Nuklear bomb

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Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Well, you've shown us where you stand. With the aggressors. With the warmongers. With the people who use imaginary 'weapons of mass destruction' to justify invasions. Above all, with hypocrisy.

Israel, along those who assisted it (principally the US, but also other western countries), is largely responsible for the nuclear arms race in the middle east. Israel has systematically acquired territory from it's neighbours through conquest, and has carried out numerous acts that were they perpetrated by an 'arab' country (not that the Iranians are Arabs) would be classified by many as terrorism. Indeed, if you look beneath the surface propaganda of middle eastern politics, it isn't that unusual to find Israeli involvement in the murkiest places - there is some evidence that they provided Hamas with funds in it's early years, and they were certainly involved with supplying arms to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. The Israelis certainly worked tirelessly in Lebanon for years stirring up inter-communal conflict. This sort of hogwash might work in US politics, but in much of the rest of the world, it is seen for what it is - a self-serving 'justification' for US aggression in the middle east, based on little more than crude stereotypes, and the profit to be derived from crude oil. The United States (or any outside power) has no more right to 'intervene' in the middle east than Venezuela has to 'intervene' in the US, or Iceland has to invade Sri Lanka. Inventing bogus 'threats' is an old tactic used to justify aggression. If there is a major war in the near future, US foreign policy is more likely than not to be at the root of it - as indeed it was in the case of Iran, where the US-backed Shah's oppressive measures opened the way for the current bunch of loons to seize power.

In any case, If one is going to make bogus comparisons with the 1930s, I'd be careful that others don't decide to do the same, but placing the jackboot under the banner of the Stars and Stripes. I think such comparisons are wrong, not least because the US population isn't as gullible as such comparisons suggest, and shows strong evidence for rejection of such simplistic 'us vs them' propaganda - they are becoming increasingly sceptical about involvement in foreign wars that seem to achieve little except lining the pockets of the arms industry and their associates.

So can I summarize by saying:

US = evil
Israel = evil.
Middle Eastern Radicals = no real threat (bogus I think you said).
Jackboots = Nazis

Thank you for being honest about your dislike for the USA. I mean that. It is tiresome when people hide behind vague references. I applaud you for being up front about it (though the Nazi reference was probably a bit over the top, don't you think?).

I thank you also for proving my points about moral relativism and complacency. You do not see significant threats in that area of the world. Understood. You would rather we (the present day "allies") not be involved there and let them sort things out. I'm guessing you do think we should talk with them, understand them better, and maybe negotiate solutions to whatever problems may exist.

There is a very good chance your vision will be what happens unless someone (Israel) decides that Iran is too dangerous to have nukes. The US certainly isn't going to do anything about it any time soon. Neither will the UN. Russia will play neutral or back Iran. China will back Iran for now. So chances are, nothing militarily will be done.

When the mushroom cloud from a bomb supplied by Iran, N. Korea, or China is rising over some city in the world, I will be here with the ghost of Neville Chamberlain (I am sure he has figured it out by now) to say "told ya so" lol.

Wait...if it's DC the fallout will probably get me in which case look me up when you get to the other side and we'll have a pint .

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