidence for any current nuclear weapons program in Iran, there’s nothing in international law that prohibits Iran from gaining a nuclear weapons capability.
Iran, and other signatory non-nuclear weapons states of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, are only prohibited from manufacturing nuclear bombs or diverting fissionable material to weapons uses — things Iran has not been accused of doing.
Some of the most incriminating-sounding accusations in the this new report refer to weapons-relevant research work that allegedly took place in Iran before 2004 – almost a decade ago. The report states that the research program “was stopped rather abruptly pursuant to a ‘halt order’ instruction issued in late 2003.” and that “the agency’s ability to construct an equally good understanding of activities in Iran after the end of 2003 is reduced, due to the more limited information available.”
This is decidedly underwhelming and possibly explains both the muted White House reaction, and the watered down IAEA resolution Friday — merely voicing “deep concern” and taking no further punitive measures.
That's a good question. But when it comes to Americans, the goose/gander argument rarely works. We're allowed to do whatever we want to other folks, but God forbid they even dream of doing it to us.
Americans believe that might makes right. Sad, but true.
What does this do to Obama's chances of winning another Nobel Peace Prize?
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