However, in all the wars they have fought- in all but one they were attacked first (exception is 1971 war) and retaliated, they have a nuclear ‘no-first use’ policy, and no threatening of nukes in the case of conventional inferiority.

Before the 1971 war Indian diplomats went around the world asking for UN/US assistance to stem the flow of literally millions of refugees from East Pakistan, no solution was offered and Pakistan practically dared India to attack thinking ‘ that the third time is lucky’.

Compared to Iran that has been trading nuke secrets with pakistan along with NK…

However, in all the wars they have fought- in all but one they were attacked first (exception is 1971 war) and retaliated, they have a nuclear ‘no-first use’ policy, and no threatening of nukes in the case of conventional inferiority.

Before the 1971 war Indian diplomats went around the world asking for UN/US assistance to stem the flow of literally millions of refugees from East Pakistan, no solution was offered and Pakistan practically dared India to attack thinking ‘ that the third time is lucky’.

Compared to Iran that has been trading nuke secrets with pakistan along with NK…

However, in all the wars they have fought- in all but one they were attacked first (exception is 1971 war) and retaliated, they have a nuclear ‘no-first use’ policy, and no threatening of nukes in the case of conventional inferiority.

Before the 1971 war Indian diplomats went around the world asking for UN/US assistance to stem the flow of literally millions of refugees from East Pakistan, no solution was offered and Pakistan practically dared India to attack thinking ‘ that the third time is lucky’.

Compared to Iran that has been trading nuke secrets with pakistan along with NK…

This is about oil, political power, currencies, and above all, legitimacy. It is about the ability of the United States to change regimes its way and then preserve these new regimes from replacement by domestic enemies.

The United States and its client state regimes will be replaced in the Middle East. It is only a matter of time. If the United States bombs Iran, the timetable will speed up.

Iran IS a signatory nation and is within it’s legal rights to develop peaceful uses for atomic material. Of course anyone that can make a nuclear reactor for power generation automatically has the ability to create weapons and that’s where the international inspections come in.

The NPT also states very clearly that it is ILLEGAL for a signatory nation to assist in the development of nuclear technology with a non-signatory nation. The US Constitution says that ratified treties are the Law of the Land. The Bush administration’s plans to inflame nuclear weapons proliferation in India, Pakistan and China is blatantly illegal under international law and a gross violation of the US Constitution.

Not that the Republicans give a damn about the Rule of Law…

2,973 victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

2622 American troops killed in Iraq
333 American troops killed in Afghanistan
237 America civilian contractors killed in Iraq
= 3192 Total Americans Killed
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230 Coalition troops killed in Iraq
112 Coalition troops killed in Afghanistan
211 Coalition civilian contractors killed in Iraq

“..They are 7-10 years from being able to produce anything even remotely strong enough to think about making weapons with it (if that is, in fact, their plan).

Is the prospect of Iran with a nuclear weapons program scary? You bet your ass it is! Will it present a viable threat if they aquire nuclear weapons? Absolutely! Is the threat imminent and requiring immediate harsh (military?) action on our or anyone else’s part (other than diplomacy)? Not even close…”

is spot on. The argument should not be whether Iran’s policies might potentially be dangerous but rather how imminent they might be. That fact drives what the appropriate policies might be. The Iranian threat can be dealt with in a host of different ways at this point, not just the military card. Somehow that needs to be driven home to the American electorate. I am not sanguine that this will be done given the complete collapse of the American media’s ability to discuss anything substantive.

Iran has oil and India doesn’t.

Follow the trail of oil folks, and you will be astonished by what you find.

The Israeli offensive in Lebanon was done will full diplomatic support from the US. The reason why the UN resolution was delayed for so long was to give Israel the opportunity and time to strike Lebanon at will.

There is more. Israel expected a “refund” for their expenses:

According to sources in Jerusalem, the government was considering requesting US aid – one report estimated a request of $2 billion – to help pay the cost of the war. There was talk in Washington of a large-scale financial package to help rebuild southern Lebanon, and in the process keep the Iranians out of the process. Israel was apparently hoping to fold its aid request into this package.
US to Israel: No financial aid for war

I would not be surprised to learn of a similar arrangement to “hit” Iran.

If you made that bet, you’d probably lose.

However, I am willing to bet you are among those who understood it the least.

Last time Bush came back from India, he was wearing a T-Shirt that said “I just got back from trading our nukes to India and all I got was these lousy mangos”.

• Harbors Al Qaeda, and OBL.

• Dictatorship, no period of democracy to point to.

• Ruthless war with East Pakistan. Near-nuclear war with India in 2003.

• Celebrates Pak scientist who spread nuclear info and materiel to Libya, N. Korea, and Iran.

• Opium trade produces lots of money for terrorism. “Pakistan, which regards both Gul Agha and Hazrat Ali [Afghan opium warlords] as allies. For 20 years, the complex of heroin-terror networks in Central Asia has been fostered by Pakistan’s intelligence service, the ISI.”

• Aligned to Cheney’s Pipelinestan project (as the necessary outlet to the sea).

• If Musharaf gov’t falls, Al Qaeda might come into possession of nuclear missiles.

• Cowboy in the Shitehouse.

Focus on Iran? Zionist, neocon, warmonger PROPAGANDA.

Israel — ARMED WITH 25 NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE MOST ADVANCED NATIVE MILITARY IN THE ME. Not particularly threatened, but boy do they love to commit warcrimes and pound their chest about how endangered they are.

Faiz, lay off the propaganda. It’s going to stunt your growth.

Israel is carefully watching the world’s reaction to Iran’s continued refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, with some high-level officials arguing it is now clear that when it comes to stopping Iran, Israel “may have to go it alone,” The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Israel may ‘go it alone’ against Iran

I don’t know what makes the Israeli government think they can take on Iran, when they failed to defang Hezbollah in their month long offensive in Southern Lebanon.

Says the person who types writes like a teenager, who didn’t understand the topic of the thread, let alone the point of the quote he referenced.