Would you support a war with Iran? why or why not?

Question

Okay concidering Iran refuses to lock up and close their nuclear faculty's and their constant threats towards the west and Israel and the capture of the 15 British sailors which they probably wont release would you support a war with iran? I think the only mistake bush made was not going after Iran instead instead of Iraq. Iran just cant be trusted in my opinion!

Answer 1

We better stick together----please read this:


THE WAR

Please take the time to read the essay below by Dr. Chong. It is without a doubt the most


This WAR is for REAL!
Dr. Vernon Chong, Major General, USAF, Retired
Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most
serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine
(which includes WWII).

The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who
think we can possibly lose this war and even fewer who realize what losing really means.

First, let's examine a few basics:

1. When did the threat to us start?
Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United States is concerned is
1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following attacks on us:

* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;
* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;
* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;
* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;
* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;
* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;
* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;
* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;
* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;
* New York World Trade Center 2001;
* Pentagon 2001.

(Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).

2. Why were we attacked?
Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened during the
administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton and Bush 2. We cannot fault
either the Republicans or Democrats as there were no provocations by any of the presidents
or their immediate predecessors, Presidents Ford or Carter.

3. Who were the attackers?
In each case, the attacks on the US were carried out by Muslims.

4. What is the Muslim population of the World? 25%.

5. Isn't the Muslim Religion peaceful?
Hopefully, but that is really not material. There is no doubt that the predominately Christian
population of Germany was peaceful, but under the dictatorial leadership of Hitler (who was
also Christian), that made no difference. You either went along with the administration or
you were eliminated. There were 5 to 6 million Christians killed by the Nazis for political
reasons (including 7,000 Polish priests). (see http://www.nazis.testimony.co.uk/7-a.htm...

Thus, almost the same number of Christians were killed by the Nazis, as the six million
holocaust Jews who were killed by them, and we seldom heard of anything other than the
Jewish atrocities. Although Hitler kept the world focused on the Jews, he had no hesitancy
about killing anyone who got in his way of exterminating the Jews or of taking over the world
- German, Christian or any others.

Same with the Muslim terrorists. They focus the world on the US, but kill all in the way --
their own people or the Spanish, French or anyone else. The point here is that just like the
peaceful Germans were of no protection to anyone from the Nazis, no matter how many
peaceful Muslims there may be, they are no protection for us from the terrorist Muslim
leaders and what they are fanatically bent on doing -- by their own pronouncements --
killing all of us "infidels." I don't blame the peaceful Muslims. What would you do if the
choice was shut up or die?

6. So who are we at war with?
There is no way we can honestly respond that it is anyone other than the Muslim terrorists.
Trying to be politically correct and avoid verbalizing this conclusion can well be fatal. There
is no way to win if you don't clearly recognize and articulate who you are fighting. So with
that background, now to the two major questions:

1. Can we lose this war?

2. What does losing really mean?

If we are to win, we must clearly answer these two pivotal questions. We can definitely lose
this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many
of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - What does losing mean?

It would appear that a great many of us think that losing the war means hanging our heads,
bringing the troops home and going on about our business, like post Vietnam. This is as far
from the truth as one can get.

What losing really means is:

We would no longer be the premier country in the world. The attacks will not subside, but
rather will steadily increase. Remember, they want us dead, not just quiet. If they had just
wanted us quiet, they would not have produced an increasing series of attacks against us,
over the past 18 years. The plan was clearly, for terrorists to attack us, until we were
neutered and submissive to them.

We would of course have no future support from other nations, for fear of reprisals and for
the reason that they would see, we are impotent and cannot help them.

They will pick off the other non-Muslim nations, one at a time. It will be increasingly easier
for them. They already hold Spain hostage. It doesn't matter whether it was right or wrong
for Spain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. Spain did it because the Muslim terrorists bombed
their train and told them to withdraw the troops. Anything else they want Spain to do will be
done. Spain is finished.

The next will probably be France. Our one hope on France is that they might see the light and
realize that if we don't win, they are finished too, in that they can't resist the Muslim terrorists
without us. However, it may already be too late for France. France is already 20% Muslim and
fading fast!

If we lose the war, our production, income, exports and way of life will all vanish as we know
it. After losing, who would trade or deal with us, if they were threatened by the Muslims. If we
can't stop the Muslims, how could anyone else?

The Muslims fully know what is riding on this war, and therefore are completely committed
to winning, at any cost. We better know it too and be likewise committed to winning at any cost.

Why do I go on at such lengths about the results of losing? Simple. Until we recognize the
costs of losing, we cannot unite and really put 100% of our thoughts and efforts into winning.
And it is going to take that 100% effort to win.

So, how can we lose the war?

Again, the answer is simple. We can lose the war by "imploding." That is, defeating ourselves
by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose, and really digging in and lending full
support to the war effort. If we are united, there is no way that we can lose. If we continue to
be divided, there is no way that we can win!

Let me give you a few examples of how we simply don't comprehend the life and death
seriousness of this situation.

President Bush selects Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation. Although all of the
terrorist attacks were committed by Muslim men between 17 and 40 years of age, Secretary
Mineta refuses to allow profiling. Does that sound like we are taking this thing seriously?
This is war! For the duration, we are going to have to give up some of the civil rights we
have become accustomed to. We had better be prepared to lose some of our civil rights
temporarily or we will most certainly lose all of them permanently.

And don't worry that it is a slippery slope. We gave up plenty of civil rights during WWII,
and immediately restored them after the victory and in fact added many more since then.

Do I blame President Bush or President Clinton before him?

No, I blame us for blithely assuming we can maintain all of our Political Correctness, and
all of our civil rights during this conflict and have a clean, lawful, honorable war. None of
those words apply to war. Get them out of your head.

Some have gone so far in their criticism of the war and/or the Administration that it almost
seems they would literally like to see us lose. I hasten to add that this isn't because they
are disloyal. It is because they just don't recognize what losing means. Nevertheless,
that conduct gives the impression to the enemy that we are divided and weakening. It
concerns our friends, and it does great damage to our cause.

Of more recent vintage, the uproar fueled by the politicians and media regarding the
treatment of some prisoners of war, perhaps exemplifies best what I am saying. We
have recently had an issue, involving the treatment of a few Muslim prisoners of war,
by a small group of our military police. These are the type prisoners who just a few
months ago were throwing their own people off buildings, cutting off their hands,
cutting out their tongues and otherwise murdering their own people just for disagreeing
with Saddam Hussein.

And just a few years ago these same type prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own
people for the same reason. They are also the same type of enemy fighters, who recently
were burning Americans, and dragging their charred corpses through the streets of Iraq.

And still more recently, the same type of enemy that was and is providing videos to all
news sources internationally, of the beheading of American prisoners they held.

Compare this with some of our press and politicians, who for several days have thought
and talked about nothing else but the "humiliating" of some Muslim prisoners -- not
burning them, not dragging their charred corpses through the streets, not beheading
them, but "humiliating" them.
Can this be for real?

The politicians and pundits have even talked of impeachment of the Secretary of Defense.
If this doesn't show the complete lack of comprehension and understanding of the
seriousness of the enemy we are fighting, the life and death struggle we are in and the
disastrous results of losing this war, nothing can.

To bring our country to a virtual political standstill over this prisoner issue makes us look
like Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned -- totally oblivious to what is going on in the
real world. Neither we, nor any other country, can survive this internal strife. Again I say,
this does not mean that some of our politicians or media people are disloyal. It simply
means that they are absolutely oblivious to the magnitude of the situation we are in, and
into which the Muslim terrorists have been pushing us, for many years.

Remember, the Muslim terrorists stated goal is to kill all infidels! That translates into ALL
non-Muslims -- not just in the United States, but throughout the world.

We are the last bastion of defense. We have been criticized for many years as being 'arrogant.'
That charge is valid in at least one respect. We are arrogant in that we believe that we are so
good, powerful and smart, that we can win the hearts and minds of all those who attack us,
and that with both hands tied behind our back, we can defeat anything bad in the world!

We can't!

If we don't recognize this, our nation as we know it will not survive, and no other free country
in the world will survive if we are defeated.

And finally, name any Muslim countries throughout the world that allow freedom of speech,
freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equal rights for anyone --
let alone everyone, equal status or any status for women, or that have been productive in
one single way that contributes to the good of the world.

This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated
in the history books to the self-inflicted fall of the Roman Empire. If, that is, the Muslim leaders
will allow history books to be written or read.

If we don't win this war right now, keep a close eye on how the Muslims take over France in
the next 5 years or less. They will continue to increase the Muslim population of France and
continue to encroach little by little, on the established French traditions. The French will be
fighting among themselves, over what should or should not be done, which will continue to
weaken them and keep them from any united resolve. Doesn't that sound eerily familiar?

Democracies don't have their freedoms taken away from them by some external military force.
Instead, they give their freedoms away, politically correct piece by politically correct piece.

And they are giving those freedoms away to those who have shown, worldwide that they
abhor freedom and will not apply it to you or even to themselves, once they are in power.
They have universally shown that when they have taken over, they then start brutally killing
each other over who will be the few who control the masses. Will we ever stop hearing
from the politically correct, about the "peaceful Muslims"?

I close on a hopeful note, by repeating what I said above. If we are united, there is no way
that we can lose. I hope the factions in our country will begin to focus on the critical situation
we are in, and will unite to save our country. It is your future we are talking about!
Do whatever you can to preserve it.

After reading the above, we all must do this not only for ourselves, but our children, our
grandchildren, our country and the world.

Whether Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal and that includes the Politicians
and media of our country and the free world!

Answer 2

Iran will release the Brits...soon because they know we are looking for any pretense for an attack. Iran has no Nuclear weapons and little hope of one for 10 years or so, and up to at least 2003 they gave all required info to the UN inspections team, including the Uranium Hexafloride issue as was required by IAEA. the amount in question was only 10 grams of missing Uranium Hexafloride not 2.5 kilos that is required by IAEA. Bush has been using that issue as he did WMD to get everyone worked up for war. Iran wants assurances that inspections are not going to be a platform for CIA operations in their country aimed at overthrow of their government as they were with Saddam....that was why he stopped cooperation in 1998.

Answer 3

Nope, not at all. For reference, you can find magazines like 'National Geographic' from the '60s, where Iran says that 'oil is too valuable' and that they should consider using nuclear power to generate electricity.

You can look back 20, even 30 years where Iran has been saying this! There's no reason to believe that, suddenly after 30 years of saying this, Iran suddenly wants to attack the USA.

Honestly, you stupid Americans! You BLINDLY accept what your media tells you. You have NO CONCEPT of history, the vast majority of you DON'T question your leadership, then you wonder why the world hates you!

God, America, here we go again and you STILL DON'T GET IT!

Quit fu***** with other people's countries!

Answer 4

It's a matter of time before they bend to international pressure in the same way that North Korea is starting to do.

Even though I'd support force with or without a coalition, I don't think we'll need it. Russia and China are trying to position themselves as a team to also keep us at bay. They have a LOT of interest vested in Iran's oil supply as well as selling weapons.

Iran understands that which is why they've been so defiant all this time. However, they're running out of chess moves before the inevitable hits. They want us to balk and go for the checkmate early. As long as we keep our heads on straight and show patience, they will bend to the pressure. Otherwise, they'll have another revolution to worry about.

Answer 5

What a question! Remember in the 60's where: My Country Right or Wrong; and America Love it or LEAVE it got us? Yes it was Vietnam. The Domino Theory. Nixon. The question should be: If our government proves beyond all doubt that we are in imminent danger of being attacked by Iran, will you serve your country?

Answer 6

No, let someone else deal with it. I am tired of my husband not being home, all the children around here being temporarily father and/or motherless. We need more support whether it be from more Americans joining or more support from other countries.

But then again, I am a United States Marine Wife and I would 110% back up my husband and all the other troops.

But I pray it doesn't have to happen.

Answer 7

No. Iran isn't an "evil country" like the media feeds it.

I love how countries with nuclear weapons are telling another country they can't have them, because we don't like them. Very hypocritical.

If the government is what we don't agree with, why not pull a secret cou to overthrow their democratically elected leader like we did in the 60's and overthrow them that way?

Innocent people in Iran don't need to die, even if ignorant racists in America want to "bomb it into the stone age."

Answer 8

Iran should have been taken out by that wimp Jimmy Carter back in the 70's when they took those American hostages. But when you have a spineless Democrat as President, that is what happens.

I think Iran is THE major threat on earth right now. And to see that regime fall to the ground would be a great relief. And if we were to go to war with them, I would support that, just as I am supporting the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Answer 9

I would not support a war with Iran because Iran has not attacked American and do not pose a real threat, just as Iraq did not pose a threat to America. We went to war for reasons which all proved to be lies. There is so much proof to make this case. The reasons we went to war with Iraq changed with the season. The same bait and switch tactic is being used today to justify war with Iran. I wish someone would just publish the Project for The New American Century manifesto in one of the major newspapers and let Americans decide for themselves why we are really going to war, without the propaganda and media hype or the “we need to protect Israel “ excuse. Israel I may add doesn’t need protection, they have the largest nuclear arsenal in the Middle East and about 4th in the world. (please check the ranking)

If you read the PNAC (Project for a New American Century ) script, it reads like today's foreign policies. People in know that study this stuff predicted 9/11, and war with Iraq, Iran and Syria........people that are not blinded by politics have predicted this a long time ago. Many knew that Iraq was on the table before 9/11. Everyone knows Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 yet we went to war with them (This nation put Saddam in power in the first place). If Iran is a treat to Israel let Israel send their boys and girls to war with Iran. People do not understand that going to war has many economical and political consequences in years to come. If we go to war with Iran the cold war will start all over again. It will be an open door for nations such as Russian and China to attack America. Going to war with Iran in my opinion might go nuclear. Iran is must stronger than Iraq and if you think troops will survive a ground attack you are a dangerously naive. Do you think Russia will sit back and see their oils interest handed to Texas oilmen on a platter? We will look like complete idiots and the world will view the U.S as a rogue nation (the ones who are not already) Who gives us a right to decide which country can use nuclear technology? We were the only nation to use nuclear technology in war, yet we are now judge and jury? This is hypocrisy, look at Korea, China, Pakistan and India? They are all using nuclear energy.

We shouldn't let our oil appetites, prejudices and fear rule the day. If anyone even mentions democracy I think I will puke. These wars have nothing to do with democracy. Our nation has already overthrown a democratically elected Prime minister in Iran in 1953 (Operation Ajax) "By the summer of 1953, the British and American governments initiated a joint Anglo-American plan for the covert overthrow of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, the Prime Minister of Iran. The plan called Operation AJAX with Kermit Roosevelt, the CIA Mideast Agent in charge (a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and a distant cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt). "So this is how we will get rid of the madman Mossadeq in Iran" announced John Foster Dulles to a group of top Washington policy makers in June 1953. The U.S. Secretary of State held in his hand a plan of operation to overthrow the Prime Minister of Iran. There was scarcely any discussions amongst the high powered men in the room, no probing questions and no legal or ethical issues raised. " see article



We need sound logic and good strategies to over come our challenges, not gun slinging wild,wild, west antics. You might not agree with my politics, but at least look at my logic.

Answer 10

yes i would

and we can fix our military problem by drafting those people carrying the signs complaining of how the war is hurting them

or maybe those people protesting at military funerals... if thats you.. you need shot

but yes they pose a very high risk every year we wait they improve technology its a matter of when ours adapts to thiers would determine when to do what will happen eventually and i think its much better off if we get the first punch why they are still playing games


how long will you be poked with that sharp stick before you snap, then grab it and stab it through thier eye?

Answer 11

I think you are right. But if we go after Iran all the libs better stay the _ out of the way so we can finish it.