Anonymous
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Iran needs to f**k off and be content oppressing their own citizens.
satcomgrunt
No because even our senior military officers have said that Iran could close the straights of Hormuz for a period of time. Even if they could close straights for as little as 3 days, the damage it would cause to the worlds economy which is just now starting to recover from the economic crash in 2008 would plunge the world in to the worst economic crisis since the great depression.
Put simply if you are the President and you are up for reelection do you really want to set in motion a chain of events that causes gas to jump to over $8.00 a gallon if the American people are lucky?
Anonymous
You can count on it.
“Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors…
“Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference: He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade-long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq.
”The international community had little doubt then, and I have no doubt today, that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will use these terrible weapons again. "
Speech from the Oval Office by President William Clinton, explaining his attack on Iraq
reported by The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 16, 1998
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/clintontext121698.htm
Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAV_UoIfgc
President Clinton orders attack on Iraq in 1998
Democrats ALWAYS try to boost their popularity by starting a war somewhere.
ThomasS
Iran is a threat to the entire World, not just Israel or the US. The hunger for power and control, and the thirst for violence by the leaders of Iran, will not stop - they will always find another target. It is their life's mission.
wider scope
If we don't before the election, and Obama wins, they will be striking us shortly after the election. They have no more respect for Obama than they did for Carter.