Is it really a good idea for the U.S. to declare all-out war against Iran?

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I can understand harsher sanctions against Iran and pre-emptive strikes against nuclear facilities and uranium enrichment sites by Israel, but Hillary Clinton is running on the premise of talks leading to a possible military confrontation and all-out war between the U.S. and Iran.

I have to agree with the comment about all of us giving into public outrage against Israel, with 101 resolutions passed against them by the U.N. and comments by the EU, and then everyone will be thankful they did it and that they didn't have to face up to them in a war or NATO-sponsored intervention. It is better this way. Generally Israel has acted out of self-defense. I get bored with Arab leadership bent on destroying a country created out of ancient Jewish lands and settlements, and bought/acquired from the Ottoman Empire. They keep doing it over and over to get to Jerusalem, which was always theirs and non-negotiable. The same with the right of return in the peace process. Not their fault Arab and Western leaders haven't helped Palestians in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. They chose to reject a country formed out of Ottoman lands, attacked Jewish lands backed by Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Syria and then left. Their leaders told them to or else, it was voluntary.

On the U.S. soldier's comment, I am not in favour of Hillary Clinton's plan. It is not a black-and-white matter. I do understand the position of the Israeli government. There have been suggestions and suspicions about America attacking Iran floating around. There is a clear difference between the policy of Ehud Olmert. While that government is considered to be corrupt, useless and a failure, it has the best policy on Iran and as long as circumstances don't change, it is probably the best approach.

I have heard certain journalists on Israeli radio lament on the sad situation facing Ariel Sharon and how they would like him to return to power. This may be understandable but the idea of it is not appealing. It is not my decision but there is a lunatic Russian guy running for the hard right, advocating the return of all Israeli Arabs to Palestine and other parts of the Middle East.

Answer 1

Great ! Another war !

Now we can send more troops into combatt without adequate ammunitions, body armor, weaponry, and/or supplies. Maybe we can bring back the art of rock throwing at our enemies.

Answer 2

We will save many American lives if we can just stabilize Iraq no matter what it takes. Justification for this is as following.

Saddam paid every family of a suicide bomber $10,000. Though he wasn't the largest supporter of terrorism he certainly backed them.
He was the easiest target to beat and save American lives by making Iraq the catalyst for political change throughout the Middle East.

A free Iraq with all Iraqi citizens receiving their fare share of oil revenue checks (as in Kuwait) will destabilize the Iranian government causing a thereat from within their own country.

Destabilizing Iran automatically weakens the foundation of the Syrian government.

These are the 2 largest contributors to terrorists. This has been the strategy from day one but the current administration cannot come right out and speak these words.

This will cause the monies flowing like a river to Al-Quaeda, Hezbollah, and Ham mas to be reduced to a dripping faucet.

The war in Iraq has been about undermining the terrorist supporting countries of the entire Middle East and is a logical step to end the source of money to terrorist organizations.

Once again...a free Iraq is their worst nightmare.

God Bless

Answer 3

This is about to become a non-issue. The Israelis will NEVER tolerate a hostile nuclear Iran that has repeatedly stated that wants to "wipe Israel off the map" and that has denied the holocaust.

The UN and EU won't do anything - they are not known for their timely action. The USA can't do anything - the population doesn't have the resolve to handle another war, and the Dems control Congress.

Israel WILL destroy Iran's nuclear capacity. Everyone will express public outrage over it, but in secret we'll all breathe a sigh of relief.

Answer 4

War is never a good idea. The reason we took Iraq so quickly is because they didn't have a lot of planes and tanks and more importantly NUCLEAR OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (or any other kind of WMDs for that matter).......unlike Iran....which we know has these things. Granted, our military being as overstretched as it is right now, could still probably win, but it would be at a much higher cost to human lives than even now in Iraq and Afghanistan.

To make this answer shorter.......No....

Answer 5

ok, lesson #1 Hilary Clinton is stupid. end of story.

as for war on Iran...
wont ever happen.
I used to think the same thing.. I used to think the same thing last week.. until i researched more about Irans trading/economy.

We will never attack Iran unless bombed first.
Why? Not only will NATO forces probably not support us, rather they would take over most of the responsibility in Iraq... and it would be like winning a gold medal for the anti-administration looneys. It would be a nightmare for Republicans and their war on the anti-administration lefties...

BUT... guess what? The two largest countries in the world, the 2 largest armies in the world, two superpowers..each with approved WMD's... recieve 90% of their oil from Iran.
China and Russia.

Attacking Iran would automatically throw those 2 superpowers against us, meaning nearly assuring failure.

Why doesnt Iran attack the US?
#1 they can't.. their missles only reach Israel, but the consequences Iran would face after bombing our closest ally, Israel, would be very similar to those if they hit us..
#2 the US has good relations with Russia + China, though not brotherly allies, they still won't hurt us unless forcefully thrown into it because of a US attack on Iran, which wont happen.
#3 the new generation of college students and young adults are starting to crumble the Iranian Regime. Many dont support the Iranian President, and they work hard to bring his regime down. Many have been killed for this, but the young Iranians dont give up. The Iranian Gov't lacks military support because most of the young boys in Iran, between 18-25, oppose the gov't.
Therefore, Iran must rely on missles for victory, and their allies for defense. But the only way their allies will go to their defense is if they get attacked. And the US wont attack... so the only way we would militarily engage is if Iranian punched first, which they wont do because they wont have any defense towards the Americans.

Most importantly, in addition to what i just wrote above...
The Iranian President knows that if the US punches first, they will lose. He also knows the US knows that if the US punches first, they will lose. He also knows that if Iran punches first, he will lose all support from Russia + China. And IED's and such wont fend of an entire US military. We have troops in Iraq and in Afghanistan fighting a war vs Iraq. Wanna know why the Iranians support the terrorists against the US army? They hate that we destroyed Iraq's dictatorship and replaced it with democracy. That is the Iranian presidents worst nightmare, for Iran to be a democracy. He knows that if the Iranian revolution succeeds, thats just what will happen, he also knows that if he punches first.. him and his dirty regime will be terminated before the second scud missle is lit.

Thats why Iran will never attack America, and America will never attack Iran.

It's going to be a game of tickle-me-elmo until the Iraqi Revolution finally succeeds.
Iranian gov't is trying to reembed the dictatorship in iraq..
We are harshening our resistance to Iranian Agents in Iraq..
The U.N. is increasing its sanctions on Iran..
Iran is increasing its Nuclear capabilities..
We are eventually going to start bombing these centers..

Same exact thing as what happened with Saddam.. this time instead of the U.S. having to remove the regime... The new generation in Iran is trying to remove the regime.

its starting to seem like the Cold War is just now starting to make out its last words...

Answer 6

She wants to do what Bush refuses to do, establish a functioning foreign policy. What is so wrong with that? Rather than just attack Iran unprovoked, which is exactly what Bush did in Iraq( does preemptive strike ring a bell), she wants to whats necessary to avoid a conflict. Perhaps if Bush had a clue what a foreign policy was, the world might be a better place, and not on the edge of WW III.

Answer 7

We do not need Iran being nuclear. If we do go after them, then is should be all out, no holds barred. Use the biggest weapons in our arsenal, with Thermo-nuclear, or Neutron warheads in ready reserve. We have the air capability, if we use it properly, to send Iran back to the stone age and to be a largely uninhabited area if we really wanted to. I think we should.

Answer 8

Something bad will happen for sure, this looks like it's shaping to become a bigger war then it is now. Iran & Terrorists Groups Against the United States and Iraq Army. Myself hate war and wish there was a peaceful solution. If only bush would talk with President of Iran, Talking with your enemies won't hurt.

Answer 9

We are gonna have to,Radical Islam and Radical Muslims want us Americans dead. We are gonna have to use brutal force,this is getting way out of hand.And Muslims and Islamics in the U.S are going to be deported because of possible ties to the radicals.Im not a prophet but this war is gonna get real bad watch.

Answer 10

Tell me, if the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were of arabic descent, then why is Bush in Iraq? And if you think that Bush isn't dying to attack Iran, than your dumb.

Answer 11

Funny that the same person that is criticizing Bush for going to war is running on the same platform with another of the countries that Bush warned about???