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In reply to the discussion: If President Obama goes to war with Iran, would you be open to listening to the case for it? [View all]BlueIris
(29,135 posts)45. The neocons have been trying to invade Iran for forty years. It remains a strong possibility.
Your post makes it seem as if there is no risk for this, when, in fact, the war mongers have a long, extensively documented history of attempting invasion. Sometimes, even I wonder how we've avoided it. Global citizens are right to be afraid.
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If President Obama goes to war with Iran, would you be open to listening to the case for it? [View all]
BrentWil
Jan 2012
OP
indeed. you beat me too it. though i hadn't thought of the goat thing. nt nt
arely staircase
Jan 2012
#8
Given Obama's intervention in Libya and his expansion of the war in Afghanistan...
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2012
#27
Given your distortion of the facts, I would rule out your opinion as being very valid.
TheWraith
Jan 2012
#40
A more nuanced and more likely question would be " If Israel or Iran strike the other,
morningfog
Jan 2012
#119
DU has been claiming imminent war with iran for 6 years running. it isn't going to happen.
dionysus
Jan 2012
#5
"nothing wrong with being proactively antiwar"! That's the ONLY moral position . nt
jody
Jan 2012
#29
The neocons have been trying to invade Iran for forty years. It remains a strong possibility.
BlueIris
Jan 2012
#45
i understand that. but here we used to have Sy Hersch saying all the time that he had the inside
dionysus
Jan 2012
#47
I would always be open to hear his logic, but it would be absolutely insane no matter what
teddy51
Jan 2012
#11
Only if he has his cowboy boots on and Colin Powell to back him up and flags..lots of flags.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#30
I am open to LISTENING to any case for something. But unless Iran attacks us....
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#34
Gee, I don't know. Those sill Taliban didn't have much, eithr. Gee, I just can't guess. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#112
The whole Iran thing smells bad, like something we've been through before ... it would take
RKP5637
Jan 2012
#36
Iran would have to directly attack Houston, TX before I'm interested in discussing your "war". nt
TBF
Jan 2012
#39
you mean a good reason like Iraq has the capacity to hit the US within so many minutes?
newspeak
Jan 2012
#114
I think it would rival Hitler's invasion of the USSR in its insanity. Exactly how
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2012
#63
There is no such thing as a righteous case for war that needs explaining.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2012
#60
Pshaww.... If President Obama wants to go to war with Iran, it's in our best interest.
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2012
#65
Not only is there no case for it--it would be one of the stupidest acts in Am. history
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2012
#69
Nukes are not useful as a deterrent against the US (or Israel) without second-strike capability
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2012
#85
Do you know WHY they might do that? Iran is being threatened with deadly sanctions
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#74
No, there is about the same reason for a war with Iran as there was for the Iraq War.
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#73
I don't know - I am a firm believer that overstretch is what brings empires down. I also will say
jwirr
Jan 2012
#97
Not no but hell no! Alot will depend on how Obama is doing in the lead up to election in November.
Citizen Worker
Jan 2012
#106
I agree, but then the question becomes what qualifies as an Iranian attack.
morningfog
Jan 2012
#117