What is the reason, for a war against Iran ?

Oberon · 03-20-12, 11:31 AM

The thing is, the US is going to do what the US thinks is best for the US, if it benefits another country as well then that is good, but at the end of the day if Washington has to step on some toes in order to keep its interests in line, then it will do that. Just the same as just about every superpower has done in its history stretching all the way back to the Roman and Egyptian empires.
Does that make it right? Well, that depends on who you ask, just like everything in history does.
China does not have the power just yet to challenge the US openly, internally it's too weak, a house of cards. On the outside it looks strong but one well placed kick and the economy will crash. In about five to seven years when Beijing manages to balance out its trading, then there will be a contender, but for now the PRC is happy to just use soft power, which is where its strength lays.
Russia is...well...Russia, I don't think anyone can figure it out properly, but I think that its main interests lie within the former Warsaw Pact states, primarily the Baltics and Eastern Europe. It will be angry about an attack on Iran, but it won't intervene militarily because it has too much to lose from doing so, and so much more to gain from the US intervening.

I'm pretty confident the US is going to leave this one to Israel though and just provide intelligence support so that Israel can hit as much as it can on the first strike in order to maximise its effectiveness in the limited window of opportunity it will get.

03-20-12, 11:31 AM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The thing is, the US is going to do what the US thinks is best for the US, if it benefits another country as well then that is good, but at the end of the day if Washington has to step on some toes in order to keep its interests in line, then it will do that. Just the same as just about every superpower has done in its history stretching all the way back to the Roman and Egyptian empires. Does that make it right? Well, that depends on who you ask, just like everything in history does. China does not have the power just yet to challenge the US openly, internally it's too weak, a house of cards. On the outside it looks strong but one well placed kick and the economy will crash. In about five to seven years when Beijing manages to balance out its trading, then there will be a contender, but for now the PRC is happy to just use soft power, which is where its strength lays. Russia is...well...Russia, I don't think anyone can figure it out properly, but I think that its main interests lie within the former Warsaw Pact states, primarily the Baltics and Eastern Europe. It will be angry about an attack on Iran, but it won't intervene militarily because it has too much to lose from doing so, and so much more to gain from the US intervening. I'm pretty confident the US is going to leave this one to Israel though and just provide intelligence support so that Israel can hit as much as it can on the first strike in order to maximise its effectiveness in the limited window of opportunity it will get.