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To: teevee who wrote (168705)	8/11/2005 1:38:03 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

US didnt nuke Ruskys or chinese for that matter. Chinese didnt nuke India and indians didnt nuke paks. There is an argument against your type of thinking. I wonder if bbs were ever delivered. Think that was PR to get iran not to build nukes. According to sun israel is #4 world military power. If iran does the unthinkable, nothing will remain of iran. If israel does what you say, what are the consequences of them doing that?? Questions from me, not answers. I see your point too and you may be right. If it was bin laden getting the bomb for instance, i would be gung ho for bunker busting.

To: teevee who wrote (168705)	8/11/2005 4:01:43 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 281500

It may be that Iran WANTS Israel to "bunker bust" their nuclear reactor. I think Iran "wins" either way.

To: teevee who wrote (168705)	8/11/2005 4:15:27 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Its already been publicly stated that Iran is a decade or more from being able to make uranium for bombs. Plus, Iran is apparently threatening to cut off oil production and raise world oil prices higher than they are. China is listening to that. We're only about 25% from the oil prices that existed (in real terms) during the oil shocks of the last century. Bush says that the transportation bill will provide a needed impetus for the economy. Ya think the US government wants to see a war over oil that halts the progress of megacorporations? IMO, Iran has been busily gaining international support from China to Russia to Pakistan to India and, OMG, Iraq. This is while the Bush administration negotiates with axis of evil NK (thank goodness it's not Bolton) and gets horrendously bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq. This further bolsters the case of: if you have nukes you get diplomats, if you don't have nukes you get toppled. All in all, for a medium sized country dominated by a repressive theocratic regime straight out of the middle ages, Iran is doing a pretty good job solidifying its PR position. Still, if the Bush administration is bent on Iran's oil wealth, no amount of truth telling will stop it from making a mess of it. Hey, we can get 100 million people in the ME furious at us. That, and thievery, appears to be the special world class talent of the Republicans.