Originally posted by: Phokus
??The U.S. capability to make a mess of Iran?s nuclear infrastructure is formidable,? says veteran Mideast analyst Geoffrey Kemp. ?The question is, what then?? NEWSWEEK has learned that the CIA and DIA have war-gamed the likely consequences of a U.S. pre-emptive strike on Iran?s nuclear facilities. No one liked the outcome. As an Air Force source tells it, ?The war games were unsuccessful at preventing the conflict from escalating.??
-The CIA
Bombing Iran would just be invading Iran anyway, and profjohn is still retarded
I'm not getting your point... seriously you need to stop tooting your anti-republican horn because individual opinions of bombing Iran are not entirely a republican concept.
The DoD, CIA, DIA, essentially the U.S. Government throughout history, has always created invasion and strategic plans for many countries, no matter how likely or unlikely such scenarios would ever have a real need. It's just how our government thinks - have a plan so we can get the ball rolling fast in the event we feel we need to police the world. It's a U.S. concept, far from partisan in any conceivable way, so drop the bullshit. If you want to attack the concept of being the world's police, be my guest, bash U.N. for all I care because they do a terrible job and we like to try and do what the U.N. fails to accomplish. I'm all for a more isolationist approach - screw the world, we need to fix our problems before worrying about others. But, that's the issue with having allies. Great for when the shit really hits the fan, but allies always want to help their allies with the little problems, even when it's only in their region. We'll never change the fact the Israel is locked in with an eternal struggle against the Middle East due to the fact radical Islam interpretations basically forces that situation.
And with that said, we are trying to be the world's police in backing the U.N. treaties and resolutions regarding nuclear capabilities. Since the U.N. wants no more nuclear countries, we want no more nuclear countries. Granted, we're barking down Iran's door about the issue while completely turning a blind eye to Israel shunning the U.N. regarding nuclear capability, so that's another topic that needs addressing.
But the partisan bullshit is tiresome. And further reason why I have no hope for our government because I have no hope for the people who seem prepared to go to war with the other party. Goddamn we need something other than the 2 party system. It completely encourages the never-ending cycle of terrible government due to the lack of logical behavior and apathy from the voters.