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When to attack Iran?

And what point, after what stage of Iran's nuclear development, should we decide to attack their nuke and other sites?

when we know they have reached the nuclear level of enrichment required for a bomb?

when we know they have a missile capable of hitting Israel or out troops, with a nuclear warhead?

when we know they have actually constructed a nuclear weapon?

When they launch one. I don't believe it's an actual threat to our security. Let others take care of it. And then we can mop up the mess.
 
It seems Mr Romney doesn't have such reservations, promising America's full backing if Israel attacks Iran. He's insane.

his comments as a presidential candidate about Israel, Russia, and China haven't been particularly savvy. he certainly should have chosen different wording of his positions. it's as if he doesn't understand that in other cultures, this kind of language has consequences. put simply, his desire to occupy a position distinct from Obama has made him unnecessarily hawkish. other nations won't forget what he has said in the election, and he'll be putting himself at a diplomatic disadvantage should he win.
 
When they launch one. I don't believe it's an actual threat to our security. Let others take care of it. And then we can mop up the mess.


One nuke could render Israel uninhabitable for years.


One.
 
One nuke could render Israel uninhabitable for years.


One.

that's not true.

Israel stretches hundreds of miles from north to south.

one good nuke in Tel Aviv would take out Tel Aviv...for a couple years only.

the rest of Israel included the Galilee region, Haifa, Beersheba, Eilat, would be just fine.
 
One nuke could render Israel uninhabitable for years.


One.

You know who else gots nukes? Israel.
Lets say Iran does get a nuke, you think they are actually gonna use it? I mean look at DPRK. Remember the US: "DPRK is dangerous they might have a bomb". What does DPRK do? They come out and say, "Actually, yea we do have a nuke see here is a test, what the **** you gonna do?" US comes back and says, "**** well they do. Well were not gonna do anything militarily, but you might use it! So stop!" What has happened? Nothing.. DPRK just being the DPRK.
If Iran does get a nuke i can guarantee they will not doing anything, they are crazy but they are not that crazy. It will almost be a security thing for Iran to have a bomb. They will use it as security from a hostile force from invading.
 
If Iran refines uranium past 20%, then that exceeds what is necessary for strictly civilian use. Hit their nuclear facilities then.
 
not the U.S.'s problem.:shrug:

So are you one of those that thinks if Israel is eliminated muslim terrorist will simply hang their hats and retire?
 
So are you one of those that thinks if Israel is eliminated muslim terrorist will simply hang their hats and retire?
It may decrease or eliminate terrorism, as support for israel is seen by them as a hostile action.
 
the annihiliation of an American ally & friend, isn't our problem?

All they do is suck billion's of dollar's of U.S. taxpayer money, not exactly a ''useful ally'':shrug:

They didn't help U.S. troops fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, what a great ally.:roll:
 
All they do is suck billion's of dollar's of U.S. taxpayer money, not exactly a ''useful ally'':shrug:.....

almost every dime of that aid is sent right back to the USA, to keep hard-working Americans employed.
 
It may decrease or eliminate terrorism, as support for israel is seen by them as a hostile action.

so we should just let Israel be destroyed, in order to possibly give us some extra security from an untrustworthy enemy?
 
almost every dime of that aid is sent right back to the USA, to keep hard-working Americans employed.

I'm sure we could figure out a better way to keep hard-working American's employed.
 
what is the enrichment level for nuclear power?

Less than 20%.

Low-enriched uranium (LEU) has a lower than 20% concentration of 235U. For use in commercial light water reactors (LWR), the most prevalent power reactors in the world, uranium is enriched to 3 to 5% 235U. Fresh LEU used in research reactors is usually enriched 12% to 19.75% U-235, the latter concentration being used to replace HEU fuels when converting to LEU.
Enriched uranium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
so we should just let Israel be destroyed, in order to possibly give us some extra security from an untrustworthy enemy?

Israel should be Israeli's problem, that's all i'm saying, us American's should focus on the Economy and other domestic issue's.
 
Israel should be Israeli's problem, that's all i'm saying, us American's should focus on the Economy and other domestic issue's.

Israel is our ally and many innocent people live there. It would be a travesty of epic proportions to allow an evil government like Iran to obtain nuclear weapons and destroy the nation of Israel. Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and destroying one of our allies, especially in such a hostile region, would be our problem.
 
All they do is suck billion's of dollar's of U.S. taxpayer money, not exactly a ''useful ally'':shrug:

They didn't help U.S. troops fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, what a great ally.:roll:

Muslim terrorist will always be attacking someone or something. If Israel is no longer that enemy then guess who is next? Were talking about fanatics that want to spread their religion by the sword(gun).

Israel is a small country they can't afford to participate in ground invasions with us, not when they have hostiles on their borders ready to attack them at any minute. What they can and have done, is launch air strikes, and clandistine operations, the Mossad is one of the best organizations the world at what it does.
 
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Israel is our ally and many innocent people live there. It would be a travesty of epic proportions to allow an evil government like Iran to obtain nuclear weapons and destroy the nation of Israel. Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and destroying one of our allies, especially in such a hostile region, would be our problem.

Israel also has a good number of American citizens living there.
 
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