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Originally Posted by pseudonous  Quote: |
I'll pose it like this: Name the details of the situation in which You would authorize military force against Iran.
| When Iran declared war on us.
When Iran began destroying American commercial properties (sinking ships, etc...) outside their territory.
When Iran provided direct support to an organization which declared war on us or destroyed American commercial properties.
Basically, when Iran committed hostile acts toward us which could not be considered self defense. This does not include them improving their defense capabilities in any way other than in such instances when it involved a direct threat to our country.
I can't think of any other just reasons to declare war on another country. |
By your definition, we have already been attacked by Iran. In recent weeks they have been harrassing our warships just outside of their waterways in international waters. Should we now go to war with them? They even took over a British ship and took hostages. What about that? The Iranian president (I won't even try to spell his name), has stated that he wants to wipe both Israel and U.S. off the face of the world. Calling us, big satan and little satan. How do you deal with a maniac like that? I say we take out their capability to wage nuclear war. They can not beat us in a conventional war.
I think... now this is just my opinion... if we take out Iran, alot of the problems in Iraq would cease too. Since Iran is arming alot of the insurgents in Iraq. That, I think has been a proven fact also, except I can't remember where I heard that from. So, yes I'd support a pre-emptive strike on Iran. It would ultimately save many American lives. Just as nuking Japan did at the end of WWII. I don't mean we should nuke Iran. We have large enough conventional bombs, such a MOAB (Mother Of All Bombs), that can do the job. Take out their nuclear facilities. Also, worrying about what the UN or other countries think about us, is not an option to me. Do you think the Iranian govt. will worry about that when they give nukes to terrorist orgs. or try to launch a nuke at us themselves? I doubt it. I say take 'em out before they try to do it to us.