Considering the stark military warning just issued to the USA by Iran, can they defeat our nation?
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I think its a bold assumtion made by a country who isnt considering the fullness of our power. \n\nnot that we've exibited it. we're like a lame duck or a clumsy prom date. pretended to be united as a nation and fight a war in iraq and stand behind out souldiers. if i had to base our muscle on this whole endevor, and the solidity of our nation, id have to admit we're looking more and more like sitting ducks.\n\nwe're too busy hating our goverment, and killing eachother to unite to fight if someone attacked the nation. We lost over 2000 lives when the towers fell,and for a few months everyone was united over stopping terroism bar no cost. where are those people now? gripe'n about every damn move the war takes, and decision the president makes. oo war is bad, wah wah cry cry.\n\nwe're a huge cluster f**k waiting to be torn apart. \n\nIn all honesty thats my opinion. i havent heard of this nation standing together united over a war in over 60 years. This is what happens when hippies take over. love and peace and getting our asses kicked by N korea and china and iran. who have all not only threatened our interests but DARED us to intervine.\n\npolitics are politics. People die, wars are fought, things are gained and lost. and people are united, or else they fall. damnit people. we shoud all be building fall out shelters. if its not iran its the next country.
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Hmmm......I remember a couple years ago, bush said something like this (direct quote):\n\n"knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."\n\nYeah, I remember that, I was sitting in 105:H International Studies at Washington University when he said that, it was a reference to "Iraq's" "Nuclear technology" that we all know now that he never even had.....whooopsy, guess we can't use that phrase again....\n\nThey've been threatening Israel for the last 30 years, in fact you act as if Israel is so vulnerable, while as a matter of fact they are the ones that have ballistic missiles and atomic capablities, you act as if Iran is the bully===right.....hmmmm yeah did you get the memo? \n\n------------\n\nI don't like your attitude when it comes to describing their leaders either, I have my own feelings towards most Islamic extremists as I do for Christian extremists (Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson), but I don't go as far to label them and make a racial slur...you need to have some decency, and I know your probably quite young, however better to learn now than never right?
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The usa, they will blow themselves up to make it look likes someone else is getting them, probably iran next.
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I think it would depend on the circumstances. Undoubtedly, some Americans would fight , no matter what the intentions of the invaders. \n\nIf we had been suffering under an abusive, oppressive, dictatorial regime, and the Iranians offered some measure of freedom, I think they would win popular support among Americans.\n\nIf they invaded now, with things as they are, they would face tremendous opposition. We have a pretty good system now, and what the Iranians have to offer doesn't even come close.\n\nI know the point you are trying to make here, but I think you are seeing a false equivalence between U.S. democracy and Baathist rule of Iraq. Our system, whatever it's flaws, at least has a fundamental respect for the rights of the individual. Hussein's system did not. Our system is open to popular influence...his certainly was not. You can't hypothetically "turn things around" without acknowledging this.
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"It takes two to tango"... so, both really, but as for any one faction, verses any other... the US, is definately the most dangerous... where Israel comes in, is provocation, to put it simply, Israel (vs Iran), or Iran (vs the US directly) is the spark, and the US is the proverbial "powderkeg". Iran is, however, a HUGE threat to the world economy (in particular, the fragile US economy), but to be such a threat, it needs a cause to "unite" its people, that is where we (the US under republican or democrat leadership), and Israel (under virtualy any leadership), come in to play... by itself, without direct combat Iran is possably the most dangerous power on this earth (due to its economic signifigance)... but as far as direcly killing/destroying the world, and creating unecisary death, and combat, the US takes the "blue ribbon"... but never fear, if the partisan bickering continues, and socialist government systems continue to rise at there current rate (here in the US), the democrats and republicans that currently ocupy this country will colapse its economy, rendering the US relatively powerless, and making way for the evil empire of China to rise... of coarse when this happens (and it will, if we do not signifigantly change our course in the next 15-25 years, the economy will undergo another "crash", like in the nineteen thirties), China will be the biggest military threat...\n\nDoesn't make you very optomistic about the future of our world does it? I just hope this new "crash" doesn't happen within my lifetime... Even with the idiodic (not patriotic) red white and stupid general public at the relm, eventualy (hopefuly soon), we will get an inteligent president, who will guide us away from this path of self-destruction (after all, if you have enough monkeys typing on enough typewriters, for a long enough time, they may eventualy type something intelegent, right?)...
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Prepare yourself for the unthinkable: war against Iran may be a necessity. THE UNIMAGINABLE but ultimately inescapable truth is that we are going to have to get ready for war with Iran. \n\nThe unavoidable reality is that we now need urgently to steel ourselves to the ugly probability that diplomacy will not now suffice: one or way or another, unconscionable acts of war may now be unavoidable. \n\nThose who say war is unthinkable are right. Military strikes, even limited, targeted and accurate ones, will have devastating consequences for the region and for the world. \n \n\nIf Iran gets safely and unmolested to nuclear status, it will be a threshold moment in the history of the world, up there with the Bolshevik Revolution and the coming of Hitler. \n\n\nAnd the kind of society we live in and cherish in the West, a long way from Tehran or Damascus, will change beyond recognition. We balk now at intrusive government measures to tap our phones or stop us saying incendiary things in mosques. Imagine how much more our freedoms will be curtailed if our governments fear we are just one telephone call or e-mail, one plane journey or truckload away from another Hiroshima. \n\nSomething short of military action may yet prevail on Iran. Perhaps sanctions will turn their leadership from its doomsday ambitions. Perhaps Russia can somehow be persuaded to give them an incentive to think again. But we can’t count on this optimistic scenario now. And so we must ready ourselves for what may be the unthinkable necessity.
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it would be a total disaster if so.  it would require an occupation, since only bombing iran would allow them to retaliate against the iraq, israel, and afghanistan as well as automatically providing al-qaida with its strongest ally ever.  iran would be able to launch terrorist attacks around the world if it was bombed. an occupation would also be a disaster.  iraq is tough enough, and there most of the population supports the US.  Any occupation of a country where the people like their gov. (as in iran) is much more difficult than an occupation where the people were oppressed by their gov. (like iraq)
459411
straight to hell. If any more right wing fanatics and oil execs take control of this country, then we're probably headed for yet another war in the middle east (Iran), and that will be the end.
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A worst case scenario would unroll if the US were to launch a major air strike against Iranian nuclear facilities in the next few months.  A limited air strike against a "choke point", such as the Iranian uranium conversion facility at Isfahan, would like disrupt Iran's nuclear program for a long time.  The problem is what happens then?\n\nIran will respon in some way, all of which are devastatint to regional and international security.  They could lob scuds at Israel and US bases in the region.\n\nThe could block the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off the oil pipeline.\n\nThey could stop selling oil.\n\nThey could use their connections with Hezbullah to launch terrorist strikes against US interest.\n\nThey could do all or any of the above in combination. The only feasible targeting of a US nuclear attack would be the hardened facility at Natanz, under 75 ft of hard rock.  The other nuclear facilities are soft targets and can be taken out by conventional weapons.\n\nWhatever course the US takes, be prepared for the UNIMAGINABLE>
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The policy of the United Stated is that we will respond to any attack on us using weapons of mass destruction with our own weapons on mass destruction - in an irrational and overwhelming manner.\n\nIran knows this - and I seriously doubt that they want to go there.
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Right now, I would say the score is Lions - 2, Christians - 2, however that could change at any time.  The Iranians are certainly shrewed with their threat of cutting off oil.  They are a major player in the oil production business, so it would hurt internationally if they were to do that.  On the other hand, how much of their bullshit are we prepared to take and not just them but Russia and China, too.  This little charade going on about Iran not accepting Russia's nuclear proposal is nothing more than a stalling tactic on the part of both countries.  If we are so stupid as to trust Russia, than we all need our heads examined, starting with the White House. The winner will be the one designated to turn off the lights when all is said and done!
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It looks as though the Iranians will be involved in the next one, although I can't say I know who they'll fight. They talk tough, but aren't dumb enough to provoke the US or Israel.
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Are you talking about a threat to the US?  Doubt they are, since we are one of the few true allies that they have.
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The question is yes the US army is readily but unfornally, US ciztiens are not prepared for the end of the world by nuclear bombs, if any country including the US launched nuclear weapons, all other counties would then fire there weapons in case of attack plus everyone loses.
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Prepare yourself for the unthinkable, war againsty Iran may be a necessity.\n\nThe UNIMAGINABLE but ultimately inescapable truth is that we are going to have to get ready for war with Iran.\n\nTehran threatended the US with 'harm and pain' for hauling them before the UN Security Council over its nuclear program. The rapidly intensifying crisis is like a train on a collision course.\n\nWhile we were chasing phantom nukes in Mesopotamia, next door, Iran was busy building real ones.\n\nThe unavoidable reality is that we now need urgently to steel ourselves to the ugly probability that diplomacy will not now suffice, one way or another, unconsciounable acts of war may now be unavoidable.\n\nThose who say war is unthinkable are right. Those who say the US should not send young boys to die in the Middle East far from home are right. Those who say war will foster more violence in the Middle East are right.\n\nMilitary strikes, even limited, targeted and accurate ones, will have devastating consequences for the region and for the world.\n\nAll the argument against a strike are fearfully powerful. But multiplied together, squared, and then cubed, the weight of these arguments do not come close to matching the case for us to stop, by whatever means necessary, Iran from becoming a nuclear power.\n\nIf Iran gets safely and unmolested to nuclear status, it will be a threshold moment in the history of the world, up there with the Bolshevik Revolution and the coming of Hitler.\n\nIran has stated that they will 'wipe Israel off the face of the map." They've stated that the 'holocaust was fake.' And the kind of society we live in and cherish in the West will change beyond recognition if Iran becomes nuclear. We balk now at intrusive government measures to tap our phones or other intrusions into our civil liberties. Imagine how much more our freedoms will be curtailed if our government's fear we are just one telephone call or e-mail, one plane journey or truckload away from another Hiroshima.
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Sounds like Iran . Planning to invade it , are you ?
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Iran has been a threat since 1979.  Ayatollah Khomeini himself called the USA the great Satan.  That in itself does not constitute a military threat but it deos indicate that they really do not like the USA nor any of the Western world.