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   Iran may be an ideological threat to US and an economic threat to Israel, but it is not a military threat to either one. (I won’t give stats to verify this assertion; the military strengths of the three counties may be googled easily enough)
The chicken hawks in US and Israel know this fact. However, the military industrial complex in the US and the supremacist in Israel need a new bogyman and after the fall of the Soviet Union Iran is it. They need to justify the excessive military spending in the US and the “defensive” expansionist policies in Israel somehow. So, in true Hollywood fashion, they yell from the roof tops:  

“THE I-RAIN-IANS ARE COMING…THE I-RAIN-IANS ARE COMING…!!”

The masses duck and cover and the elite make big buck$.

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aka2x2 Senior Member Joined: 12 September 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 398	Topic: IRANIAN THREAT Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:18am
	Iran may be an ideological threat to US and an economic threat to Israel, but it is not a military threat to either one. (I won’t give stats to verify this assertion; the military strengths of the three counties may be googled easily enough) The chicken hawks in US and Israel know this fact. However, the military industrial complex in the US and the supremacist in Israel need a new bogyman and after the fall of the Soviet Union Iran is it. They need to justify the excessive military spending in the US and the “defensive” expansionist policies in Israel somehow. So, in true Hollywood fashion, they yell from the roof tops: “THE I-RAIN-IANS ARE COMING…THE I-RAIN-IANS ARE COMING…!!” The masses duck and cover and the elite make big buck$.
	Respectfully aka2x2
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Israfil Senior Member Joined: 08 September 2003 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3984	Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:39am
	Haven't we exhausted this discussion already?
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aka2x2 Senior Member Joined: 12 September 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 398	Posted: 29 April 2008 at 12:09pm
	The time to stop a war is before it starts... Some folks have been beating their war drums pretty loudly lately. Last Sunday, 60 Minutes, the news program on CBS, had a piece on Israeli air-force doing practice runs for air attacks on "suspected" Iranian nuclear facilities. All These facilities are in populated areas. There is going to be heavy civilian casualties, regardless of predictions to the contrary. You tell me... Are those lives worth discussing?... Did we discuss it enough?...Did the congress vote to go war?... Because nobody will believe Israel attacked Iran without American approval and support... And, because US will be pulled into this war if it starts.
	Respectfully aka2x2
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imp87 Senior Member Joined: 15 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 164	Posted: 29 April 2008 at 4:05pm
	I heard a few years back that Mr Bushi will hit I-RAN before he leaves presidency. I dont know how true it is, or how likely. Edited by imp87 - 29 April 2008 at 4:05pm
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Israfil Senior Member Joined: 08 September 2003 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3984	Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:15pm
	*Originally posted by aka2x2* The time to stop a war is before it starts... Some folks have been beating their war drums pretty loudly lately. Last Sunday, 60 Minutes, the news program on CBS, had a piece on Israeli air-force doing practice runs for air attacks on "suspected" Iranian nuclear facilities. All These facilities are in populated areas. There is going to be heavy civilian casualties, regardless of predictions to the contrary. You tell me... Are those lives worth discussing?... Did we discuss it enough?...Did the congress vote to go war?... Because nobody will believe Israel attacked Iran without American approval and support... And, because US will be pulled into this war if it starts. I'm saying there are several threads (most in the political and current events section) you could discuss this from. I don't see how what you've provided here runs anything different. I'm not trying to kill anything you're saying, but as to not make these kinds of topics redundant, it's best to provide new information rather than "parrot" what has already been discussed.
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Truth_light24 Senior Member Joined: 13 January 2008 Location: Philippines Online Status: Offline Posts: 270	Posted: 30 April 2008 at 5:45pm
	If I don’t like the topic or I don’t want to make a comment about it, I just leave it and let anyone do their stuff. We do have freedom of speech, don’t we? All we need is respect so that others will respect us too and no more heated, useless arguments.
	And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin. Quran33:59
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Israfil Senior Member Joined: 08 September 2003 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3984	Posted: 30 April 2008 at 10:37pm
	*Originally posted by Truth_light24* If I don’t like the topic or I don’t want to make a comment about it, I just leave it and let anyone do their stuff. We do have freedom of speech, don’t we? All we need is respect so that others will respect us too and no more heated, useless arguments. Sigh....Nevermind.....
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