Isn't it time that we give Iran the nuclear weapons they seek?

Question

They're seeking nukes, so let's give them some
The USAF can arrange air delivery

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military accused Iran on Monday of a direct role in a sophisticated militant attack that killed five American troops in Iraq, portraying Tehran as waging a proxy war through Shiite extremists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Answer 1

"Nuke 'em 'till they glow and use their asses for runway lights"

Answer 2

Here's something to chew on.... we can probably do more damage with McDonalds than with a tactical nuke.

American culture normally dominates the countries it touches. With each passing year, the youth in Iran are less interested in religion, and more interested in fashion, music, dancing, and the internet. They regard the bearded mullahs as relics of a less enlightened time.

We might derive some transitory satisfaction out of getting justice against a rogue country like Iran, but this is actually a country with great potential. They have a history of honoring academic excellence, and they produce surprisingly good movies you might care to check out at the next International Film Fest in your city. They bear little resemblance to Iraq.

American culture will erode the support for Islama fascist leanings. Dropping a bomb might intially scare the bejesus (can we say the beAllah ?) out of the Persians and Arabs, but eventually someone will retaliate. If we wait just a little longer, we'll find that Iran has turned into a western culture-loving country, that will seek rapproachment with us.

When this happens, I'm sure Ronald Reagan will be smiling down on it all.

Answer 3

Iran isn't seeking nuclear weapons. There is absolutely no evidence that Iran desires anything more than a nuclear power program so that they can have cheaper electricity. Unless there is evidence that Iran is seeking nukes and intends to use them on us (which wouldn't be the case, even if they were, because Iran would probably just be seeking nukes to try to protect themselves from our aggression; they know full well what we've done to Iraq), we have no reason for concern. Those British soldiers that Iran captured had invaded Iranian territory, which is a crime under international law. That is no justification for war either.

Besides, the Iranian government has approval ratings of 15% and is currently facing riots over its socialist policies. Its likely to be tossed out by its people anyways.

By the way, nuking a country is a form of genocide and is far worse than anything than the crimes committed by Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin (who committed even worse crimes than Hitler). It is morally equivalent to murder to kill civilians in foreign countries or to wage aggressive war. (which Iraq is and a War in Iran would almost certainly be, though Afghanistan was defensive, but misguided as we probably should have attempted to negotiate with the Taliban to have Osama extradited instead of rushing to war).

We couldn't win a War against Iran or end that Civil War that is falsely described as a "genocide" in the Sudan even if we wanted to. The army can't recruit anybody because there aren't any more people who want to get killed waging a war against non-enemies to make America less safe and ensure that another 9/11 will occur. We need to give up on Wars and bring all our troops home to defend us here. We can't be safe from terrorism if we have our National Guard, not to mention the rest of our military, over in the Middle East as a sitting duck to be murdered by terrorists who hate us because we're in the Middle East.

Answer 4

We should be more worried about guns, I mean, they kill more people than WMD did in 50 years...

Although I'm not saying not to worry about WMDs. They are indeed terrible and should not be used no matter what the situation. Remember the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima? Or Agent Orange in the Vietnam War?

Somehow I prefer the ancient war methods. Swords, bows and arrows, spears, etc... War was more about courage and honour instead of hatred, greed and an appetite for destruction...

But then again, this is just one man's opinion. To each his or her own...

Answer 5

It is time to put some real heat on them and I feel knocking out those training camps with tactical nukes could solve plenty of problems. Perhaps one nuke would stop al the terror problems in the area. Syria would clam up real quick after seeing their mentor (Iran) take a big hit. Hamas and Hezbollah would also put down their arms once the money trail stopped from Iran.

Answer 6

So Iran went A-Team on five U.S. soldiers. That is no reason to use our nuclear arsenal. Iran has a wealth of oil. Isn't that the reason you desire the use of our nuclear arsenal? Let's keep this in perspective. We need their oil and according to another yahoo question they are in the process of converting their automobiles to natural gas. There are better ways to utilize our armaments as a deterrant. We can for one wage a media campaign about their collusion in Iraq and utilize strategic bombing to annihalate their training camps. We can utilize the predator missile system (or even a space based laser system) and wait for their conversion to natural gas then have the CIA cause a massive explosion within that specific resource plant.
Iran has a wealth of oil yet due to lack of refineries they import over 50 percent of their oil. The recent move to conserve gas has sparked outrage in Iran. If we can add fuel to the socioeconomic fervor then capitalize on their assistance to insurgents in Iraq then a strategic attack on their homeland would be seen as the potential downfall of their current president as well as testing their mettle early on before they develop the capability to arm nuclear missiles or for that matter develop suitcase nuclear bombs intended for our homeland or the UK. Then and only then should the U.S. or any nation for that matter rationalize the use of global killers.

Answer 7

Yeah they are going to ramp Americans up until they are foaming at the mouth to justify this. Every other day this story
changes. This is from the same press that brought you Iraq
and the weapons of mass destruction I mean regime change I mean democracy.

I simply don't understand why people can't understand why bombing Iran will open a hornets nest we don't want to open.

Even Putin warned Bush today. Think we can beat Russia and the rest of the world. Know what sadly you probably do.

Answer 8

The Israeli's have a policy I've always liked, it's called 'disproportionate response'. They kill 10 - you kill 100, ect. Once the enemy realizes they can't win a fight with those kind of percentages, they sit down at the table with you and negotiate.

For every American killed by Iranian-supplied weapons or insurgents, we should wipe out a nuclear reactor or military instillation. Something tells me they'll be eager to talk it out after that.

Answer 9

But we need that oil so we have to keep the infrastructure intact.

Sounds like a job for the Neutron Bomb.

Ronald Reagan you magnificent b@stard!

Answer 10

sound like good plan but master fufu tired of policing world while hard working american goes hungry and loose home and health and no afford to put child in college

Answer 11

The point is???

No. This wouldn't even be an issue if Bush has not started a lie-based-war with Iraq.