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These countries continue to flout UN resolutions and endanger their neighbors with impunity. Why shouldn't we shoot down their missiles as soon as they are launched? Wouldn't this be good target practice?
We don't have the necessary "right of launch" capability to do that. It would be an act of war in any case. Both nations have their protectors, China and Russia Neither one wants US forces in a neighboring state. The immediate complications could be most unpleasant. It is hard for most folks to grasp that such twentieth-century approaches to conflict with other nations just won't work in today's world. Iran is a natural US ally. We ought to rebuild our friendship, not poke the hornets' nest. North Korea is a Chinese client -- you know, like North Vietnam was. Military action north of the 38th parallel bodes no good for Uncle Sam.
You can lol all you want, but you clearly don't know the history of Iran. President Nixon famously called Iran "our policeman on the Gulf." Going back to the coup which installed the Pahlavi family on the Peacock Throne (the last Shah's Daddy), Iran was the #1 US ally in the Middle East. This alliance didn't end until the Islamic Revolution.We don't have the necessary "right of launch" capability to do that. It would be an act of war in any case. Both nations have their protectors, China and Russia Neither one wants US forces in a neighboring state. The immediate complications could be most unpleasant. It is hard for most folks to grasp that such twentieth-century approaches to conflict with other nations just won't work in today's world. Iran is a natural US ally. We ought to rebuild our friendship, not poke the hornets' nest. North Korea is a Chinese client -- you know, like North Vietnam was. Military action north of the 38th parallel bodes no good for Uncle Sam.
lol ... no Iran is not even remotely a 'natural U.S ally', you're confusing Obama's Shia beliefs with U.S. interests, when they aren't the same. Vietnam was a Soviet client, not a Chinese one. It is not a Chinese client now, either, it's a Russian trade partner.
You can lol all you want, but you clearly don't know the history of Iran. President Nixon famously called Iran "our policeman on the Gulf." Going back to the coup which installed the Pahlavi family on the Peacock Throne (the last Shah's Daddy), Iran was the #1 US ally in the Middle East. This alliance didn't end until the Islamic Revolution.
You can lol all you want, but you clearly don't know the history of Iran. President Nixon famously called Iran "our policeman on the Gulf." Going back to the coup which installed the Pahlavi family on the Peacock Throne (the last Shah's Daddy), Iran was the #1 US ally in the Middle East. This alliance didn't end until the Islamic Revolution.
You can go back to WW1 if you want, but Iran is the chief proponent of Jihad in the world today. Do you seriously believe that cooperating with their nuclear weapons ambitions will cause them to become our friends? How has that worked with NK?
Might I recommend a vacation away from the ivory tower?
You can lol all you want, but you clearly don't know the history of Iran.
President Nixon famously called Iran "our policeman on the Gulf." Going back to the coup which installed the Pahlavi family on the Peacock Throne (the last Shah's Daddy), Iran was the #1 US ally in the Middle East. This alliance didn't end until the Islamic Revolution.
Prior to that time, when Winston Churchill set up the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Iran was a British partner, a deal which helped protect Persia (now Iran) from its big fear, Russia.
Your ignorance of history gives you false confidence. Lol indeed