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Originally Posted by wot i life
Britain and Iran edge closer to war as every day passes. The majority of the British people want us to launch a massive nuclear strike to annihilate Iran completely. What do you think?
I,m in the nuke em and send em back to the stone age camp... :evil:
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Well, it seems as if the majority of Brits are as deranged as the conservatives in America.... and MANY on this board.
1) Britain no longer has the "independance" to NUKE anyone! They will not act without tacit approval from the U.S. That's just a fact.
2) Nuking an entire country, MOST of whom want this "Revolutionary Government" overthrown, is in NO ONE's best interest. For ONE thing, who would then export the oil from Iran which fuels approx 40% of the World??
3) Britain has had soldiers captured before, as have WE. they are NOT as close to war over this as you seem to think. They are "rattling sabres." Britain has not "gone to war" with anyone other than the Falkland Islands since WWII! And they WON'T go to war with Iran BY THEMSELVES for this, or any other reason (other than an invasion of their soil.)
4) Like it or not, the concept of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) now applies to many Third World countries as well. We are on the brink of a new, and more expansive, Cold War. We will prevail ONLY if we can muster the DIPLOMATIC "strength" of Reagan again, and abandon the "Buckaroo" bravado of Bush.
5) The Brits have been targeted as much or more than we in recent years. But, I am sorry to see that the civilization who "originated" foreign diplomacy, has degraded into the guntoting "Reactionaries" of the American Wild West.
6) What do I think? I think this will be settled diplomatically, as all such "infractions" are. And when it is.... I hope the Brits are ashamed of themselves for even proposing such an idea.