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 Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:51 pm
Understanding Iran is an article written about a speech that Michael Ledeen, Author of The Iranian Time Bomb, gave. In it he expresses his stance on the whole deal that is going on with Iran and the fact that we are trying to negotiate with them. I will no type out the entire article, but I will type out the last paragraph. I'm sure you could look it upon the web somewhere.
The bottom line is that Iran is our principal enemy in the Middle East, nad perhaps the entire world. It is also a terribly vulnerable regime, and it knows that - which is why it makes up stories about airplanes and missiles it doesn't have. As for the question of nuclear weapons, it seems hard to imagine that Iran does not already have them. Iranians are not stupid, and they have been at this for a minimum of 20 years in a world where almost all of the major components needed for nuclear weapons - not to mention old nuclear weapons - are for sale. A lot of these are for sale in nearby Pakistan. And if the Iranians do have a weapon, it is impossible to imagine that, at a moment of crisis, they will not use it. The point is, we have an implacable enemy which has no intention of negotiating a settlement with us. They want us dead or dominated, just as our enemies did in the 1930s and 40s. You can't make deals with a regime like that.
Our choices with regard to Iran are to challenge them directly and win this war now, to do so only after they kill a lot more of us in some kind of attack, or to surrender. There is no painless way out, and the longer we wait, the greater the pain is going to be.
So basically, this guy really thinks we need to take action. Do you agree with him?
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:23 pm
From what I could gather on the author, Mr. Ledeen, he's very well-read and analytical, but he is WAR-CRAZY. I swear, this dude sounds as if he's trying to start another World War. He's forged documents to get Saddam Hussein under suspicion when he hadn't done anything wrong for the reason he was accusing him for!
I know that his intentions may be for the better of the country, but the background check says it all: he's loony for a war. So I can't say I agree with him for that matter.
We could watch Iran more closely, I suppose, just in case, but otherwise, we don't want any of their business in our pie. ...or something to that effect.
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namine melfina Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:58 pm
My belief: If the nuclear-wielding nations do not like each other, the world is damned to nuclear Hell. The way it looks, Iran and the United States will not be building the strongest of all ties, and any ties that are built can be easily broken by some random gaffe.
The big problem with Iran is that they and North Korea are both in on the nuclear-weapons creation stage of their dictatorships. Without the Iranians, the North Koreans would never have been able to get those materials for nuclear weapons, and so, if nothing else, Iran can be held guilty by assosciation and assistance to North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities.
Right now, war is only an option in the form of quick, deadly, guerilla strikes at suspected nuclear weapons sites, alledged nuclear weapons sites, and of course, the Iranian capital itself enacted by every major country. No matter the size of the country, a handful of nuclear weapons (alledged or not) means that a handful of cities filled with people can be completely wiped off the face of the Earth with barely a trace.
Iran must be disarmed and so must North Korea, no matter what. These two radical nations are threats to global peace and tranquility, so long as they hold nuclear weapons or are capable of doing so and choose to play the rebel among the rest of the world's nations. Should we invade, eradicate, and destroy Iran in search for these weapons? No, but we must not sit idly by and wait either.
As for proof, do we have any physical evidence of their possession of these weapons? As far as I know, no, same as Iraq. But unlike Iraq, we do know that North Korea, who have done nuclear weapons testing and rocket launches in defiance with UN Resolutions, are their closes allies and have traded knowledge in nuclear physics and rocketology, or at least have stronger suspicion to believe so than we did in Iraq.
Iraq was one country. You can talk all you want about whether or not they have nuclear weapons and more than likely, the arguement will lead to them being given the benefit of the doubt (unless Bush and Chenney are in on the arguement). But with two nuclear-capable countries, it's harder to hide secrets and the truth comes out eventually, and if North Korea is being persecuted for possessing nuclear materials, one only has to look in Iran's general direction to draw a conclusion on which one of North Korea's many allies are in a position and have the ability to supply them with such weapons and is in their best interest to do so.
Who does Iran hate? America. Who does North Korea hate? America. See a connection here?
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