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Does the US want diplomacy to work with Iran?
BillieTheBot
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There was an interesting programme on Radio 4 about relations between Iran and America on Monday which you can listen to on their website.
It gives a really interesting perspective on the issue of whether America really wants peace with them at all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/uncoveringiran/pip/mwr3q/
It gives a really interesting perspective on the issue of whether America really wants peace with them at all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/uncoveringiran/pip/mwr3q/
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The offer the Iranians made might have been just a starting point, and they might not have been serious about it all, but where was the harm in trying to talk?
But after the way things have turned up on Iraq, fast becoming Vietnam Mk. II, a full scale occupation is highly unlikely.
Like others have said the US might still try to destroy infrastructure and nuclear plants, or even assassinate Ahmadinejad. Which would be a grave error.
I wouldn't object to destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities. Would you rather Iran succeeded in her attempt to 'wipe Israel off the map' unleashing nuclear war?
As desirable as dismantling Ahmandinejad vile regime would be it's not going to happen. A full-scale invasion is not possible but nobody interested in securing peace and stability in the region could possibly tolerate such a barbarous and dangerous regime getting its hand on a nuke. Should diplomacy and the UN bureaucracy fail to stop the Iranian threat the US and its allies should not rule out force.
Well since Iran has made it's hatred of the US pretty clear and given that the EU has not really got anywhere with Iran the US would probably be wasting its time...And Iran hasn't exactly expressed any sincere willingness to talk to the US.
If anyone used Nuclear weapons on Israel the radiation would harm their neighbours as well, I doubt anyone would want to nuke them and knowling harm the states next door.
The US government was really stupid to think they could go half way across the world, bomb another country which had been ruled so strictly for so many years - capture their leader and expect everyone to live happily everafter.
They probabaly thought it would go more like it did in Afganistan where they removed the Taliban rulers ...
If the US and UK forces leave Iraq now they'll for certain have taken a fairly stable but oppressed country (under Saddam's rule) and leave millions of people in a state of total civil war.
I doubt the US wants anything other then to have a miltary advantage in every single region of the world.
It's all propaganda playing to the masses.
If one's getting wiped off the map i'd pick israel over Iran.
Also it's good how you call it the "Iranian threat", I'm pretty sure they just want nukes so america can't fuck them around like they have done with the rest of the middle east.
I wouldn't object to destroying Iraq's nuclear capabilities. Would you rather Iraq succeeded in her attempt to 'wipe the West off the map' unleashing nuclear war?
As desirable as dismantling Hussein's vile regime would be it's not going to happen. A full-scale invasion is not possible but nobody interested in securing peace and stability in the region could possibly tolerate such a barbarous and dangerous regime getting its hand on a nuke. Should diplomacy and the UN bureaucracy fail to stop the Iraqi threat the US and its allies should not rule out force.
Heard it all before! :rolleyes:
classic
I'm guessing you didnt listen to the show then, they offered a deal to the US just after the invasion of Iraq, offering to stop nuclear, stop funding Hamas and sending rockets to Lebanon....
Its a show worth listening to.
It can't invade and take thier resources nad use it as a military base in the reigon if diplomacy WORKS, can it?
I mean, Saddam provided video evidence of his WMD's beiung decomissioned and destroyed. Didn't stop us invading him, did it?