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**usatramadolusa** · 12-02-2007, 08:44 PM

Irans history of agression is well chronicled. The UN has passed umpteen resolutions asking them to comply with UN rules. What should the UN do if they dont? Ask again? At what point will you accept that physical interference is the only solution? Name me one recent conflict solved with diplomacy.

Now we have a litteraly smoking gun that Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents with weapons that have killed American soldiers. Thats a pretty clear act of war.

Of course you are right. Clearly, that's an act of war. But it's also a clever maneuver from Iran, for a war against Iran is not an option. Not from a financial, not from a geopolitical and not from a militarical point of view. America's hands are bend, and the people of it's allied gouvernments not willing to join a massive military strike against Iran. When it comes to Germany, I even doubt that Frau Kanzler Merkel could convince the Bundestag to send recon aircraft into a war against Iran. Since a year ago, I am involved in political discussions on Iran with other citizens, and I can assure you I haven't met someone yet who was willing to support the slightest military action against Iran. The idea of having to go to war, thousands of miles away against a people they don't know and don't care about, makes germans furious. And I somehow have the impression that more and more americans get that attitude, too.

12-02-2007, 08:44 PM	#15
usatramadolusa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Irans history of agression is well chronicled. The UN has passed umpteen resolutions asking them to comply with UN rules. What should the UN do if they dont? Ask again? At what point will you accept that physical interference is the only solution? Name me one recent conflict solved with diplomacy. Now we have a litteraly smoking gun that Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents with weapons that have killed American soldiers. Thats a pretty clear act of war. Of course you are right. Clearly, that's an act of war. But it's also a clever maneuver from Iran, for a war against Iran is not an option. Not from a financial, not from a geopolitical and not from a militarical point of view. America's hands are bend, and the people of it's allied gouvernments not willing to join a massive military strike against Iran. When it comes to Germany, I even doubt that Frau Kanzler Merkel could convince the Bundestag to send recon aircraft into a war against Iran. Since a year ago, I am involved in political discussions on Iran with other citizens, and I can assure you I haven't met someone yet who was willing to support the slightest military action against Iran. The idea of having to go to war, thousands of miles away against a people they don't know and don't care about, makes germans furious. And I somehow have the impression that more and more americans get that attitude, too.
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