@ John...
Edited: As John said, no name calling, Mike. Thanks, NS
@ Neal...
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And since everyone sat on their hands from 1933 till 1939, Hitler built up his forces and the world paid dearly
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this is true... but lets look at the differences between the world of 1933 and the world of today... as well as the differences in US polices of then and now...
it's a lot smaller world, and the US is not in the isolationist mood that marked that period... Iran is under constant surveillance, by all sorts... the same situation could not take place as it did back then...
@ Tycho...
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The Russians weren't suicidal, nor did they embrace a religion that supports suicide. There is a significant difference, and that difference is hope for life....not death
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the Iranian people are not suicidal either... nor does the religon they follow condone any of these suicidal acts, that are so commonly attributed to it... for you to make such far reaching blanket statements only shows that you neither know the Iranian people, nor do you know anything about their religion... and that is the danger here... reacting out of fear and suspicion...
the consequences of such action i doubt that you have even stopped to consider... even when/if justifiable miltary force is employed... the eventual outcome will surprise many of us...
when and if a credible threat presents itself, i believe that clear and decisive action should be taken... but surely not before then... and definitely not from unfounded fear and suspicion...
i've been to Iran...i've seen the place first hand... i've seen the people (well not all, but some of em)... who here has braved the bus ride from the airport to the International (hotel) in Tehran...
now, granted, this has been some time ago... but at least i have some first hand face to face with the people there... has anyone else who is so convinced that they are all terrorists?
--Mike