The Iranian threat

[rotorgun]

So because they are not a threat of equal proportion to us we should what, ignore them? Wait until they are a threat equal to us? If we let it go now, what happens in a few years when/if they do bomb Israel and they retaliate, would you look back and say all this mess could have been handled back in 2006 before Iran got their nuclear program off the ground.

Fair enough point yesdachi. As a person who lived through the Cold War, it is often difficult for me to relate to this modern day hysteria over one weak country having an insignificant nuclear ability. I lived every day of my life from birth until the fall of the Berlin wall thinking that any day could be the world's last. I still think of this as a regional problem that should be handled by the nations that live in that region, backed up by the United States diplomatically. A message should be clearly sent to Iran:

Think about launching one missle or providing one terrorist group with a bomb and you will be annihilated. It is a simple as that.

Many iranians despise the fanatic islamists... i am sure they will have enough ration and conscience to change sides when the time will come. I am also sure that in the near future, Iran will go apart from Islam - ones who read history, knew that Islam destroyed the iranian civilisation, and there are already different factions formed out of ex-patriated iranians which are suporting this kind of opinions.Surely they will form the backbone of the new regime.

Careful there Rex. This kind of thinking is what got us into the current mess we are in in Iraq. This has been the tired excuse for invasion throughout history-to delude ourselves that we have a right to intervene in another country's matters without invitation. Hitler remarked before operation Barbarossa "We have only to kick in the door, and the whole [Soviet] house will come crashing down!" We all know how that little episode ended 25 million deaths later. Do not underestimate the capacity of a country to resist if the people are given common cause to hate the enemy. I believe that this is what will happen if we invade Iran.

Respectfully,