Iran Says It Will Never Scrap Nuke Program

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Aimster

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Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: Aimster
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: Aimster
Originally posted by: conjur
Why does Iran want a nuclear weapon? For offensive use? Seriously doubt it. More like a bargaining chip to exert their influence on the area. And, with Bush and his imperial forces forcing democracy upon those who want and those who don't want it, is it any wonder that Iran would like to exert some pressure back?
Pakistan, Israel
Iran is going to attack Pakistan? :confused:


Israel is certainly a thorn in their side but if they launch anything at Israel, Iran will be a memory.
Do some checking up. Pakistan and Iran are not friends. Iran favors India over Pakistan.

If Pakistan has nukes then everyone in that region is going to want nukes too.
We have nukes. We didn't like Saddam. Did we use nukes on Iraq?


You're making a mountain out of a molehill.

We are the United States. Pakistan is not the United States. We don't need to use nukes.
The people of Pakistan do not love the U.S. They sell millions of Osama t-shirts there with thousands of 9-11 toys.

If those people were to ever run the country, do you believe they won't use nukes? What is to stop a crazy Osama loving Pakistani general from carrying out a nuclear launch?
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: Aimster
Originally posted by: conjur
We have nukes. We didn't like Saddam. Did we use nukes on Iraq?


You're making a mountain out of a molehill.
We are the United States. Pakistan is not the United States. We don't need to use nukes.
The people of Pakistan do not love the U.S. They sell millions of Osama t-shirts there with thousands of 9-11 toys.

If those people were to ever run the country, do you believe they won't use nukes? What is to stop a crazy Osama loving Pakistani general from carrying out a nuclear launch?
Pakistan is more concerned with India and their long-standing strife and disagreements. If Pakistan is such a threat, why not setup regular UN and IAEA inspections?
 

jpeyton

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:thumbsup: for Iran.

Bush is bullsh1tting and Iran is calling his bluff.
 

lozina

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The Bush administration made it quite clear that if you have nukes, we won't harass you. But until then, we're going to push all sorts of buttons and make all sorts of threats!

For example, did bush even mention North Korea in his State of the Union address? What ever happened to them? Now it's just evil Syria and evil Iran.

So it's apparent that if Iran has some nukes of it's own, the Haliburton war machine will look elsewhere, and they wouldn't be a part of Bush's next State of the Union speech.
 

ntdz

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Originally posted by: arsbanned
Originally posted by: raildogg
Are you people that naive to believe Iran's intentions are to only have nuclear energy and not actually nuclear weapons? AQ Khan's proliferation network spread from Pakistan to all over the Islamic world and Iran was one of those nations. Iran has several imported missle designs and are in process of getting longer range missles and its safe to assume it wants to possess nuclear stockpiles.

Iran is extremely energy rich, both in terms of gas and oil so therefore spending billions of dollars to get nuclear energy seems very awkward.

No. But why should Israel have Nukes but nobody else? How are they supposed to defend against Israel?

B/C israel doesnt murder people for the hell of it. Because Israel is a democracy. Because Israel won't attack a country without just cause. Becuase the Israelis actually have an ounce of sanity unlike Iran. Good enough?
 

Aimster

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Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: arsbanned
Originally posted by: raildogg
Are you people that naive to believe Iran's intentions are to only have nuclear energy and not actually nuclear weapons? AQ Khan's proliferation network spread from Pakistan to all over the Islamic world and Iran was one of those nations. Iran has several imported missle designs and are in process of getting longer range missles and its safe to assume it wants to possess nuclear stockpiles.

Iran is extremely energy rich, both in terms of gas and oil so therefore spending billions of dollars to get nuclear energy seems very awkward.

No. But why should Israel have Nukes but nobody else? How are they supposed to defend against Israel?

B/C israel doesnt murder people for the hell of it. Because Israel is a democracy. Because Israel won't attack a country without just cause. Becuase the Israelis actually have an ounce of sanity unlike Iran. Good enough?

You fail. Iran hasn't attacked anyone in 3,000 years.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: arsbanned
Originally posted by: raildogg
Are you people that naive to believe Iran's intentions are to only have nuclear energy and not actually nuclear weapons? AQ Khan's proliferation network spread from Pakistan to all over the Islamic world and Iran was one of those nations. Iran has several imported missle designs and are in process of getting longer range missles and its safe to assume it wants to possess nuclear stockpiles.

Iran is extremely energy rich, both in terms of gas and oil so therefore spending billions of dollars to get nuclear energy seems very awkward.
No. But why should Israel have Nukes but nobody else? How are they supposed to defend against Israel?
B/C israel doesnt murder people for the hell of it. Because Israel is a democracy. Because Israel won't attack a country without just cause. Becuase the Israelis actually have an ounce of sanity unlike Iran. Good enough?
Say what?
 

lozina

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Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: arsbanned
Originally posted by: raildogg
Are you people that naive to believe Iran's intentions are to only have nuclear energy and not actually nuclear weapons? AQ Khan's proliferation network spread from Pakistan to all over the Islamic world and Iran was one of those nations. Iran has several imported missle designs and are in process of getting longer range missles and its safe to assume it wants to possess nuclear stockpiles.

Iran is extremely energy rich, both in terms of gas and oil so therefore spending billions of dollars to get nuclear energy seems very awkward.

No. But why should Israel have Nukes but nobody else? How are they supposed to defend against Israel?

B/C israel doesnt murder people for the hell of it. Because Israel is a democracy. Because Israel won't attack a country without just cause. Becuase the Israelis actually have an ounce of sanity unlike Iran. Good enough?

He is saying this with tongue in cheek, I presume.
 

fornax

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Another kind of funny article about the future war with Iran. The final sentence reads:

"In fact, it's such a stupid idea, and it'd be such a total disaster for America, that Bush probably will do it. Anybody else starting to wonder if he and Cheney are actually Al Quaeda moles? "