On 12/21/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I disagree with you, you make a good case. My counter point > would be that all we've done is remove a check on Iran's power and now > they are the dominant power in the region. In fact Iran seems to be > in firm control of the Islamic radicals
They're not. Sunnis rule the Mid-East and Iran's power includes only Syria and Lebanon. Admittedly, the balance of power in Saudi Arabia and Egypt is dangerously balanced but until it tips Iran is only a verbal threat. If on the other hand we did attack Iran without provocation, what would all the Sunnis have done to take control, with the Shiites weakened? I haven't thought that one out yet. > (witness their manipulation of Hezbollah). Hezbollah is a subdivision of Iran that if anything is becoming more independent. > Therefore, if one believes your argument, the country to attack > would've been Iran, not Iraq. Iraq was secular while Iran's > government is radical Islam. We had no legal reason to go to war with Iran. With Iraq, we had a cease-fire under certain conditions. Those conditions weren't met so the cease-fire was lifted. > Therefore, at best, I'd say we attacked the wrong country. At worst > I'd say we accelerated your prediction while at the same time burning > our allies, depleting our resources, and beating up our troops. We didn't burn our allies. They were either afraid to get into this fight, or thought there was no need for a fight. However, they will come to us again. They really should step up and help us with Iraq before they need to make the call. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
