this doesn't sound the least bit familiar to you I take it? Don't get me wrong, based on his speech at Columbia he is ignorant. But you assume the US is not. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion; yes the administration *is* that stupid. Yes, Iran apparently has no clue that this is so....
Dana On 9/25/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can we assume that is not their plan when the consequences of being > wrong are so dire? And even if we somehow make the idiotic blunder of > assuming the best from a country whose president regularly leads mobs in > chants of "Death to America", do you really think the Israelis are going to > stand back and watch the Iranians develop nukes? Not a chance. > > At the very least, if no one does anything, Iran will be a nuclear power, > and they will use the threat of nuclear terrorism to dominate the region. > The Saudis would be forced to contemplate developing nuclear weapons as a > deterrent, just as India and Pakistan engaged in a regional cold war nuclear > arms race a few year ago. > > You ask about US actions in what context? The war in Iraq? Afghanistan? None > of that stuff makes any difference. The Iranians have been pursuing nuclear > weapons for more than twenty years. > > The US and Europe have showed restraint. The time for restraint is quickly > drawing to a close. The US and Europeans need to sponsor very tough > sanctions on Iran- first through the Security Council (like that would ever > get past China and Russia)- and then on our own. War is the only other > option left, and it is going to be ugly all around if it comes to that. > > > > On 9/25/07, Dana wrote: > > > > ok so... assume (it's a big assumption) that this is in fact their > > plan. How do you think the US actions so far help to prevent this? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
