Enough of their BS

[madformac]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

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I think Iran has a history of not cooperating and wanting power. Sadly, I fear the only they will listen to is power.

I mean look at Iraq. That is all it would listen to. Prior to the current invasion, Iraq was a nightmare, albeit US made, that the UN tried to control, but SH would have none of it and SH failed to cooperate and live up to the peace agreement in the early 90's, which gave W the excuse he needed to scheme to invade.

Note -- I am not justifying the invasion of Iraq. I am just using it as an example of what I see to be the mindset of that part of the world.

On edit - I think this is why the West has a hard time having any patience with the Middle East.

Does anybody know for sure Iran want nuclear weapons capabilities? They still insist its for energy purposes. Its only western "inteligence" that state otherwise. If it is for nuclear weapons then they are doing it out of fear. Fear of being attacked and invaded for their natural resources by other countries. Its only since the invasion of Iraq they are running scared. Where do the US government go when they run low on oil?

If you felt intimidated by the school bully you would want to make sure you could defend yourself right? You don't see the USA and UK go marching into nuclear capable countires do you? Because they can't. The risks are too great.

The fact is there is nothing they can do now to stop Iran going nuclear so they cannot take a military approach. If they can't do it diplomatically then there is no option. Thats why Bush has been so quiet on the matter too.