How can we assume that is not their plan when the consequences of being wrong are so dire? And even if we somehow make the idiotic blunder of assuming the best from a country whose president regularly leads mobs in chants of "Death to America", do you really think the Israelis are going to stand back and watch the Iranians develop nukes? Not a chance.
At the very least, if no one does anything, Iran will be a nuclear power, and they will use the threat of nuclear terrorism to dominate the region. The Saudis would be forced to contemplate developing nuclear weapons as a deterrent, just as India and Pakistan engaged in a regional cold war nuclear arms race a few year ago. You ask about US actions in what context? The war in Iraq? Afghanistan? None of that stuff makes any difference. The Iranians have been pursuing nuclear weapons for more than twenty years. The US and Europe have showed restraint. The time for restraint is quickly drawing to a close. The US and Europeans need to sponsor very tough sanctions on Iran- first through the Security Council (like that would ever get past China and Russia)- and then on our own. War is the only other option left, and it is going to be ugly all around if it comes to that. On 9/25/07, Dana wrote: > > ok so... assume (it's a big assumption) that this is in fact their > plan. How do you think the US actions so far help to prevent this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243140 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
