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| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
What kind of flexibility are you looking for? Support domestic opposition groups? |
First, your question presupposes that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, which has not been proven. We do know that they are developing technology that might let them develop a nuclear weapon down the road. We also know that Iran is anti-US, but then again plenty of people around the world are anti-US. We do know that Ahmedinejad is full of verbose anti-israeli rhetoric, but also that he holds little power in Iran and that Iran is not as unified as it appears. So to start us off, we can say that your asking something based on false premises.
Second, you do not account for or explain what a 'failure in diplomacy' means. Does it mean a failure on Iran's part to comply with the US' 'commands'? Or does it involve Iran developing a nuclear weapon? Maybe you should clear that up for us. Then we can decide if we would be for an attack on Iran, or not.
Lastly, you're question is based on another false premise, that Iran, if armed with a nuclear weapon would be hostile. Now, we already know that Ahmedinejad is chock full of empty rhetoric, we also know that Iran hasn't in recent history gambled with attacking anyone directly. So we can safely assume that a nuke would be use as a defensive measure. In all of history we also know that US is the only country that has ever used a nuke. We also know that israel is the only country that in recent history has used direct violence towards another country (i.e. by actually using their army). We also know that Israel has nukes and has no quips with using them. Now, I think one could conclude that even if Iran was developing a nuclear weapon, it would be almost impossible for diplomacy to fail since they have no attacking use for it and if they're safety is guaranteed in the international domain they would have no need of developing it. Again, if you clarify what you mean by failure of democracy maybe we could give you a more accurate matter.
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| quote: | Orbax
At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome |
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