Good Idea to Nuke Iran?

Oil is much better used to create liquid energy than in being used to generate electricity. Nuclear power is much better being used to generate electricity than oil.

Iran has signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty and has not violated that agreement.

 

Yes, that would be an incredibly smart move from a tactical point of view.

 

So, you believe our "evil" dictator is just trying to attack a nice law abiding nation with zilch connections to terrorism. OOOOKAAAAAAY.

 

I didn't say that the leaders of Iran have no terrorist connections.

 

So, you believe our "evil" dictator is just trying to attack another nation for "what reason?"

 

"At the end of the Cold War, the neoconservatives realized a rearrangement of the world was occurring and that our superior economic and military power offered them a perfect opportunity to control the process of remaking the Middle East."

- www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm

 

- Congressman Ron Paul


Oh yes, good old Rep. Ron Paul and his Neo-Conned speech.

Well, some of what he says is unquestionably true, i.e. his argument that the Bush administration is not really conservative in many of it's policies. And I will hand it to him, he stopped short of claiming that 911 was engineered by Bush.

But Rep. Paul has a history of foot-in-mouth disease

A couple of examples:

In one issue of the Ron Paul Survival Report, which he had published since 1985, he called former U.S. representative Barbara Jordan a "half-educated victimologist." In another issue, he said: "Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the 'criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal."

Ron Paul Bio

Rep. Paul voted against Katrina relief in New Orleans, saying, “... The other side claims we need to pump billions of new dollars into the very federal agency that failed (FEMA), while giving it extraordinary new police powers. Both sides support more authoritarianism, more centralization, and even the imposition of martial law in times of natural disasters.”.

Katrina Relief

Yet when Hurricane Rita hit Texas, he immediately called for a federal state of emergency declaration for the entire state of Texas….to include Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, SBA disaster loans, and USDA loans, in addition to assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security in general.


Texas State of Emergency

In other words, Ron Paul makes sense some of the time, but is prone to overstatement and hyperbole. I wouldn’t take anything he says too seriously.

 

Just because I strongly oppose an action of my government (most actions of this particular administration) does not absolve me from responsibility. This country is mine every bit as much as it is yours - thus the "we".

Oh, a snide personal remark from eac...what a surprise.

Would their having a nuclear weapon disrupt your life? Would our attacking them to pre-empt their getting one disrupt your life?

This thread is not about one boastful press statement, it is about some US military advisors being disturbed that the White House will not take nuking Iran off the table.

From the article in the OP: "Nobody was advocating it, they were just saying a 100% guarantee. Where it becomes interesting, the joint chiefs, in one of its subsequent papers, wanted to withdraw that option because of course it's madness, a nuclear weapon in the Middle East to an Arab [sic] Muslim country, my God. And the White House won't withdraw.

"That's the issue, that the White House, some people there still wanted to have this option. That's what's causing the trauma, not that they're going to do it, but the White House won't take it off the table."

This was in several news reports last week. </font>[/QUOTE]You are correct in not be absolved from responsibility, freedom is not free and all those bumper sticker sayings. You might want to be a tad more responsible in your commentary then, seeing as how what we say on the internet is often the footprint of their nonsense, which in time leads to action on their part. If you want them to stop attacking or threatening to do so, then stop acting like individuals and more like a country. Nobody is advocating that you have to toe the party line, but a little division is considered weakness. Oh wait, I forgot to ask...do you even care about that?

Yeah Im all about questioning authority, Im all about making sure everyone is following the rules, and Im all about free speech. But what I am mostly all about is keeping those who want all those particular liberties to cease, far far away from any and all of us.

Their having a nuclear weapon disrupt my life...to some extent. But I rest easy with the knowledge that they know little of that which they threaten. We arent there yet. But we can go there if they want to. Hence, I am not worried. But if you are, I am sure someone could build you a bomb shelter or something, although I dont think itll really help.

The bottom line is, I know who I am, I know where I came from, and I am certain of where it is that I will go when this life is all over. I am prepared to meet my maker. But they should know that it isnt up to them to arrange that meeting.

Still dont care about chicken little news reports. Nobody is going to worry about that till we get there, but you should rest easy knowing we have a plan. Not a plan for a plan.

 

Ron Paul makes sense more often than any member of Congress or the Bush administration. He has been spot on about the neoconservatives and the damage that they have wrought on America - domestically and internationally.

 

OH of course you do Daisy...youre so smart AND share such important details such as newspaper articles written by halfwit journalists! I just dont know how the country survived before you came along!!!

I see youve tweaked your skill of splitting hairs again where you are so firm on your stance of being the other side, that you cant wrap your mind around the fact that you are essentially saying you believe the same thing as those you are arguing against. "A plan" or many, it matters none. We have a plan to protect ourselves against an invasion from Canada too, that must really bother you since your a lot closer to that border than I.

The land of the free to divide I guess. Well at least everyone is clear where youll be standing. So what does your prayer rug look like?

If we have all the nuclear weaponry...then what is all this silly posting about? Sigh. Such drama for nothing I guess. Shows over folks, you can all go home now. Or this is the segway to the next entry by the crazies...the US will nuke its own people!!! AHHH RUN AWAY!!

In case you missed it, Iran can say anything it wants and surely has up to now...Im sure most of us wont be loosing sleep over it. So if you are so gladly posting about many plans, then whats the beef?

 

Apparently you wouldnt know that, spending so much time defending your position. Heal thyself physician.

I dont have to re-read the original post. I get it. By page 2 you have already decided whatever the theory is, youre against it. Good for you, take a stand. But you should prob put down your itty sword and spear for a minute to figure out that people agree with you. No nukes. Not even for Iran.

You usually have it all dissected by the time I get time to sit down and read it. Ah the drawbacks to being 6 hours behind. If I was a proper American koolaid drinker, I guess I could just read what you post, with your effective linkies and swallow hard. Not ever gonna happen.

But nonetheless, nobody in their proper senses would ever just lob a D5 and a random middle Eastern country just for kicks. As people have mentioned before, the threat is often sufficient enough. Apparently you cant live with that. Do you sleep at night?

Well youre always good for a laugh, even 6 hours behind East coast time.

 

One of the reasons I never debate Daisy ,that and the fact she is a pragmatic. Emerald surely you'll give it a rest(6 hrs) since you probably want to drag yourself out of a crater.

Wow! the name of this high ordinance is a "Daisy
cutter" how ironic.
Daisy cutter

Daisy cutter

For the record would not use this on Iran in a secret preemptive strike either or any higher ordinance it will get the same response as if it were a nuclear device imho.


Like the marine general said ..they make "a heck of a bang when they go off and their intent is to kill people" odd I thought we were trying to destroy a facility or facilities?

 

The daisy cutters were used to collapse the caves in Afganistan.

The animated film greatly exaggerates the size of the explosion compared to the size of the plane, making it look just like a nuclear explosion. Besides, the animated film is that of the MOAB and not the Daisy Cutter. The designs are completely different.

The real film of the Daisy cutter is also in error when it says the parachute is used to allow the plane to excape the blast. This is also an exaggeration of the power of the bomb. The parachute is to stablize the bomb in the nose-down position so that the directional blast has the optimum effect. Not to allow the airplane to escape. The same thing with the MOAB, but it also slows the weapon so that the GPS receiver can steer the weapon over a larger target area.

There is other ordinance which would be used on Iran's reactors.

Politically, the MOAB or Daisy Cutter would not be considered as a tactical nuke. There is little comparison and the difference is quite obvious even to the casual observer.

 

LOL I totally understand Winston Groom now. Thanks Daisy! And A-pal...great movie, but you are standing corrected. Im in no crater apal (and for the record, you are rarely seen as debating anyone really), but thanks for caring. Ive always viewed Daisy as more of an implosion than anything else.

I do have a job Daisy, but it seems you have no work only all this free time to post endless tirades on a Baptist website. How fascinating!

I guess you are not aware that Hawaii is 6 hours away and my posts show in whatever time zone you are in, and that might seem to *you* as if I stay up all night. I dont. I sleep well. As fully disclosed in previous posts. The reason I can sleep so well, is because I know there is nothing in the world that will bring down the US quite that easily.

What I think is that Iran is being presided over by a crazy man. The US is wise to be mindful of what they are dealing with to some extent. I personally dont think much of Iran or what they say. If and that is a big IF, they have a nuke, they know what to do with it, and they fully intend on using it on us...I expect Iran to be a bit of a distant memory, a place where even bacteria cease to exist. That is what I think of Iran and their *deterrent* speech. And yours.

Perhaps with all that spew, your ego is assauged? Glad I could help. Next topic.

 

If Iran develops a bomb, Israel will, no doubt, be the primary target.

Yes, the man is crazy; but, so was Hitler. To let the situation slide could have the same effect that was the beginning of WWII.

 

Nuking Mecca isn't a far fetched idea. The effect would be devastating on all those who want to send us all back to the stone age under the banner of allah akbar, because they are very, very superstitious. We wouldn't even have to use nukes, just a daisy cutter on the black rock idol there. The ripple effect throughout the arab world, i.e., mullahs and imams, would drive them out of business from having such captive audiences every Friday. Terrorism based on the black rock would be out of business.