Would you support a war against Iran?

Answer 1

Dark Night, your answer cracked me up...thumbs up...

First let me address the cliche of "bomb them back to the stone age..."

This is such a pointless and uneducated remark it should be socially acceptable to sucker punch those who suggest it. First off, Iran is HUGE...slightly larger than Alaska, so that's going to take a lot of bombs. The environmental damage would be beyond unacceptable. Not to mention you're talking about killing millions of innocent civilians, many of whom oppose the Iranian government. Unless you believe it would be morally justifiable for Iran to bomb us back to the stone age, lets not waste our time with that nonsense.

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To answer the actual question, as worded, I have to say yes. This is mainly because the question is so broad. I oppose the Iraq war and currently oppose the invasion of Iran. However, given the right set of circumstances, such as an attack by Iran, I would support a war. At that point, almost everyone would. But until such an attack occurs, I will not support a war. Our first attempt at pre-emptive war hasn't gone very well. Further, most military leaders will tell you that we are not well equipped to take on Iran on their soil. They have a fairly massive military, some dangerous allies, and we're stretched incredibly thin.

Lets hope it doesn't have to come to that.

Answer 2

Hell no.

The Bush administration is lying us into another war, using the *exact* same methods they used for lying us into Iraq. The decision to go to war has already been made and the military is being prepared to strike. The PR offensive has already begun, to convince us that war is necessary. When all the pieces are in place, a suitable border incident will be manufactured and used as an excuse to start bombing.

The official rationale is that Iran can't be allowed to develop nukes... never mind that the IAEA has had go-anywhere, see-anything inspections in Iran for years, and has not uncovered one shred of evidence of any Iranian nuclear weapons program.

If that sounds familiar, it should. The exact same thing happened in Iraq... and after the invasion, surprise surprise, it turned out that Saddam was telling the truth and the Iraqis had no nuclear weapons program (or WMD of other kinds either). According to CIA estimates, Iran is years away from developing nukes in any case.

The worst part is that the American public is falling for the same lies all over again.

I'm no fan of the Iranian regime, but it is flatly not in the U.S. national interest to start another war.

Answer 3

No, because it wouldn't be feasible to fight a multi-front war.

But, Iran's theocratic leadership, make no mistake, is a tyrannical one, and a sizeable segment of the Iranian people are quite aware of it.

The U.S. is only playing watchdog here, nothing more. Unfortunately, with the destructive tide of violent extremism in full swing, the U.S. really doesn't have much of a choice in the matter.

Answer 4

What benefits do we get If we support a war against Iran?
Killing people will eventually cause more vengeance in later.

Answer 5

Nope, not unless I want to hasten Armaggedon, or look forward to the end of America's young and future generations. By the time, with the attitude and warped mentalities of the Warmongers, America can free itself from any more wars, America will be left with only a few young men and women... those remaining will probably be the spoilt brats of the Robber Barons... and plenty of illegitimate kids of questionable genes!

Answer 6

NO RIGHT THINKING PEACE LOVING PERSON ON THIS EARTH SUPPORT A WAR AGAINST IRAN AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY.THE US IS STILL IN TROUBLES IN IRAQ. IT HAS LOST MORE THAN 3,000 SOLDIERS. SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLORES. BUT COULD NOT GAIN. I FEEL IT WAS A BLATANT BLUNDER TO INVADE IRAQ WITHOUT FINISHING THE TASK OF ELIMINATING TERRORISTS IN AFGHANISTAN.NOW I GUESS THE US WOULD NOT COMMIT ANOTHER military strategic blunder.

Answer 7

NO. I don't understand why is US intervening other countries' businesses while they can't even take care of their own. Let them mind their own countries. why do we have to intervene all the time? i think it's wrong. and I don't like bush at all. can't wait for the liberals to win. cloth and feed the poor first. then worry about the poor in other countries. use all the money in a wise way. waging war against people is inhumane.

Answer 8

When Roosevelt went silent about the attack on Pearl Harbor, He started our war with lies !
When Johnson said we were attacked in the Tonkin Gulf , He started our war with lies !
When Bush said 911 was the work of foreign terrorists, he started this war, he lied.
Does anybody read (911mysteries.com) It's no mystery folks, your silence is your acceptance. Do yourself a favor before you die, at least, find out who the enemy really is.

Answer 9

No. The only time I would support war is if I felt it was actually needed, and if it was actually a matter of last resort. Neither condition has been met here.

Answer 10

unfortunately, if someone doesn't fight them now, we will all be doing it down the road. The iranian leader is pushing fighters into iraq. he's doing that to try and get any power he can, and the rest if the coalition backs out. he's hoping for much the same in palestine and afghanistan. its the beginning [or ending] of a new power in the world. we don't want to be in second place if they should win. bad thing all round.
you can bet he knows what he can gain to control that entire territory and what havoc he can bring to the west