http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...LES.xml&rpc=22

so, if they can ship all of these missiles in from North Korea, isn't it likely that they've also brought in a nuke or two???

Europe won't believe it.....until they hear the KABOOM!

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I think you have that wrong JP5...don't buy into the far left spin on this. Europe including France and Germany is tired of this crap with Iran and know full well the reality of the situation.

The UN report on Iran by the IAEA comes out later today..unless they lie they will say Iran is not in compliance.


With Irans calls for the annihilation of Israel etc etc the end result is clear. Whether initiated by the Allies, Israel, or Iran.
A War is coming.

Well, I just hope to hell that if that's the case that France and Germany doesn't leave it all up to us. I'm tired of our soldiers bearing the burden of the world's problems almost totally by ourselves. I want to see them a heck of a lot more involved.

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

As long as they are buying missiles and not nukes then I have no problem. I remember hearing that North Korea could have one or two nukes at most, so I don't think they would sell their only nukes.

If by the world's problems you mean Iraq, then your statement makes sense. And US soldiers did not have to bear Iraq alone, the UN offered to take over the reconstruction and security mission right after the invasion. The US has a big military and does alot, but France and Germany have troops in Afganistan and actively participate in UN missions globally. The US must choose to work within the UN framework, then they can have the assistance of every country around the world. Screw Germany and France, you want everyone.

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Clearly, we must launch a preemptive war against this mad Muslim state before it's too late! Too many of their neighbors (Pakistan, Israel, India, Kuwait [USA]) already have WMD.
Think of the joy we will feel when we are greeted as liberators when we roll through Tehran in our up-armored HumVees!

If you mean "we" as in the US, then you will lose the preemptive war. Iran is a huge country, the US has hardly enough troops to take it alone. Oh yea, and you wouldn't be treated as liberators, Iranians elected their "mad" leader and are relatively supportive of it.

The best course of action is to present the evidence against Iran to the UN to see whether or not Iran is a threat. If it is, place international sanctions on Iran to cripple or topple the regime. Libya was in the same situation, sanctions were a success there. If sanctions fail, and Iran is closer to a nuclear weapon, then there will be UN support for taking out Iran's nuclear capabilities, and a preemptive war would actually be a success. UN troops from around the world, even Arab countries, would be in place in Iran after the taking of Iran's nuclear facilities to moniter the government and enforce further violations of international law.

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Now where did we hear that one before? (complete with the 'kaboom'!).

"45 minutes"...anyone?

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want to know why we haven't bombed North Korea yet. North Korea has the nukes we don't want Iran to get. And now North Korea is supplying Iran militarily? Why is no one demanding we take out North Korea like they advocate taking out Iran?

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This is the point I was trying to make. We do not take out N.K., because the benefits are not worth the risk. N.K. has more then enough material to make more then one or two bombs, as someone on here posted. They had a couple of bombs two years ago. By now, most estimates are that they have five or six. Considering they need energy needs so badly, it would make sense for them to have sold one or two too Iran. Iran has stated lately that they would strike back with "double the intensity" of any strike aimed at themselves. Quite possible one should prepare themselves for nuclear war if Iran is attacked; yet, this possibility is being ignored.