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Originally Posted by basswipe
The very biggest issue.Taking on a third arab country?VERY BIG.We're stretched thin already.Iran knows what it's doing,they prayed to allah we'd fire so they could "legitimately" enter into the current stupidity.When you truly believe god says its ok to kill you do it.
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Do you seriously believe that this incident had
ANYTHING to do with militant Islam?
One thing the extreme Right Wing has done to the great detriment of all of us is to consistently insist that
all issues with Arabs or Muslims are ultimately driven by religious militant extremism.
This in effect has taken potentially legitimate political issues off of the table leaving no middle ground for a public facing moderate stance.
Iran's position today is driven foremost by their
government's need to maintain a balance of power with the
Sunni Muslim world, and ensure a defensive position against Israel now that Iraq isn't in between them.
The notion that Iran seeks to destroy the US for fundamental religious reasons, our freedoms etc...is based on neoconservative rhetoric, not reality.
This does in no way mean that there isn't a threat from Iran, or that regional stability isn't a BIG issue (especially in terms of our economic security). But we need to fight the battle as it is, and not what some would like it to be.
-spence
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