I don't see people taking this very seriously, so I figured I'd get this off my chest.
We're coming to an impasse. Iran's nuclear ambitions are going to drag the world into WW3. No, not wireless web 3, or Wacky Wheels 3, but World War 3. Israel has announced they are currently drawing up plans for a tactical low-yield nuclear strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. Evidently, they have intelligence that shows Iran is going to have enough enriched nuclear materials for weapons use within 2 years, and they aren't going to wait for them to get nukes before they handle their business. Come on people, what do we expect? Every other day someone from Iran is talking about wiping Israel off the face of the earth. They view Jews as an inferior race that must be extinguished.
Now I'm no historian, but I'm pretty sure the last time someone tried to extinguish the Jews, it was quite an ordeal, to put it lightly. If Hitler had nukes it would've been over.
Iran just threatened today to cut off the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, which, according to the Iranian officer, sees 40% of the worlds oil pass through it's waters. Remember how bad it sucked to pay $3.30/gallon for gas? Think about what would happen if we had 40% less oil?
We also found out recently that Iran has sent personnel to Iraq to aid in the insurgency. They were found in a raid on insurgents in the war torn country. Two Iranians found had diplomatic papers and were sent back, while at least two others, who were members of the Iranian military, were held by US forces.
We've also got Democrats in the house that think pulling out of Iraq is the solution to the "Iraq Question". Right. So the Dems are a big fan of the "pulling out" method, eh? Based on the Dems stance on abortion I would guess this strategy hasn't proven successful in the past. Do you guys understand the idea of terrorism? The whole point is to use terror to gain some sort of goal. Well, if the insurgents are blowing troops up left and right, and we pull out of Iraq, then they get what they want. They can say "Look, terrorism works! The Americans have left!"
Come on guys...We've got enough troops there now, over 100,000 troops. If Bush wants to send 20,000 more, it's only going to help. The problem is, our troops are constantly worried about being sued for defending themselves, or thrown in jail. If we have troops there, we need take them off of their leash, to let them do what they've been trained to do, kick ass and take names.
Let the 20,000 troops help Iraq secure their borders to prevent further escalation due to Iranians and Syrians coming to aid the insurgency. Let the other 100,000 sweep Iraq. Clear the insurgents out once and for all. Give a press conference in Iraq to let the Iraqi people know about the sweep. Tell them we'll be going door to door and not to be frightened. Regardless of what you've heard, Iraqis don't like being blown to bits by suicide bombers. They're equally opposed to being kidnapped and shot in the head, left in a ditch somewhere.
We'll have the Iraqi troops with us as well, which should ease the minds of the Iraqi citizens.
The world is going to crap, people, and we need to do something about it. Not pull into the protective shell of our country and hope the world can work out it's own problems. Now I've strayed far from my original idea for this article, and I apologize.
We've got a country that's roughly the same size of New Jersey(if not smaller), that's being threatened by Iran and most other Muslims. They've got an advanced military and aren't afraid to use it. Are we going to back our friends, or turn our backs on them?
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I like most of what you said, but as you mentioned it was a little disjointed. Basically, you're not a fan of Iran right now. I think that's the short version. They are reinforcing the 'insurgents' our troops are fighting against. They continue to threaten and seem to be preparing to annihilate Israel. They obviously need to be taken down a notch. They may in fact be the ones responsible for a lot of the terrorist actions we have seen in recent years. They know we know this and they know we consider them a bad bunch and a threat. They also know the longer they tie us up in Iraq, the more time they have to finish their nuke program. A couple of years is not much time, and that may be all they need. Then they could stop playing around in Iraq and take out Israel like they want. I don't know how many other Middle Eastern countries have nuclear capability, but I suspect we would find out in a hurry once Iran started threatening everyone. It could be a real mess. I just don't think the American people have the stomach for proactive action against Iran right now. They are already all pissed off about how long Iraq is taking, as if that was a long time. They have forgotten their history and the fact that there can be protracted conflicts at times. That doesn't mean we should simply give up and run home with our tail between our legs. That's the last thing we should do. As you said, that would only encourage more terrorist actions against us. We certainly don't need any more of that.
I think that I would support any sovereign nation who is being threatened from annihilation to defend themselves. Be is Israel or any other nation in the world.
I would hope that cooler heads would prevail and that diplomacy would be the victory but if Israel using tactical nukes on the bullies is the only suitable course of action...so be it.
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