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[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by spence

They feel they're positioned to counter historical Western influence and are exploiting our situation in an effort to bolster their regional position.

I think the accusation of Iran as a sponsor needs to be put in context. Certainly they support Hezbollah, but this is a group that's not even on the EU list of terror organizations.

But beyond that what do we really know?

It's stated as fact that they have a military nuke program (and I'd wager they do) but we really don't have any real evidence that proves this.

You do know that in Afghanistan, pre "Axis of Evil" Iran was actually helping the United States.

The same people who are beating the drum of war with Iran are those that got everything wrong in Iraq. Think about that...

Now I'm not saying Iran isn't a threat, and a nuclear armed Iran wouldn't shift the balance of power in the region. The only thing in all our interests is non-proliferation.

But your "bottom line" statement above just doesn't make any sense to me. It's just a jumble of rhetorical snippits in a broad sweeping generalization. It's precisely this kind of thinking that paints issues as black or white and dwells only on worst case scenarios.

And as such there can be no political reasoning, just bluster and militant positioning, which is exactly what we are doing. Iran knows we have no military solution short of all out war. They are throwing Bush's "cowboy" rhetoric right back in his face to great affect.

-spence

No military solution short of all out war? What about thirty days of around the clock bombing?