Why havent we bombed Iran to dust?

Question

We have found so much evidence that Iran has beem meddling in Iraq and supporting insurgents and militias with money and arms but yet we have done nothing to Iran. So many of our soldiers have died because of IEDs and EFPs supplied by Iran's quds force.

When will we finally do something about this?

patience? how many more of our soldiers going to die thanks to Iran's meddling???

Iran has not attacked us? what do you call supporting and financing shiite militias with arms and money?

what do you call those bombs traced back to Iran?

there were wmds in iraq. how else did saddam kill thousands of innocent kurds and sunnis? as for iran...we dont need a ground campaign. we need a bombing campaign.

where has there been evidence of Saudis supporting the Sunnis in Iraq? i havent heard of any...please provide me some valid proof

how would you like it if your own son, brother, friend, relative has died thanks to a IED/EFP supplied by Iran? yeah...do nothing is the best option.

doing nothing is not an option. we cant let iran kill our soldiers and get away with it. pull out of iraq? only a fool would do that. pulling out of iraq will hand the insurgents and militias a victory and turn iraq into a complete nightmare dominated by iranian influence

i dont understand why so many people think this war is about oil and oil. gas prices are 3 bucks and up. what has the oil done for us?

Answer 1

The fact is, the American military is stretched thin with current deployments. Any additional activity needs careful planning and new resources. Iran has no fear of a U.S. attack because they know it's not going to happen this year. Next year there will be, probably, a Democrat in the White House. There will be bungling and ridiculous decisions made and our country will suffer even more for a few years as a result. Incidentally, all the problems will be blamed on the current Presidency regardless of whatever inane legislation comes of it. It's a no win situation. The government will continue to bungle along and raise our taxes to pay for the errors and it's business as usual for the Military/Industrial complex. Billions are wasted on small weapons that need to strike thousands of times for people to pay attention. It's time the United States flex some muscle and promise delivery of massive Nuclear intervention in some of these countries who continue to fight us. Iran could be silenced in a single strike. 44 Million dead Iranis makes a broad statement to the world. Who would retaliate? Why? It's a win,win. China could be next.

Answer 2

Just like with the US, if the borders were secured, outsiders wouldn't even be an issue. The fighting is a smoke screen while oil is moved out the back.

Hey, back in the 80s when Iraq was fighting Iran, the US provided Saddam with weapons to fight Iran.....kinda like poetic justice, huh? Yes, we are on the receiving end of the killing, but if we had minded our on business back then........

With all the high tech surveilence equipment at the disposal of the military, why is it not being deployed along the borders of Iraq? Nice, big signs in multiple languages along the borders would do the trick. Something like.....DEATH FROM ABOVE TO ALL THAT DO NOT CROSS THE BORDER AT CHECK POINTS. At that point, when a sensor goes off, send a locked and loaded Predator to investigate. Women and/or children, monitor them. All others, mark their deaths with a residual grease spot in the shifting sands.

Answer 3

The way we have conquered Iraq?

Actually, three prime reasons:
1. Iran will fight back and unless your butt is out there on the line, don't talk of war.
2. There are millions of innocent civilians in Iran. Our military has a conscience and perhaps they don't want to live with mass murder, even if you do.
3. Our military is stretched very thin. We don't have the manpower to follow up an initial assault.

Answer 4

Nothing to say about the Saudis supporting the Sunni insurgency, huh?

Iran has as much stake in this war as the Saudis do. So both countries have taken sides: Saudis to the Sunnis, Iran to the Shiites.

And here you are, wanting to bomb another country into the dust because you're getting your butts kicked in Iraq! (lol)

So sorry if that's happening, but this is what you *wanted* all along, right?

A weak and defenseless country to take over--little resistence to start off with--and believing it will be a "cakewalk"...?

I have a few words for you on this: "You broke it, you bought it."

Answer 5

Let’s see — so far Bush has invaded two of the militarily weakest counties in all of human history, and he has lost both times. It would take Iran less than a week to mine the Gulf and block all oil shipments.

And our military is exhausted. In fact, a number of our senior ranking Generals have let it be known that they will retire rather than execute an order from the White House to invade Iran

Half of the foreign insurgents entering Iraq each month come from Saudi Arabia. They receive assistance from the Saudi government. And, oh yeah, what was the nationality of most of the 9/11 hijackers?

Answer 6

Not everyone over there is to blame. What if a southern Baptist bombed a major world building? Would we blow up all of the southern states? Countless innocent people would die for soemthing they had nothing to do with. It's no different than over there. If we can't win this by playing by the rules than we aren't the super power we claim to be. Anyone can win by blowing **** up. We are classier than that. We are Americans.

Answer 7

I understand your frustrations, but we are our own worst enemy. Who supplied Afghanistan with the weapons to fight the Russians and those same weapons are now being used against us. We or I should say our politicians never look beyond today and we have done this time and time again supplying supporting and training the very people we later have to fight.

Answer 8

I have often said that myself. Not sure why we don't just move our guys out from over there and Nuke the whole mid-East until it is a sea of oil, literally. I know that it isn't Christian to think like that and I do feel guilty about it. But I am so tired of us trying to be so PC about everything and we are the ones that are getting stomped on. Kids in Iraq and anywhere over there will grow up to be a new generation of terrorists and so will the girls. Unfortunately, I believe that it is the only way to get the point across once and for all. The world will be pissed off at us, but aren't they already? Who would mess around w/us after we do something like that anyway? Japan never did.

Answer 9

Because we are just as guilty of "meddling" in Iraq.

We're giving weapons to militia groups too.

And Iran has not attacked us.

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EDIT: You do realize, I hope, that almost all explosives being used by insurgents throughout history have been "improvised" -- it's not like they have factories. So, of course the people fighting against the al-Maliki govt are using improvised explosives.

As for Saudi Arabia, check the intelligence reports being issued by the US military and intelligence services.

And don't for that Iran hates Al Qaeda -- so, attacking them removes Al Qaeda's biggest opposition in the region.

Answer 10

Not as many as Saudi Terrorists have, but that does not matter, they are our allies and this is President Bush's War of Terror. Most of the foreign terrorists are Saudi, but a few thousand soldier sacrificed for them is nothing to me or our President Bush.

I say we attack Iran for our President Bush's Legacy. No elections, no regime change!

Lets sell more weapons to our friends in Saudi Arabia, guys!

You need proof the Saudis have been attacking our troops in Iraq? You don't know that the majority of foreign terrorists are Saudi or that the majority of 9/11 hijackers were Saudi? Look it up, reet.

Yeah. Stay in school.