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Old 08-03-2015, 06:46 PM
 
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I don't think Americans care about Iran, nor is there much desire to "intervene" in any way over there. This isn't 2002, when the push for the Iraq war had real political momentum, along with passionate popular support. All that is just absent. Efforts to stir up the public to care about "Iran" as an issue have flopped more or less completely.
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Old 08-03-2015, 07:29 PM
 
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I'm not willing to allow make believe be our foreign policy.
So their own stated intentions is "make believe"?
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Old 08-03-2015, 07:39 PM
 
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So their own stated intentions is "make believe"?
Absolutely. We KNOW Ayatollah loves us in spite of his harsh words, writings, teaching and many speeches. He may be tough on the outside, but inside he's a sweetie.
I won't be surprised if on the next season he will be on dancing with the stars. Just wait and see.
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Old 08-03-2015, 07:40 PM
 
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Iran doesn't have to attack.

All they'd have to do is make the weapons available to a 3rd party terrorist group that would attack.
They'd work hard to get a nuke only to give it away?

Make sense of that.
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Old 08-03-2015, 08:13 PM
 
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They'd work hard to get a nuke only to give it away?

Make sense of that.
If they get to the point that they are a nuclear power, it's not like they will be limited to only having 1 nuke. And I don't think they'd give away their first nuke.

It's a long-term problem, not a short-term one.

Well, hopefully it's not a short-term one.
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Old 08-03-2015, 10:41 PM
 
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If they get to the point that they are a nuclear power, it's not like they will be limited to only having 1 nuke. And I don't think they'd give away their first nuke.

It's a long-term problem, not a short-term one.

Well, hopefully it's not a short-term one.
Pakistan is more fanatical than Iran can dream of being. Why haven't they given away a nuke? They have several.
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Old 08-04-2015, 12:37 AM
 
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Pakistan is more fanatical than Iran can dream of being. Why haven't they given away a nuke? They have several.
Pakistan's government is not more fanatical.
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Old 08-04-2015, 12:40 AM
 
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Pakistan's government is not more fanatical.
Radicals can toss the government if they want to. They've done it in other Islamic nations.

Bottom line is that Iran isn't going to give away a nuke. Even the notion is asinine. It's fantastical.
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Old 08-04-2015, 12:42 AM
 
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Radicals can toss the government if they want to. They've done it in other Islamic nations.

Bottom line is that Iran isn't going to give away a nuke. Even the notion is asinine. It's fantastical.
Considering it would fit into their stated goal, I'm not sure why you think it's so fantastical.
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Old 08-04-2015, 01:53 AM
 
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So their own stated intentions is "make believe"?
Yes. That's what they do over there. That we do not understand them and their ways is why we need to stay out of things.

Saddam didn't have nuclear weapons and was nowhere close to having them. He couldn't let on that he didn't though because he had to keep up the tough front. We've had idiots calling for us to invade North Korea because of their constant "threats". Get some thicker skin and mind your own business.
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