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Originally posted by drgoodvibe There is no chance that the U.S could justify a conventional war with Iran especially now that they still have not found any WMD in Iraq. It'll never happen, though i'm sure covert operations are occuring in Iran as we speak.

They could say that Iran is hiding WMDs!

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Originally posted by Galapidate They could say that Iran is hiding WMDs!

haha and the rest of the world would believe them like the last time riight??

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Originally posted by drgoodvibe haha and the rest of the world would believe them like the last time riight??

Indeed.

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Originally posted by Vesa The US is already making intelligence contacts and alliances inside Iran to support a full-scale American invasion: US wages war from within Iran http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF20Ak02.html While not expecting the Tehran regime to be toppled easily or quickly, the CIA operations are the beginning of a determined effort to subvert the armed forces of Iran and significantly undermine the ability of the government in Tehran to resist increasing diplomatic pressure to disarm or to organize successfully to resist a US military invasion, perhaps as early as 2004. I emphasize that this may be a contingency plan only. However, if Neocons expect to lose in the next Presidential elections, they will hardly be able to resist invading Iran in 2004 if all preparations are ready.

I'm slightly confused with your last paragraph. Are you saying that the Neocons feel that invading Iran will help in the next election?

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Originally posted by drgoodvibe Hamas and Hezbollah have traditionally been funded by Iran mainly I believe. Oddly enough they both have done a great deal of humanitarianism in Lebanon and such, creating schools, and hosptials.

This is true for Hizbollah, as they have a political wing as well. But Hamas is not THAT active (if at all) in lebanon.

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Replacing Iranian clerics with a puppet government (possibly a monarchy led by Pahlavi), and toppling the Syrian leadership are the best ways to eliminate Hamas and Hezbollah. Even an unfinished war against Iran and Syria might weaken these countries temporarily, so they can't finance anti-Israeli activity for many years.

Yes that would eliminate funding for Hezbollah (I'm not sure about Iran supporting Hamas though), but what about the Iranian people? It would be oppressing them for another 20 years or so.

Here's an interesting article posted by a Carnegie Mellon student newspaper for anyone that is interested. The author tries to clear up some misconceptions about Iran.
http://www.thetartan.org/96/17/forum/1028.asp

One thing I would like to add is that Iranians have nothing against American citizens. The hatred is only toward the American government because of their history of involvement in Iran. After the September 11 attacks, Iranians mourned for those who lost their lives, and yet this was not given much attention in the US.
http://www.time.com/time/europe/pho...igil/index.html

Lastly, I would like to say that there are a lot of Iranians who would like to see a regime change in Iran, myself included, but I would rather have it done domestically and without interference. The Iranian people are known to stand up against dictators and those who hold absolute power and they will demand (and hopefully eventually receive) reform and a true democratic society.