Whoa. Seriously.
You misinterpreted what I said. I have no interest in going to war with Iran either. I'm sick of the war mongering too. But there are a few things going on in Iran which we can't forget/deny: 1) Iran is a theocratic authoritarian government committing human rights abuses against its own people and 2) we can't sit by and watch the Iranian government threaten to obliterate Isreal and it's citizens, regardless of one's take on Isreal in general.
We impose economic sanctions on miscreant countries all the time. While it is a much more humane approach in punishing a country, no matter how you cut it, it is always the citizens who will suffer the price for the actions of it's government. My suggestion is the ultimate economic sanction but it sure as hell is a lot more humane than just going in and bombing the shit out the country which is what the war-salivating right wing would love to see.
I'm on your side on this Loinboy, at least I thought I was......
And btw, I'm a "he" now that you got everyone wondering LOL.
Iran has not threatened to wipe Israel out. That was their old Iatollah. They one they used as a pinata. Most of what they say about Israel is in response to Israel's threats to bomb them.
There is no reason for sanctions. They've done nothing wrong. We had sanctions against Iraq for 10 years and it killed 50% of their newborns during that time. We need to stop interferring in other country's internal problems. This is one of the reasons we had 9/11. We are creating enemies by targetting muslim country's with sanctions.
If someone attacks us, we let'em have it; but if they don't, we leave'em alone.