Hey, I've been pursuing Nuclear Weapons for years, nobody is trying to negotiate with me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: UN? > > > Robert wrote: > > So not the case. Iran and North Korea have been pursuing nuclear weapons > > The key word in your reply is "pursuing". > > You're right in that these authoritarian regimes would probably pursue > nukes, but the speed that they did that was the key. American, > Europe, and the UN knew this so the realistic plan was to pressure > them economically, diplomatically, possibly militarily in the hopes > that they could delay the programs long enough to see political > change. > > What's changed is that now America is no real invasion threat to > either country. Iran and NK know that America's military is maxed out > and it's citizens are tired of war. They also know that due to Mr. > Bush's controversial invasion of Iraq, the UN is splintered and the > Europeans are distrustful. > > By invading Iraq Mr. Bush has revealed the weakness of our policy, the > weakness of our military, and fractured our alliances. Further he's > compounded those weaknesses by creating distrust with his citizens and > his allies. That means ANY request for ANY military action in ANY > country is going to met with an eye so skeptical that it will be > ineffectual. > > Translation: prime time for Iran and NK to rev up their nuke plans > especially for rich Iran. With the UN and world alliances splintered, > and troops bogged down in 2 foreign countries, America is weak. > What's to stop them? > > The only way now is invasion and that's a card, as I said, that we can't > play. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168840 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
