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Originally Posted by ashleykennedy";p="
You think declaring war on another nation would not make that nation more radical. The US under Bush became more radical after the twin towers got demolished what makes you think you need a regime change to become more radical. Look at the events in Iraq if you think the US can bomb a nation into a form of western democracy.
The US does not have a realistic military option.
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It would be easy to bomb them without declaring war. Maybe it will engender hate for their leader who got them into that mess. It worked for Israel when they did it with Iraq, there is no reason to suspect this is different. But even if it did make them more radical it would still be a better choice than allowing them to have nukes. So they most certainly do have a realistic military option. |
Another day of infamy, Japan was castigated for bombing without a declaration of war.
But if you would like the US to be thought of as cowardly then you go ahead. The Bush policies are already making the US a dirty name.
Are you under the impression that the US holds the monopoly on patriotism?
And you don't think such actions will engender more hate for the US. In times of national crisis the population of a country will rally round a war leader with the most radical point of view, then Iraq really would have a flood of Iranians crossing the borders baying for US blood. How many conflicts can the US handle at any one time? The US is running out of troops now.
Bush is sending over 21,500 troops to Iraq and having to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find them. The US hasn’t got a viable military option. The US military is already over burdened.