What to do with Iran?

scaeagles · 01-18-2006, 01:10 PM

Quite the conundrum. A tangled web, most certainly. Many thoughts, in no particular order.

Rice has said there is no point to further negotiations on their nuclear capability. I would agree with that, but what exactly does that mean?

Going to the security council is laughable. The UN is impotent. Iran will be afraid of a security council resolution? I don't think so.

Isreal will not allow Iran to possess nukes. Nor should they, really, when the President of Iran said recently that Israel should be wiped off the map. If Israel takes preemptive action, that will turn ugly very quickly and we could see a wide spread regional war with us backing Israel and Russia backing Iran. Not good.

If Iran has violated the nonproliferation treaty, which I think it is apparent that they have, is that justification for military action on the part of the US an/or NATO? I think the new leadership of Germany means they would be for it, but France I am not so sure. I would have to figure better NATO than Israel in terms of regional stability.

Russia wants a strong and nuclear Iran as a counter to US influence in the region. How far will they back Iran?

We would be fools to allow Iran to acquire nukes.

A conundrum, most certainly.

01-18-2006, 01:10 PM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	What to do with Iran? Quite the conundrum. A tangled web, most certainly. Many thoughts, in no particular order. Rice has said there is no point to further negotiations on their nuclear capability. I would agree with that, but what exactly does that mean? Going to the security council is laughable. The UN is impotent. Iran will be afraid of a security council resolution? I don't think so. Isreal will not allow Iran to possess nukes. Nor should they, really, when the President of Iran said recently that Israel should be wiped off the map. If Israel takes preemptive action, that will turn ugly very quickly and we could see a wide spread regional war with us backing Israel and Russia backing Iran. Not good. If Iran has violated the nonproliferation treaty, which I think it is apparent that they have, is that justification for military action on the part of the US an/or NATO? I think the new leadership of Germany means they would be for it, but France I am not so sure. I would have to figure better NATO than Israel in terms of regional stability. Russia wants a strong and nuclear Iran as a counter to US influence in the region. How far will they back Iran? We would be fools to allow Iran to acquire nukes. A conundrum, most certainly.
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