IS Bush going attack Iran?

[Higgly]

I thought this article from The Onion was pretty rich.

[jbg]

I thought this article from The Onion was pretty rich.

The Onion is always delicious satire.

[moderateamericain]

I thought this article from The Onion was pretty rich.

The Onion is always delicious satire.

The US could brush aside Iran's ability to defend itself in about 2 weeks. And thats conservative. Are airpower is incredible. I think we could afford to blow the country apart, just not put it back together. Thats why I think we should hit there Nuclear development facilities. (if we can find them)

[Canadian Blue]

The US could brush aside Iran's ability to defend itself in about 2 weeks. And thats conservative. Are airpower is incredible. I think we could afford to blow the country apart, just not put it back together. Thats why I think we should hit there Nuclear development facilities. (if we can find them)

The US could easily invade Iran. I think the issue that the US would need to deal with afterwards is guerilla style warfare, and I highly doubt they will be able to get a handle on two countries with strong insurgencies.

[ceemes]

Of course Bush will attack Iran. The United States is an empire (not physical, like Rome, but economic), and the only way for an empire to survive is to continue to expand. When this growing empire encounters something that doesn't want to go along, the empire's only choice is to destroy it.

This conflict in the Middle East has been fought before, but it hasn't been pursued to this level before. It will play out, and my prediction is that it will get bigger. Sooner or later another country, probably China, is going to step in and stop the big bad states from throwing its weight around - and mark my words, that's when the blood is really going to start to flow.

HUH?

I thought the possible attack was for stopping the Iranian nuclear bomb production.

Bombing Iran serves Americas economic needs?

Please explain this claim.

I take you haven't heard of the Iran Oil Bourse and the threat it poses to the US Dollar Hegemony.

Here's are links to a copy of articles to bring you up to speed.

US Dollar Hegomony, The soft underbelly of an Empire

Iran Oil Bourse

[ceemes]

HUH?

I thought the possible attack was for stopping the Iranian nuclear bomb production.

Bombing Iran serves Americas economic needs?

Please explain this claim.

All of the talk about 'nuclear bomb production' and all that sort of stuff is just a sleight of hand. If everyone is looking at anything that *could* be a nuclear facility (The quality of United States intelligence data...), they won't look any further into other motivations. Think about it - attacking a country because they have an assault weapon - not only is it awfully presumptious, it's asking for trouble. No, Weapons of Mass Destruction is that phrase that everyone loves to hate - it gets the blood boiling while corporations rub their greedy little hands together.

The United States is an economic giant, but it is on the decline - it does not posess the resources to sustain itself, and it is expensive to constantly import them at prices set by another country. What, may I ask, are Iran's chief exports?

Oil, however it chiefly exports to Europe and China. Now ask me which currency is priced in and can only be bought with.