Obama: "I'm ready to negotiate with you, Iran." Iran: "Fuck you."

[xoxoxoBruce]

Remember, the Iranians aren't Arabs, they're Persians and traditional enemies.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Remember, the Iranians aren't Arabs, they're Persians and traditional enemies.

I'm sure economic incentive is lower on the list, if on at all, of reasons why Arab countries would want to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Being surrounded by nuclear power Israel and a probably soon to be nuclear power Iran is not making them feel secure. I'm just curious if there is any economic incentive behind it.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Don't forget, Iran has very limited production for domestic oil by-products, specifically, gas. They would be cutting off their nose to spite their face. A few well placed cruise missiles would cripple their country in a matter of days.

Good point. Despite how their politicians come off, I don't see Iran as a suicidal country but I do feel they could do some damage if they really wanted too. We could easily beat them one on one but I really doubt they would choose to fight that way.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Iran is already doing damage through their support of Al-Qaeda, The Taliban, Hezbollah, and who knows how many other terrorists.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Iran is already doing damage through their support of Al-Qaeda, The Taliban, Hezbollah, and who knows how many other terrorists.

True, but this all a balancing act on a very unstable board. Yes, Iran is doing damage right now and yes it will be bad for US and other interests if they get the bomb. But we have no idea how they will react to an attack or if we can actually stop their nuclear bomb program and that needs to be taken into consideration.

[xoxoxoBruce]

If I had my druthers, I'd druther we not attack Iran.