The Nuclear Deal: Be Careful What You Wish For
There is little possibility, if the US rejects the agreement, that sanctions will be maintained by the other members of the G5+1, and no possibility they'll be tightened. What then will the US and Israel have to prevent Iran’s development of nuclear weapons? With no ability inside Iran to monitor its activities, other than whatever penetration their intelligence agencies can manage, won’t they be susceptible to false or doctored intelligence and claims that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, even if it is not? If US policymakers believe, rightly or wrongly, that the Iranians are developing nuclear weapons, what option will they have to stop them, other than war? The dominant wing of the Republican party has pressed for a US reordering of the Middle East since before 9/11. Taking out the fundamentalist regime in Iran has been a central goal. By rejecting the agreement, they may get the war with Iran they’ve so long desired.
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That being said, I don't think we're going to be able to put off conflict with Iran too much longer. Not because we want it, but because they want it. Iran has long been a proxy to support their idea of religious domination through force and they aren't afraid of the US right now. They actually feel emboldened - especially after this latest proposed nuclear deal of Obama's. I personally don't think this deal does anything to delay them in their plans for world domination. On the contrary, that $150 billion Obama wants to give them does a LOT to help them - and not just in their pursuit for a nuclear bomb. They can use that money to finance ISIS, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups. They can use it to build up their own weapons programs. They are already in negotiations with Russia and China for military technology including jets and missiles.
I don't think there is any current way of getting around an eventual military conflict with Iran. The question is how much we want to enable them to engage sooner rather than later and with what technology.
The Democrats by their own definition will institute and start a war at any time they think it will further the aims of the party. Vote for it and then join the other side as the mood suits.
What's scary is the Dumbos used to just give a clear concise mission order then a set of Rules of Engagement then get out of the way. Now I'm not so sure. Unless? Could it be? At the last moment they will pull a donkey and jerk the carpet from under the feet of the real warmongers. Either way America loves a good war as evidenced by their continued voting for a war party. Two of them.
As for this peace nonsense. Gen human! Ever watch saturday morning cartoons? Looked at the most popular games and computer enhanced images?
You are right about the Republicans however. they are no longer the parrty they used to be.
Wrong about the Dems. WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and lately Afghanistan for starters, the only discussion is war winning and war losing.
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Isn't that THE war that still needs to be fought?
And Yes, it is OUR job to do it.
We are threatened daily and ATTACKED on a regular basis.
Our war machine is undefeatable
What we lack is the political will to use it and the wisdom to go home when it is over - three weeks later!
How will we ever get past this new world threat if we don't defeat it?
on inspections being worth anything if we have to
give 24 hours' notice.
Besides, Iran is developing its own nuclear power technology, perfectly aware of the limited availability of oil, and signed the non-proliferation treaty. This whole thing is only a manifestation of israel's own paranoia about not being the sole country to have a nuclear arsenal in the region.
Islamic writings require 'believers' to fight and kill non-believers to convert or kill them - The US is not a Muslim country, is not founded on 'Muslim Ideals' and will never convert or subject to Islam, so we are essentially destined to be at odds with the Muslim world.
The Muslims don't like our respect of women, which they largely consider to be property. They are offended by our system of laws, right to due process, and right to equal protection under the law. Are we ever going to tolerate Sharia law? No way, we'll never stand for a father murdering his 15 year old daughter for going out on a date or something. We're just too far apart.
They don't like our business engagements (mostly in petrochemical industry), they don't like our protection of others they would seek to do harm to, etc.
Iran's problem with us stems from our support of the Shah, which was exiled during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. We supported his corrupt regime to keep access to Iranian oil fields and we enabled his escape from Iran (this was at the same time the US embassy was overrun and 400+ hostages taken until Reagan was sworn in). Reagan's transitional cabinet let them know that if they were not released by time Reagan was sworn-in, his first action would be to order an invasion of Iran using all American means of force (read, we are not afraid of using nukes if we had to).... our issues with the Soviets were non-existent, they were a US client-state, not Soviet. The Muslims hated the USSR worse over the invasion of Afghanistan.
The Shah died in Egypt in Mid 1980.
Their hatred of Western Europe stems from the Crusades... the US is closely allied with Europe, and we're not going to trade that friendship to satisfy a bunch of crazies.. so it doesn't really matter what we do with Israel, they have many other reasons to not like us.
I've been there, I've fought in the Middle East, I'm happy to say the feeling is mutual.
Qur’an:9:5 - “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”
Qur’an:9:112 “The Believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, kill and are killed.”
Qur’an:9:29 “Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission.”
Qur’an:8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Switzerland... same issue... why? It's like, 5% of the European economy, which is about half the size of the US... why bother? the point of terrorism is to make an impact, not piss off 30 or 40 people a little.
You would think India wouldn't be much of a target, but it was, and is... Heck, many Muslim countries are targets.
We are also committed to our allies, such as Japan specifically, that rely on the free flow of oil out of the Gulf.
I would argue (and I think I am absolutely correct on this), better to continuously engage them in small ways, rather than to let the tension build into a world-wide conflict. I put my money where my mouth is, I was there and fought several times.
The good news is, they can't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside with a rifle. That's why they resort to suicide bombers, roadside bombs, etc.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/0...
We more or less enslaved them after World War II... they haven't been able to do much without our consent.
3 min. leaked video-
Listen to his final remarks.......!
http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=51...