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Originally Posted by lookout123
if they were building nuclear weapons in response to our imminent invasion, wouldn't they be smarter to spend the r &d money on conventional weaponry upgrades, troop movements and a larger standing army, and then move into more effective (from a real threat standpoint) wmd like bio and chem?
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What is the one thing that America hypes fear about in every war? Nuclear and biological weapons. Conventional weapons and tactics have long ago been proven futile when the Air Force finally learned its primary mission - the support of ground troops.
I find it ironic that one would advocate conventional military weapons and tactics to defend Iran when those have repeatedly been proven ineffective against the US military - even in VietNam. What has repeatedly proven effective? Guerilla warfare. Dispersed attacks. Missile attacks on support facilities. And unsubstantiated threats. What promotes the most fear in US military doctrine? WMD and Scud missile type attacks. Why would Iran build and equip themselves with weapons and tactics long ago proven ineffective?
Lets keep this fundamental point in perspective. Iran is not building a first strike military. They are building a classic defensive structure. Those who promote fear attempt to avoid this fact. A structure designed to deter rather than repell an attack. Why? George Jr's intention to unilaterally attack Iran is all but stated. Their only hope is that centrist Americans rise up, vote, and start being informed. We have a president so irresponsible that he was warned about 11 Sept and he did nothing to defend America. No problem. Hype fear of Iran and we the people will forget his impeachable offense.