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Is that an exaggeration?
No.....but one would think the Iranians would at least try and use some smart power. When playing with that excuse.
Obama will capitulate to get a deal done. Obama could not care less about the long term outcome as long as there is signed piece of paper with "Iran Nuke Deal" at the top.
The nature of the situation if you are wrong is dire. The country has expansionist pan-mideast-islamic caliphate desires. why would we trust either way what such a fascist islamic regime wants here?
Obama will capitulate to get a deal done. Obama could not care less about the long term outcome as long as there is signed piece of paper with "Iran Nuke Deal" at the top.
So you are asserting that Iran has mixed in their nuclear program with all of their military infrastructure?
No you were asserting that Iran would have to open up their defensive infrastructure to the world.....which would hardly be the case. As that reason I came back with put all of that into perspective.
As all know Iran doesn't have Nukes nor reactors at all of their military bases. So its like I said.....they only need to open the door to the ones where they are doing the cooking in.
You've got that bit narrowed to nothing.
Things that make you go hmmmm.
Iran Missile Launch Leaves Neighbors With Four-Minute Reaction Time.....
Saudi Arabia purchased $2 billion worth of Patriots last month and Qatar signed a $2.4 billion deal for interceptors in December. As Patriot orders have come in from the Middle East and elsewhere, Raytheon has funded upgrade and improvement projects for the missile.
UAE also has purchased the THAAD interceptors, built by Lockheed Martin, and are supposed to get them by the end of the year. Saudi Arabia and Qatar are also reportedly interested in THAAD.
The U.S. has 10 Patriot batteries deployed in the region, including one in Jordan to defend against a possible missile attack from Syria. But while the Gulf States have purchases top-end missile interceptors, they do not have the sophisticated radars and satellites that the Pentagon uses to track ballistic missiles.....snip~
Iran Missile Launch Leaves Neighbors With Four-Minute Reaction Time - Matt Vespa
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Well, it will be difficult to inspect, where you are prevented to inspect. Not good for trust, not good for confidence. Can't well know, what's behind a closed door.
Not necessarily. It increases prospects of a continuation of sanctions and perhaps even a stiffening of sanctions.
Do you think that that is enough? We must live with a Muslim equivalent of North Korea in the Gulf? That will make it interesting, indeed. Waiting for mutual proliferation in the region and almost certainly the use of nukes over short or long.
How will you guarantee there is no weapons development or existent weaponry, if you cannot look? The Security Council had demanded the inspectors be able to do the job. If they can there need be no war.
Do you think that that is enough? We must live with a Muslim equivalent of North Korea in the Gulf? That will make it interesting, indeed. Waiting for mutual proliferation in the region and almost certainly the use of nukes over short or long.
Do you have the objectivity to be able to see the dilemma in this?
I'm not sure if it will be enough. Continued or strengthened sanctions would likely be the starting point should no reasonable agreement be reached. Of course, additional measures, including possible military ones, might be possible should Iran move closer to a nuclear breakout. Neither the U.S. nor Israel have ruled out military measures in such circumstances, but for now the emphasis is on the diplomatic process.
I might, if I knew, what you are alluding to.
I agree fully that we are presently well advised with the diplomatic pathway. The thing is, that iran has almost certainly already "broken out" in the sense of dirty bombs and possibly those even with regional missile capability. They might even be able to hit Europe, India or Russia in a limited way. It also seems dangerous to rely on new sanctions unless the Security Council is reliably and unilaterally in the boat and willing to robust action should efficient nuclear weapons capability be at all probable.
If Iran decides to flaunt iaea inspection now, we shiuld be clear that the negotiations are over and we sshould make this absolutely clear. There may be no doubt in Teheran that there will be war, if they do not submit to the inspections totally. As long as they believe as Saddam did that they can survive in power because there is protection that will prevent robust action, they will resist, as Saddam did.
And how is a sovereign nation, that surely has a right to defend itself, to do so effectively if it has no secrets. Said another way, how is it that Iran (any nation) to retain legitimate secrets of defense that wouldn't be violations of NPT or any other treaties or aspects of international law, do so if a body (P-5+1, UN) can demand that an impartial (wink wink, nod nod) agency (IAEA) inspect an installation on the "suspicion" that they are in violation of something?
I assume "robust action" is a reference to military might. We fought a useless war before on the probability of WMD's.
I am afraid that until we have a general global security system that reliably guarantees against war your question misses reality. Iran has bungled it and has no more rights in the matter. It is a question of having done things that according to iaea make it highly probable that they have been developing nuclear weapons and broken the treaty. If they do not unreservedly comfort their treaty partners those must assume that Iran is arming with nuclear weapons illicitly. That is a casus belli and it would be irresponsible to do nothing.
It is your position that departs reality. Demanding somebody do something based upon your suspicions isn't going to get you very far. It makes no sense to go to war (and what do you have left but) if Iran doesn't satisfy your suspicions?
...The thing is, that iran has almost certainly already "broken out" in the sense of dirty bombs and possibly those even with regional missile capability.
It also seems dangerous to rely on new sanctions unless the Security Council is reliably and unilaterally in the boat and willing to robust action should efficient nuclear weapons capability be at all probable.
If Iran decides to flaunt iaea inspection now, we shiuld be clear that the negotiations are over and we sshould make this absolutely clear.
There may be no doubt in Teheran that there will be war, if they do not submit to the inspections totally.
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