Do Iran and Venezuela represent a threat the America?

Question

These two countries seem to be getting friendly. Given Irans nuclear program, and Venezuela's strategic location, should the U.S. be worried?

Answer 1

No.
I found out the louder a dog barks the more afraid it is.
Do you think Iraq or Venezuela wants to fight us. Iran would be destroyed very very quickly by Saudi Arabia, Israel, or the United States. They dislike Bush like everybody else. Bush calls the American people that disagrees with him unAmerican. I am sure he did something to anger Chavez. Iran hates everybody. China is angry with us over that spy plane thingie. Bush caused a lot of problems and we are trying to fix it.

Answer 2

Don't worry about Ven's strategic location, she hasn't got military capability unlike Iran, however Venezuela has oil and any disruption of supply will be disadvantageous for a time to motorists everywhere. Venezuela relies upon oil dollars for her national income. Iran is a problem given the news she creates and the reaction of the international community to what she does. But including the other country means the threat is the same but not increased. Iran can affect Iraq and America's troops in Iraq.

Answer 3

The real reason Iran is on the Bush "Axis of Evil" has nothing to do with Israel, Nuclear Weapons or even terrorism. Iran has moved to the Euro for selling Oil instead of the US Dollar.

Saddam Hussein was planning to make the same change before the US invaded, hence the trumped up charges against him, blaming him for 9/11 when he in fact had nothing to do with it.

Guess what Iraq currently uses to sell Oil?

That's right, the US Dollar. That's the real reason for the invasion.

In the end, the US will invade Iran if they continue selling oil using the Euro instead of the dollar. If they switch back to the dollar and give every indication of staying there, the US won't invade.

Do some research on "dollar hegemony." I've included a couple of links below.

Answer 4

The US should not be worried

They should see themselves as rightwing extremists, and, lessons from Hitler, Napoleon, Ceasar, the colonies learned, say - thank-you Iran, N Korea, Cuba & Venezuela (four internationally very peaceful and kind countries but who the US does not like coz it wants to meddle in their affairs, it has no right to do this).

So the US says, let's abandon our extremism and search for the middle path - then the world lives happily ever after.

Answer 5

Yes, there is cause for concern.

Iran is already a threat to us for three important reasons:

1. It has directly threatened Israel (with comments like "wiping it off the map") and is seeking nuclear arms and missiles. Since Israel is a US ally, an attack on Israel would likely result in a nuclear war in the Mideast which would draw us into the conflict.

2. Iran is actively seeking to gain control of Iraq and has threatened other neighboring countries like Kuwait and Jordan. It also borders Afghanistan. If allowed to succeed, it would control a vast portion of the world's oil supply and be able to create a huge safe haven for nuclear armed terrorists.

3. Iran is already a terrorist safe haven. It has long supported Hezbollah (which has killed Americans as well as Israelis) and Hamas. Its leader hates the U.S. and in fact was personally involved in the taking of 52 U.S. hostages in 1979. It is quite plausible that he would supply terrorists with weapons of mass destruction that could be used in U.S. cities.

Imagine this nightmare scenario: We pull out of Iraq, and Iran takes over. Through Hezbollah, Iran then retakes Lebanon and threatens Kuwait. Iran now controls a third of the world oil supplies with which it can blackmail the rest of the world. Using Russian supplied missiles and Pakistani supplied nuclear technology, it is in a position to launch nuclear attacks against Israel and Saudi Arabia, and it has an open border with Afghanistan.

Anti-US terrorists would then have a huge safe haven in a country with vast amounts of money, control over the world economy via its oil reserves and a nuclear armed military. It could covertly supply terrorists with WMD's or start a regional or even worldwide nuclear war.

If you listen to Amedijan's words, this nightmare scenario seems possible and even likely. Some may argue that he is just a nutcase with a loud bark. The same was said of Hitler. He is someone who should be taken seriously and who threatens us much more than Hugo Chavez, North Korea or Iraq.

Hugo Chavez is also a rather crazed America-hater, but he does not pose much of a direct military threat to us. The worst he could do would be to cut off the supply of oil to the us. Eventually, he could become a threat to us through his associations with Iran, North Korea and Cuba.

Answer 6

Iran is a definite threat, not only to the U.S. but also to the world. Venezuela is not a threat right now, but they could become a threat. Although, I can't really see a Muslim country really getting all buddy, buddy with a Christian nation long term.

Answer 7

No they don't represent a threat at all. There is so much propaganda going around America to fool the public, just like the lies about Iraq.

There's nothing to prove Iran is developing WMD. Nothing at all.

The hype that Ahmadinejad threatened to "...wipe Israel off the map" is totally false too. He actually stated that the Zionist regime should be taken out of the pages of history.

Here's the proof:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jonathan_steele/2006/06/post_155.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel#Translation_of_phrase_.22wiped_off_the_map.22

Answer 8

Iran is but not Venezuela. Chavez speaks his mind and he says inappropriate things, but I don't think he's a threat.

Answer 9

In that the US gets the majority of its oil from Venezuela, yes.

Answer 10

No i dont think the U.S is gonna run from anybody, I think we should just stop helping all these countries. Im so sick of people bashing the U.S, we bale everybody out of there problems and one day we are gonna say enough is enough and wreak havok on these countries like we did Japan and Germany. Retired NAVY SEAL.