Why Would We Go to War with Iran?

[TimFitz]

Saddam was never our ally. We played him against Khomeini for our benefit.

We installed him.

 

[westwall]

Do We Go to War to Prevent Iran from Having Nuclear Weapons?

I hate war. As a historian, I have read countless books about war, especially those over the past ce

townhall.com

With due respect to Mr. Lewis, I think he misses the point.

Has there ever been a time (in recent history) when a sovereign nation formally and emphatically declared that it intended to obliterate a nearby country, as well as one on the other side of the world?

Nuclear aspirations or not, Iran declares constantly that it will not rest until Israel is gone, along with every Jew who lives there. They declare that the United States is the "Great Satan," and that it will do the same to the U.S. in the event that it obtains the means to do so. It is also worth mentioning that neither Israel nor the U.S. has any animosity against Persia or its people, except in reaction to the atrocities with which we are all familiar.

This alone justifies the attacks on Iran, as well as the pursuit of any means necessary to prevent Iran from building the tools necessary to carry out its stated intentions.

The lack of expressions of outrage from the usual suspects at the U.N. is telling.

Well, Iran declared war on us long, long ago.

I think it's time we started fighting back.

 

[TimFitz]

Well, Iran declared war on us long, long ago.

I think it's time we started fighting back.

Trump has already forgotten about it.

TACO strikes again.

Thank god, in this case. No one even want to think about that irresponsible fool leading the US in a war.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

When I lived in metro Detroit I knew many Iranian nationals who had immigrated to the US - including my next door neighbors. The Iranian people are very kind people. They may have a shitty government and terrible leaders but the death toll there is extremely sad. No one in the Trump administration thinks of them as anything but animals. Hammer and nails.

I was going to give you a thumbs up until your last sentence. The People of Iran see it differently. Trump is gonna be their LIBERATOR

 

[JimH52]

Do We Go to War to Prevent Iran from Having Nuclear Weapons?

I hate war. As a historian, I have read countless books about war, especially those over the past ce

townhall.com

With due respect to Mr. Lewis, I think he misses the point.

Has there ever been a time (in recent history) when a sovereign nation formally and emphatically declared that it intended to obliterate a nearby country, as well as one on the other side of the world?

Nuclear aspirations or not, Iran declares constantly that it will not rest until Israel is gone, along with every Jew who lives there. They declare that the United States is the "Great Satan," and that it will do the same to the U.S. in the event that it obtains the means to do so. It is also worth mentioning that neither Israel nor the U.S. has any animosity against Persia or its people, except in reaction to the atrocities with which we are all familiar.

This alone justifies the attacks on Iran, as well as the pursuit of any means necessary to prevent Iran from building the tools necessary to carry out its stated intentions.

The lack of expressions of outrage from the usual suspects at the U.N. is telling.

Israel has set Iran's nuclear ambitions back decades. They are doing the dirty work for the world. Why would the US insert themselves into a war that does not need our might?

trump loves to take credit for anything that others do that is successful. This is no different. The US position went from "We" were not involved in the attack to "We" now have control of the skies. trump wants to shove Netanyahu out of the way and claim he won the war.

WE DO NOT NEED TO GET INVOLVED!

 

[Carl in Michigan]

We installed him.

He was better than an Islamic theocracy.

 

[TimFitz]

I was going to give you a thumbs up until your last sentence. The People of Iran see it differently. Trump is gonna be their LIBERATOR

You made that up. It’s plainly ridiculous.

 

[TimFitz]

He was better than an Islamic theocracy.

IRAQ Was never an Islamic theocracy.

 

[citygator]

I was going to give you a thumbs up until your last sentence. The People of Iran see it differently. Trump is gonna be their LIBERATOR

Liberator from being alive maybe. When it comes to forcing democracy the list of failures is as long as Trump’s combover. Iranian people don’t deserve an authoritarian government or being bombed to the stone ages .

 

[Grau]

Are you ******* retarded? Why would China or Russia get into a war with the US for stupid ass Iran? NO ONE is going to come to their defence. How ******* dumb ARE you? Your childish and unrealistic fears offend me.

Iran will get buttfucked by Israel and that will be the end of it.

Your insulting and abusive rhetoric only exemplifies the degree to which you know nothing about the topic at hand or history's realities, in general.

The point that better educated people who have spent time in the region see that it is simply Netanyahu and his "Greater Israel" expansionists that have started a conflict that will adversely affect Israel and Jews around the world for decades.

When synagogues start to burn and innocent Jews get killed in the street, they have primarily Israel's genocidal and warmongering criminals to blame.

The suddenly invisible Gaza genocide already inflamed international resentment and an unprovoked sneak attack while the US was negotiating only earned Israel greater well deserved global enmity.

Next, the more deeply AIPAC drags the US into Netanyahu's unprovoked sneak attack, the more Americans at home and abroad are endangered.

Our Active Duty G.I.s in the region about whom you care nothing have suddenly become both Sitting Ducks and Netanyahu's free Human Shields / Pawns.

You are clearly unable to grasp even the most simple realities that:

1. The US currently has far more hostile countries, groups, tribes and madmen that can do us great harm regardless of our ability to carpet bomb millions of innocent civilians to death.

2. Netanyahu also just ensured Israel's misery well into the next century regardless of how many nukes they have.

Because you cannot have more than a Grade School Degree to have written the puerile and snarky rubbish about being "offended", I can only hope that you'll go back to school and begin to understand the lessons that history teaches us about the future.

Good luck,

 

[Captain Caveman]

Do We Go to War to Prevent Iran from Having Nuclear Weapons?

I hate war. As a historian, I have read countless books about war, especially those over the past ce

townhall.com

With due respect to Mr. Lewis, I think he misses the point.

Has there ever been a time (in recent history) when a sovereign nation formally and emphatically declared that it intended to obliterate a nearby country, as well as one on the other side of the world?

Nuclear aspirations or not, Iran declares constantly that it will not rest until Israel is gone, along with every Jew who lives there. They declare that the United States is the "Great Satan," and that it will do the same to the U.S. in the event that it obtains the means to do so. It is also worth mentioning that neither Israel nor the U.S. has any animosity against Persia or its people, except in reaction to the atrocities with which we are all familiar.

This alone justifies the attacks on Iran, as well as the pursuit of any means necessary to prevent Iran from building the tools necessary to carry out its stated intentions.

The lack of expressions of outrage from the usual suspects at the U.N. is telling.

To fulfil America's need to feel that they're the world's police, and then whinge after the event that the countries are sponging military off the US and they saved their asses. It's normally how it goes.

 

[Grau]

Document that claim.

Please don't hold your breath for for proof that the world was delighted to see the "Mad Dog" (*) of the Middle East further inflame regional hostilities.

After all, "Greater Israel" Lebensraum requires that the Mad Dog be the only regional nuclear power to ensure regional hegemony.

Meanwhile, America's G.I.s in the region have just become Netanyahu's Human Shields / Military Pawns.

Thanks,

(*), "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother."

Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan Quote

Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.

www.azquotes.com

 

[Godboy]

Your insulting and abusive rhetoric only exemplifies the degree to which you know nothing about the topic at hand or history's realities, in general.

The point that better educated people who have spent time in the region see that it is simply Netanyahu and his "Greater Israel" expansionists that have started a conflict that will adversely affect Israel and Jews around the world for decades.

When synagogues start to burn and innocent Jews get killed in the street, they have primarily Israel's genocidal and warmongering criminals to blame.

The suddenly invisible Gaza genocide already inflamed international resentment and an unprovoked sneak attack while the US was negotiating only earned Israel greater well deserved global enmity.

Next, the more deeply AIPAC drags the US into Netanyahu's unprovoked sneak attack, the more Americans at home and abroad are endangered.

Our Active Duty G.I.s in the region about whom you care nothing have suddenly become both Sitting Ducks and Netanyahu's free Human Shields / Pawns.

You are clearly unable to grasp even the most simple realities that:

1. The US currently has far more hostile countries, groups, tribes and madmen that can do us great harm regardless of our ability to carpet bomb millions of innocent civilians to death.

2. Netanyahu also just ensured Israel's misery well into the next century regardless of how many nukes they have.

Because you cannot have more than a Grade School Degree to have written the puerile and snarky rubbish about being "offended", I can only hope that you'll go back to school and begin to understand the lessons that history teaches us about the future.

Good luck,

NONE of those things are going to happen. Where do you people come up with these weird ideas?

Weve been vaporizing muslims for 2 decades, in virtually every middle eastern nation. Where is the payback? They dont do shit. We bomb the **** out of nations and nobody does a god damn thing to us because, they cant do anything to us. Thats just an undeniable fact.

 

[Grau]

NONE of those things are going to happen. Where do you people come up with these weird ideas?

Weve been vaporizing muslims for 2 decades, in virtually every middle eastern nation. Where is the payback? They dont do shit. We bomb the **** out of nations and nobody does a god damn thing to us because, they cant do anything to us. Thats just an undeniable fact.

I'm pretty sure that you're the only person I know that doesn't know about 9/11 or the numerous similar events.

I give up....

 

[Godboy]

I'm pretty sure that you're the only person I know that doesn't know about 9/11 or the numerous similar events.

I give up....

Yeah, but then we killed several million muslims and we started hunting terrorists more actively. The result was... nobody does shit to the US anymore. They just take it and they shut their mouths. You dont hear a peep from the Taliban. The LAST thing they want is for us to make a return visit.

 

[Godboy]

We installed him.

If we had the power to "install" someone to lead Iraq, why would we have chosen crazy Saddam? Why not put an American in charge? Like a christian West Point graduate? Your wild theory doesnt make any sense.

 

[TimFitz]

NONE of those things are going to happen. Where do you people come up with these weird ideas?

Weve been vaporizing muslims for 2 decades, in virtually every middle eastern nation. Where is the payback? They dont do shit. We bomb the **** out of nations and nobody does a god damn thing to us because, they cant do anything to us. Thats just an undeniable fact.

I don’t suppose your were around on 9/11.

 

[TimFitz]

If we had the power to "install" someone to lead Iraq, why would we have chosen crazy Saddam? Why not put an American in charge? Like a christian West Point graduate? Your wild theory doesnt make any sense.

US and British Support for Hussein Regime

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[Godboy]

US and British Support for Hussein Regime

Global Policy Forum is a policy watchdog that follows the work of the United Nations. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.

archive.globalpolicy.org

That didnt answer my question. Dont dodge.

 

[Godboy]

I don’t suppose your were around on 9/11.

Yeah, but then we killed several million muslims and we started hunting terrorists more actively. The result was... nobody does shit to the US anymore. They just take it and they shut their mouths. You dont hear a peep from the Taliban. The LAST thing they want is for us to make a return visit.