What is the best way to avoid war with Iran?

Question

1) Leave Iraq, "we are only stirring up trouble and they want to be our friends"

2) Build bases in Iraq, "diplomatic efforts need a threat of force to be successful"

3) Let Iran have nukes, "what's the difference between us and them?"

4) Others... let's hear them.

"Just don't attack" them is a thoughtless answer. - What would you do is they get nukes? if they use them? if they fund terrorists?

Think strategically if you really want to avoid a major confrontation.

Answer 1

For over fifty years, US policy in the ME, has been taking advantage of the Oil reach countries, by playing dirty political games !? After Revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran which was founded by Ayatollah Khomeini has taken stand against manipulating US foreign policy. That doesn't mean they hate US, or they are a hostile force ?! All they want is to have a normal relation with US. That Says"Get as much oil as you wish, but please check with the cash register on your way out".
To achieve Long lasting peace in ME the following conditions need to be met:
1) Resolve the Palestine Israel problem, for good and for real !?
2) US to stop it's aggressive policy against Middle Eastern countries ?!
3) Start to talk, negotiate and establish diplomacy ?!

For your conditions: 1 and 4 are the logical actions.

My Best Regards.

Edits: Comments from : netjr, lex, dagonet and cfb are simply bunch of hot air and trash ??!!

shylock: You mean the wealth we have been steeling from them for over 50 years ?! Freedom? You mean the bones that the Elites trow for us , to keep us happy slaves yes?

Answer 2

1) Leaving Iraq is not an option. If you knew what was going on there, you would believe me. The Al-Queda are torturing Iraqi people. Entire families are being tortured and raped and murdered if they don't cooperate with them. Where do you think their orders are coming from? There is a guy by the name of OSAMA that leads them and we haven't caught him yet. They are all one and the same. It's the whole works that need to be put to rest.

2) Yes, we could build bases in Iraq. There are only a few and most aren't permanent. I hear that the castles are fantastic. Maybe we could do some remodeling. It is time that our military had some perks if you ask me. Being in Iraq in a sandstorm isn't exactly their idea of a good time.

3) Letting Iran have nukes would be the equivalent of letting your five year old have a semi auto assault rifle without supervision. I mean really!! Do you think that would be a good idea? We can't trust them with Nuclear power. The muslim religion hates us. They will continue to hate us and forever be a thorn in our side until the end of time. The only reason that they haven't bothered us yet is because they are scared of us. Think about that. Peace sometimes needs to be acquired through superior fire power. It is the only way. When you were little, did you always do the right thing, or did you listen because you knew you would have consequenses if you didn't? Of course you knew there would be consequenses.

4) I don't really know. In my opinion that I usually keep to myself, I think we should have wiped them off the map when we were there the first time, but that isn't very diplomatic. I don't always fight fair. We probably need a couple of bases there as well to keep an eye on what is going on. If left alone, this could be a festering wound that will never go away. Some common ground needs to be found and people need to realize that it wont happen in a week or a month or even a year. We need to stick with it and keep an eye on it so it doesn't become infected and explode in our face.

I don't know what everyone else thinks, but that is pretty much my take on it.

I like your way of thinking, by the way!

Answer 3

There is no question about G.Bush's mistake in attacking Iraq.He should have dealt with Iran first but not militaristic.In that situation Iraq could have been a good supporter.Saddam was enemy of Iran and did not deny this hostility.Attacking Iran in current situation is not a right resolution.Imagine Iran is an active building which can not be destroyed but you can take measure to make the residents evacuate it by themself.These measures are:disconnecting water supply,power,communication and other supporting factors.The residents may throw stones to outsiders but this is nothing when comparing with your final goal which is peace.These measures may not be beneficial for outsiders but could be tolerated if they are singing a same tune.The advantage of these measures is to motivate adverse insiders to take actions against the so called landlord.Some inoncent insiders may suffer in this case but there is a well-defined horizon in front of them and should be patient for the sake of future generations. Iran long history is the most civilizing force and a mega motivation for going ahead against radicals.

Answer 4

i think of the U. S. government is taking a "wait and notice" ideas-set to Iran... for 2 reasons. a million) it relatively is going to be a minimum of yet another decade until eventually now Iran has the means to offer and grant an atomic weapon. 2) there is already a civilian rebellion happening in Iran, and Iranian voters are protesting with the help of the thousands of thousands for regime replace. it can be a foul thought to intervene at present, because of the fact it appears that evidently like Iran already has a civil war construction momentum against Almadinajacket and the Ayatollah.. opposite to regular concept,...maximum Iranians do no longer hate the U. S.... yet as quickly as we went to war with them that sentiment would not stay the same.

Answer 5

Stay in Iraq and monitor Iran. Attempt to assasinate ahmoud whatever. Sanction Iran, alienate them. Turn the middle east against Iran by falsifying information(make iran seem like they want to destroy the world), and demonize Irans government. This can all be done with good intelligence and proxy wars. We should use our influence to indirectly cripple Iran econnomically, politically, and socially. Make it so the Iranians want to leave Iran. We should defend Israel at all costs, even if it means erasing Iran off the map. People don't understand that the middle east has been plagued with tribal disputes for centuries. Nothing we do there will "fix" the problem. The only thing that will be understood is force.

Answer 6

We need to exit the middle east and stop importing oil from that part of the world. Worse case we can go to rationing. Let those people settle their differences without us. If they ever figure it out we can start dealing with them. If they don't then that's on them. No slake! No more 'aid' to Palestine, or Egypt or any of those thugocracies. We need to get off their turf. Out! All the way out! On the off chance any of them become a threat we can deal with it then. We need to deal with certain individuals which is doable, while occupying middle east real estate isn't. They don't want our 'culture' and we don't need their problems. This marriage can't be saved. It's time for a divorce.

Answer 7

1) Reopen relations with Iran (we sure as heck don't like the way the Chinese run their country either, but we still talk to them, to everyone's benefit)

2) Support multilateral diplomacy (Russian and China saying "no" means more to Iran than anything we could say)

3) Agree to remove specific sanctions if specific international standards are met (the "carrot" part of carrot and stick - Bush seems to only know about the stick)

Answer 8

To avoid major confrontations we need to let them have 1 nuke.
Aim it at Terhan and give it to them.

Answer 9

Iran believes its fair and equitable to have a proxy war with us by suppling the Iraqis, and they also supply the Palestinians that want war with Israel. So the best way to avoid war with Iran is to give them their own proxy war. Find people inside the country who want to wage war against their government and supply them....just like they are doing to our friends in Iraq and Israel. Once they are busy defending themselves they will stop funding our enemies.

Answer 10

1) Maybe they will want to be our friends if we establish fair and healthy trade relationships with them.

2) I defer to movie version of 'The Hunt for Red October':

"It would be well for your government to consider that having your ships and ours, your aircraft and ours, in such proximity... is inherently DANGEROUS. Wars have begun that way, Mr. Ambassador. "

3) "The freedom message brings us together; it doesn't divide us. I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, it actually weakens our national defense. We stood up to the soviets, they had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day out about third world countries that have no army, navy, or air force and we're getting ready to go to war." - Ron Paul