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Unlike previous IAEA reports – which, under the leadership of Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, deliberately sought to obfuscate the true nature of Iran’s activities – this one will demonstrate unequivocally that Iran is well on the way to acquiring nuclear weapons. It will show that the country is seeking to engineer and test components that are only used in the production of nuclear weapons, and that this illegal activity is taking place at sites that would not even exist if Iran was in compliance with its international treaty obligations.
Originally posted by la2
reply to post by havok
The thing is, North Korea has alot to lose by using nuclear weapons, they would lose their only ally, China, Russia also knew, all the way through the cold war, that the use of nuclear weapons would have a bad outcome, mutually assured destruction, now Iran really has nothing to lose, as the proverb says 'there is nothing more dangerous than the man with nothing left to lose'.
I'm not a fool, oil plays its part, but mainly as a concequence, regardless of what happens, the US, UK and yes even Israel know that any action against Iran would cause a huge spike in oil prices, at a time when the world can hardly afford what it needs, but this HAS to be weighed up against the issue that Israel has, Iran has openly said it wants to remove Israel from the face of the planet.
An attack is definatly on the cards, but I really feel the main issue is that Iran isnt Iraq in 2003, or Afghanistan in 2001, Iran c an and will defend itself and will doubtlessly have the Arab League backing it up, this would be the most dangerous military action anyone would have taken since the korean war, and its simply because even with the military might of the UK and US, the outcome is far from certain, Iran supplies China and Russia with alot of oil, they wouldnt stand by and allow this supply to be interupted and that may force them to take sides.
Originally posted by dontreally
reply to post by openminded2011
The only reason Iran would attack Israel, with a nuclear bomb if need be, would be the same reason why Hitler decided to gas 6 million Jews. It will kill Jews - 6 million of which happen to live in Israel today.
Iran would face the consequences, just as Hilter and other high level Nazi officials (not all) faced repercussions after the war.
Do not think for a second Iran is in someway different from Nazi Germany. Infact, Iran - is the proto-persian word for "Aryan"! There seems to be quite alot which binds the Germans with the Persians. Not only historically (the ancient Persians, Sassanids, etc, eventually absorbed western culture, and religion, first, with Alexanders campaigns in the east, and later on, with Christianities becoming the defacto religion of the peoples of the east - Persia)....