Thu Dec 29, 2011, 09:10 PM

Excellent article about why attacking Iran would be an awfully awful idea [View all]

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/27/why_attacking_iran_is_still_a_bad_idea

I'm not sure I have anything to add to this suffice it to say that the same dunderheads whom thought that invading/occupying Iraq was going to be a good thing for the world and for our country and its "war on terrorism" seem to now be increasingly engaged in a fresh effort to convince us that attacking ANOTHER ME country in a so-called "preventative" manner is going to make everybody safer and improve our standing in the world.

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Excellent article about why attacking Iran would be an awfully awful idea [View all]	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	OP
A truly excellent read. Clear, concise and informative. Recommend.	snagglepuss	Dec 2011	#1
Like we have to be told that this is a bad idea?	Curmudgeoness	Dec 2011	#2
I agree	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#8
The article was originally published in Obvious Monthly	Telly Savalas	Dec 2011	#12
purpose of a "war" on Iran is drive up oil $$ and profits for big oil while people die for them n	msongs	Dec 2011	#3
In a generation Iran will be a moderate secular nation.	Vattel	Dec 2011	#4
Good point.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Dec 2011	#7
At the moment it's serving it's purpose as the bogeyman that the candidates and MIC rely on.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Dec 2011	#5
This country would have to be insane to attack Iran. Have we learned nothing?	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Dec 2011	#6
Right	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#9
We know Santorum would. What about the other GOP candidates? nt	Ilsa	Dec 2011	#10
The only ones I could see resisting would be Paul and/or Huntsman	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#11
Only Paul would oppose it. Huntsman has made it clear he believes Iran is asking for a war.	Dawson Leery	Dec 2011	#14
Rec.	emilyg	Dec 2011	#13
A Canadian writer on defence, Dwyer, wrote that Iran is dependant on Australian and New Zealand	applegrove	Dec 2011	#15