[POL] Persian hide-and-seek

[Kloef]

We all know Iran's intentions, enough said.

A president publicly denying the holocaust, and publicly treatens Isreal to 'wipe it of the face of the Earth' should not be trusted with this technology, inspections or not.

As for alternative power, i know solar and wind energy is not the solution but things change if you have massive amounts of empty desert land where this system would be very effective, and much cheaper and easier to sell politically speaking, but you cant make weapons out of solarpanels and windgenerators.

Not 92% can be used for weapons.
92% plus is the required isotope ratio for fissile weapons.

Few things to ponder...
You're neighbour to the north has nukes,
A hostile near neighbour to the west has nukes,
2 Neighbours to your east have nukes,
An openly hostile nation has parked Navy off you're southern shore with nukes and
The same openly hostile nation has use of a huge airbase a short distance to the south of you with..... you guessed it nukes!

Whilst I don't like the idea of a country run by religous maniacs having nuclear weapons, you can maybe see why they feel they need them.

They have made it clear that the first bomb they finish will land in Israel, the 'wipe them of the' quote were not my words but the words of president Achminejihad whatever..

What i dont understand is the sudden 'understanding' for terrorist countries like Iran, they fund terrorism on a global scale and you say you feel sorry for them that they have been forced to develope nuclear energy, and by what you state, build a bomb.

[Platapus]

Let's take this piecemeal...

Originally Posted by Kloef

A president publicly denying the holocaust

My response is "who cares?". So President Ahmadinejad is wrong about the holocaust. There is no uncertanity about it. There is ample evidence that he is, pure and simple, wrong. Clearly I would never hire Dr. Ahmadinejad to teach history. So what? How does the holocaust which happened 1943-1945 affect policy towards Israel when the First Aliya becan in 1881? Do not think for a moment that Israeli history in the region began in 1948.

and publicly treatens Isreal to 'wipe it of the face of the Earth'

Not exactly what he said. There is a very nice discussion about his speech at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud...22_translation

...should not be trusted with this technology, inspections or not.

President Ahmadinejad really has nothing to do with it. After the 1989 revision of the Iranian Constitution, President Ahmadinejad has zero control over the military. He can no more order an attack on Israel then Senator McCain can order the Bomb Bomb Bombing of Iran.

As for Iran (as a country) wanting to destroy Israel, I would highly recommend two books

Treacherous Alliane: The secret dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi

The Iran Agenda by Reese Erlich

Both do a pretty good job of describing the history of the relationship between Israel and Iran. Like many international relationships, what is publicly said is different from what happens in reality.

soundbyte answer: Iran needs Israel and Iran's national agenda would not be served by attacking Israel (even if Iran thought it could defeat Israel).

A most complicated and complex relationship indeed.