Could the IAEA be anymore toothless?

[Productivity]

Bush didn't cause the Tsunami.

Yes he did!

[Redleg]

Yes he did!

LOL - and the amazing thing is that the site asks for money from the believers of this.

[Del Arroyo]

You do realize that all of this nuclear proliferation is basically a direct result of our jumping the gun on Iraq and getting all of our military and political resources tied up there, right?

In order to credibly act against threats in Iran and North Korea now, we would practically have to mobilize the nation for war. With each threat proved empty our power wanes.

Iraq did not *show* anyone anything, except that our leadership lacked moral courage and PATIENCE. The urgency argument that people use for Iraq is a textbook example of the knee-jerk haste that is likely to get people into trouble.

Since this is a Total War forum, I'll ask you guys to think back to battles you've fought. Have you generally gotten better results rushing straight in at the first hint of an enemy movement, or taking a breath, looking around, and waiting for the right moment?

I'm not saying we shouldn't have ever gone into Iraq, but we needed to wait for a ripening. We picked green peaches and now they don't taste so good.

DA

[Al Khalifah]

The difference between Iran and Germany is that Germany was at the technological forefront of the world. It had one of the best generals, best tanks and airplanes, and best strategy in the world until later in the war. Iran is a comparitively harmless nation halfway around the world that is probably crapping it's pants over US Beligerrance in the region.

Before the start of the war Germany had none of those things. The Treaty of Versailles had crippled Germany militarily. It was only because they were allowed to flaunt the terms of the treaty so blatantly that they were able to build up their armed forces to such an extent. If France and Britain had stood up to Germany soon enough, Germany could have done nothing - but they were still in fear of another Great War and they were too defensive in their strategy once the war began - failing to exploit their advantage.
The reason the Germans were so technologically advanced was that they were able to build their armed forces from almost scratch, bespoke to the conditions of the war, where as the other armies of Europe were not.