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If Iran's president were killed ?

Modelworks

Modelworks

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I was talking with a friend about Iran's president coming to the USA for a visit and he made the comment that maybe some sniper will take him out while he is here, saving everyone a lot of trouble.

I'm not up on the politics of Iran and was wondering what would happen if the man were killed .
Is his military dedicated to him enough that they would go on an all out offensive on the USA ?

Who would take his place and what would that mean for Iran ?
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I was talking with a friend about Iran's president coming to the USA for a visit and he made the comment that maybe some sniper will take him out while he is here, saving everyone a lot of trouble.
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haha of all the things that would come out this scenario, that would be the LEAST likely outcome.
 
Assassinations never fix things as easily as we'd all want. They bring international condemnation, and don't often fix the targeted problem. If anything, assassinated him would only strengthen the government's desire to put a more conservative president in his place, as well as basically giving them a bunch of 'free and clear' treatment from the rest of the world.
 
It was a political assination that triggered WWI.

Side effects can be dangerous.
 
Your friend is not so smart when it comes to these things...

An assassination or attempt on American soil would only cause more problems and not less.
Ahmadinejad isn't even the real power over there. The simplest things would be for them to go after our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan even more, step up the nuclear pressure, and incite more Palistinian-Israeli trouble. Basically turn the region into even more of a mess.

Direct military confrontation with the US is....shall we say...most undesirable and probably very unlikely.
 
A-dumb-a-job took part in the attack on our US Embassy when the Marines and other officials were attacked and held hostage. He is a war criminal as far as I am concerned. He does not deserve diplomatic immunity, and President Clinton should not let him step one foot on our soil. If he gets shot, that will just be poetic justice. Iran is already at war with the USA, you just dont know it.
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I was talking with a friend about Iran's president coming to the USA for a visit and he made the comment that maybe some sniper will take him out while he is here, saving everyone a lot of trouble.
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haha of all the things that would come out this scenario, that would be the LEAST likely outcome.
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lol, true
 
The UN would immediately move its location away from the USA, since the USA would just have shown that instead of discord it prefers to snipe leaders from countries it's having issue with. It would be a stupid move and not benefit anybody.

A-dumb-a-job took part in the attack on our US Embassy when the Marines and other officials were attacked and held hostage.
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Did he? Is this filed in the folder next to the one about African yellow cake or the one about the chemical trucks in Iraq. I always seem to misplace it.
 
Originally posted by: piasabird
A-dumb-a-job took part in the attack on our US Embassy when the Marines and other officials were attacked and held hostage. He is a war criminal as far as I am concerned. He does not deserve diplomatic immunity, and President Clinton should not let him step one foot on our soil. If he gets shot, that will just be poetic justice. Iran is already at war with the USA, you just dont know it.
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...whut?

The murder of a world leader in the US would totally screw the US over. The world would rally against us, people would pull out their money...etc. Plus Iran would get a 'get out of jail free card' for any action they want to take against the US.

 
Originally posted by: piasabird
A-dumb-a-job took part in the attack on our US Embassy when the Marines and other officials were attacked and held hostage. He is a war criminal as far as I am concerned. He does not deserve diplomatic immunity, and President Clinton should not let him step one foot on our soil. If he gets shot, that will just be poetic justice. Iran is already at war with the USA, you just dont know it.
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FYI:

Clinton isn't president any more. [delete due to trolling]





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Common Courtesy
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I was talking with a friend about Iran's president coming to the USA for a visit and he made the comment that maybe some sniper will take him out while he is here, saving everyone a lot of trouble.
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haha of all the things that would come out this scenario, that would be the LEAST likely outcome.
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Agreed. One man does not make a nuclear program or terrorist network. It would be as symbolic as his position, and likely be the start of the war with Iran.

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
It was a political assination that triggered WWI.

Side effects can be dangerous.
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One could say WWI lead to WWII as well.

Originally posted by: glugglug
Bush stole the office in 2000 (well technically 2001) and again in 2004.
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Such belief is not only unjust, it?s the hallmark of civil unrest. Remind me to call all Democratic Presidents illegitimate from day 1.
 
Originally posted by: piasabird
A-dumb-a-job took part in the attack on our US Embassy when the Marines and other officials were attacked and held hostage. He is a war criminal as far as I am concerned. He does not deserve diplomatic immunity, and President Clinton should not let him step one foot on our soil. If he gets shot, that will just be poetic justice. Iran is already at war with the USA, you just dont know it.
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:roll:
 
It would be a huge embarrassment to the USA. Its almost impossible to contemplate the ramifications of such a disaster.

Let us all hope it does not happen.
 
Iranians love the art of deception. Their concept of diplomacy is talk a bunch of nice things while they pat you on the back while they take their dagger out to stab us in the back while we are not looking. Anyone who believes anything this so-called president of Iran has to say is suffering from a delusionary episode. Iran can not be trusted. They are a terrorist state.
 
Originally posted by: Modelworks
I was talking with a friend about Iran's president coming to the USA for a visit and he made the comment that maybe some sniper will take him out while he is here, saving everyone a lot of trouble.

I'm not up on the politics of Iran and was wondering what would happen if the man were killed .
Is his military dedicated to him enough that they would go on an all out offensive on the USA ?

Who would take his place and what would that mean for Iran ?
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The President of Iran has almost zero real power. He serves at the pleasure of the religious leaders there. Killing him would do virtually nothing but kill a figurehead, sort of like killing the queen of England. (he's not quite as powerless as she is, but it's somewhat similar).

Considering Modelworks freely admits he doesn't really know anything about Iran, I think this might show what a lot of people in the US generally think... and it's sorta scary. He didn't come up with the idea of Ahmadinejad as the evil mastermind all by himself.
 
To answer the question in the OP:

I don?t think his military would start a war with the US over this. But their terrorist friends might step up their attacks.

I don?t think killing him is a good solution. Replace the devil you know with the devil you don?t know, not a good idea.
 
Originally posted by: piasabird
Iranians love the art of deception. Their concept of diplomacy is talk a bunch of nice things while they pat you on the back while they take their dagger out to stab us in the back while we are not looking. Anyone who believes anything this so-called president of Iran has to say is suffering from a delusionary episode. Iran can not be trusted. They are a terrorist state.
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HAHAHA stfu.

how deceptive was that?

seriously, keep making retarded and unfounded generalizations... it really makes you look knowledgeable.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
To answer the question in the OP:

I don?t think his military would start a war with the US over this. But their terrorist friends might step up their attacks.

I don?t think killing him is a good solution. Replace the devil you know with the devil you don?t know, not a good idea.
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he doesn't have terrorist friends. his boss might, but he doesn't.
 
Originally posted by: eits
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
To answer the question in the OP:

I don?t think his military would start a war with the US over this. But their terrorist friends might step up their attacks.

I don?t think killing him is a good solution. Replace the devil you know with the devil you don?t know, not a good idea.
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he doesn't have terrorist friends. his boss might, but he doesn't.
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I think that distinction is irrelevant to the scope of their response. Moreover, what is the assertion here, is it one of innocence?
 
Thanks for the input so far.
I do admit I know nothing of Iran's politics except from what I gather off the news.
They do tend to make him the "man in charge".
I've been trying to educate myself better on Islam, the middle east , trying to get a grip on all the factions at work there.
I'm waiting now for the debate to begin, can't wait to hear what he has to say.

I was thinking that it was a cut off the head of the snake type situation , but it seems to be more complex than that.
If something like that did happen , I can see where it would really look bad on the USA.
So would people say he is just a puppet and not a dictator or a combination of the both ?
Anyone have any links on how the government is set up in Iran ? How laws are passed, etc ?


 
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