Posted by stav1 on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 17:26:48

here is a link to what a think tank in the US has said about recent bombing event in Iran http://www.infowars.com/articles/ww3/iran_us_involved_with_terrorist_blast_in_southeast_iran.htm

here is link to bbc site onplans for Iran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6376639.stm

i would also be interested in Dave answering this question.

Posted by Butterspeak on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:30:22

This is an entirely irrelevant question. There comes a time when maybe a strike might have to be made, but we must surely be a very long way from that. Asking if a strike was on the options list as a final resort must be in most minds.
The US would be mad to just strike in the near future, but all they seem to have done is to go through the various scenarios, and prepare for the worst.
Unless the loose cannon of a cowboy has another mad moment, I think Congress and the Senate would hold him back.

Posted by physics911comfan on Tuesday, 20 February 2007 23:34:06

There are only two reasons for war
to fight for your life and
to defend your country from invasion
everything else is a racket

Posted by blackpikex on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 04:30:50

There are only two reasons for war
to fight for your life and
to defend your country from invasion
everything else is an illegal invasion

and the perpitrators of the illegal invasion should be prosecuted for their war crimes in the hague

Posted by TonyTT on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 11:06:50

Perhaps the Israelis would put themselves in the “to fight for your life” category if the Iranians were to get close to developing a nuclear weapon, and hence justify a military strike.

Posted by tomamos on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 13:58:25

how could this be an irrelevant comment? it is concerning a political issue and is surely therefore directly relevant?

Posted by carlos on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 14:21:13

So TonyTT, it fine for Israel to have Nuclear weapons - heavy water supplied by the UK, and fuel cells from France....
Even though it is in complete violation of all UN treaties...
.....That, the person who leaked this to the world is lured from the UK by a female Mosad agent, and is then kidnapped from Paris (again illegal), put into solitary confinement, only to be let out a couple years back after ove a decade, and put under house arrest.

Israel is in breach of more UN resolutions than any other country, and has been for decades, but is allowed to do this because America vetoes anything that comes up in the UN that might put pressure on it...

If were in Iran I'd be crapping myself over Israels power... this does not justify Irans nuclear asperations, but rather is just an objective reason for it.
Governments have a duty to protect their people

I think we would have more chance of bringing Iran within the international community when the international community is even handed and not totally hypocritical.. it feeds right into any kind of extremism, and anti democratic powers.

Posted by Tizzy on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:16:08

carlos, watch your language - edit your comment or it could get deleted!

Posted by TonyTT on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 21:46:26

Hey, I agree, I am not a fan of the Israelis or the existence of the Jewish state. I feel that the Palestinians are an oppressed people living under occupation. Yes they have had their land stolen by the Jewish state with the connivance of the west, and it sucks. But the reality of the situation is that the Israeli state exists, it is a democracy and it is supported by the US. There is nothing that the Russians, EU, Chinese, Iranians (and their proxies) can do about it. That is the reality of the situation.

Yes the Israelis are in violation of loads of UN resolutions, but not the type that allows for military action unlike Iraq under Saddam.

The Islamic world have a justifiable grievance about the existence of the Jewish state, we all know that, and deep down I think the average Yank thinks the same thing. But the fact is that it is here to stay and the threat of a nuclear armed Iran with a leadership like they have is seen as a threat. People fear that the fundamentalist attitude of the Iranian regime could lead them to have a full on, hardcore martyrdom type operation against Israel irrespective of the total retaliatory repose that it would provoke from the US. Until they prove otherwise the US will continue to be anti, and will in the end attack and destroy the entire Iranian military infrastructure if their demands are not met. That is the reality, however uncomfortable for the militarily week EU, Russians, Chinese, and Iranians.

Posted by scrubsupwell on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 23:31:44

Sir Richard Dalton, Britain's former ambassador to Tehran, backed the report's conclusions. "Diplomacy has not been exhausted," he said. "Military action should be a last resort, used in self-defence against an imminent threat, and we have not reached that position yet."

Three former high-ranking US officers echoed the report's conclusions and urged Tony Blair to slow the march to war by making it clear to Washington that he would oppose a military attack on Iran.

My message to Mr Blair is this, take British action in Iran off the table, plan a visit to Mahmoud (he is a nice person) to discuss their nuclear plans, sign an agreement in the presence of IAEA and restrict enrichment to 5% or fuel grade.

It is that easy. Striking Iran will without a doubt cause Russia and China to hover over the button. No-way another country is being struck with 'shock and awe' again. The world will not stand for blatant bullying and neither will God.

Posted by spivver on Saturday, 24 February 2007 09:08:34

To those who are in denial (including Mr Cameron) about the TRUTH behind the events of 911 (and why so many questions are being asked on this forum of it), and, to a lesser extent, the TRUTH behind 7/7, you may like to read the following two articles which clearly set out the hidden agenda behind the lies currently being told us by our American and British politicians:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code;=CHO20070201&articleId;=4659

and

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code;=CHO20060810&articleId;=2942

Maybe those who prefer to seek knowledge, rather than to just sit back and be brainwashed, would also like to ask their politicians the serious questions as to why they are going along with this. Clearly Cameron, from his past answers to the 911 questions, condones these lies and so is supportive of these illegal wars and slaughter of innocent people.

 

Comment edited by spivver on Saturday, 24 February 2007 09:10:13