That is the question
Haven't their actions over the last 30 years proved that our past "shenanigans" were a justifiable policy intended to prevent such a barbaric people from being turned loose on the world?We should try bribery first. Its not like we don't owe them an apology for our past shenanigans. Maybe if we let them be part of the world, they would lose their nuclear ambitions.
We can out-bomb them later but certainly try other strategies first.
Why should we bomb someone because they could get nuclear weapons? Did we bomb India, China, Russia, Israel, the UK, France, North Korea, or Pakistan when they did get them?
That is the question
Absolutely.
Moral equivalency isn't at work here... Iran's leadership is, by western standards, not rational.
Even if it did, when it is US or THEM I vote in favor of "us"....
No...we're broke!
Which country, between the "us and them" has actually used a nuclear/atomic weapon against another country? \
Which country, in the last decade has invaded another country? Or two?
Why haven't we invaded/bombed North Korea?
Absolutely.
Moral equivalency isn't at work here... Iran's leadership is, by western standards, not rational.
Even if it did, when it is US or THEM I vote in favor of "us"....
It's not between US and THEM. They're no threat to our national security, their missiles can only hit their neighbors at best.
Your first two bits: I don't care. Again, us vs them.
Second bit: We haven't invaded NK because of China. We're not ready to take on China at this time, if we can avoid it. Also SK fears they'd lose their capitol in the first 20 minutes of war, due to all the conventional artillery NK has stationed within a few miles of it.
Today, yes. Tomorrow? :shrug:
And having the middle east go up in flames from a nuke exchange between Iran and Israel would not be good for US interests...
You don't care because you're an American who thinks we can never do anything wrong.
Fact is, Iran is not our problem.
They are not our neighbor.
Iran is in no position to invade or attack the USofA so we should not be striking first based on little more than assumptions and fear-mongering.
We shouldn't be worrying about Israel, they're not us, we're not them.
I have no problem with Iran having nukes, in fact, I'd be a lot more comfortable with them having nukes than half of our so-called allies.
Middle east: Major oil supplier to Europe, Russia and the USA.
Middle east in nuclear flames: Bad Thing for everyone.
Generally yes, so why do we spend so much time supporting Israel and pissing off the nations that actually provide our oil?
Middle east in nuclear flames: Bad Thing for everyone.
Middle east: Major oil supplier to Europe, Russia and the USA.
Middle east in nuclear flames: Bad Thing for everyone.
Even if it were not so, again, it is not in America's interests to let the mideast go up in flames from an Iran-Israel nuke exchange.
That one requires some explanation. Who among our allies do you trust less than Iran?