Badassbab said:
SecondWar said:
Badassbab said:
SecondWar said:
jfonty said:
Carl2291 said:
Can't wait until Iran gets invaded!
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What for and why?
They haven't done anything, but at least you are using the correct terminology 'invade'
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The US invaded Iraq over some stuff to do with WMD (dont remember all the details, was fairly young in 2003 and not going to claim to have all the facts straight now) and Nuclear weapons. Iran actually does have a Nuclear agenda, meaning the US (and Israel) have and stronger argument for an invasion.
Really though, what would it solve? Probably nothing apart from whens WW3 going to start.
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Under international law there is no argument for invasion. Zero, nilch. The supreme crime under international law is one of aggression against another nation. There are many ways apart from blowing a nation to smithereens to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons if indeed that is what they are trying to acquire. One is to prevent it's proliferation which the US has been at the forefront of being in one way or another a party to (Israel and Pakistan for example) and a nuclear free Middle East/world. Another is to demilitarise and stop making threats. Iran has for example over a hundred thousand US troops nearby in various countries and faced with masses of firepower that would rain down on it should the US decide to make war.
One thing that almost certainly won't happen is WWIII. Why people say that I'm not sure. I mean how would WWII break out if Iran is attacked? The Middle East isn't the world.
It wouldn't solve anything but it would like the invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq enormously increase the threat of terrorism, instability, death, destruction, you name it.
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Neither was Poland at the start of WW2, or Serbia in WW1, but there was a very quick knock-on effect. If Iran was attacked, then other middle eastern countries would become involved, such as Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. And its likely anything involving Iran would involve Israel, which would polarise most of the other countries in the region and quite possible drag Europe into things, which in turn will most likely drag in Russia. And with most of the great and super powers tied up else where, other countries (like North Korea for example) might try and further their own aims. A North Korean attack would drag in South Korea, Japan and China. Oh look, the war now spans 4 continents.
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WW1- Serbia was allied to Russia who were allied to the UK and France. Russia had an obligation to protect it. Austria Hungary was allied to Germany who were allied to the Ottomon Empire...you can see how that went out of control. Iran on the other hand is militarily allied to Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria only one of which is a country. There is no way they could start WWIII and no other power such as Russia or China would come to Iran's aid militarily. The US and Israel would decimate Iran conventionally.
WW2 started at different times for different countries. For the UK we say 1939, ask China they'll say 1937, Russians 1941 and so on. Again same thing, no one will come to Iran's aid militarily, Iran has no military pact with anyone.
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If anyone makes a move on Iran, especially if its the US, Israel will be with them, which will drag in all the anti-Israel countries in the Middle East regardless of what military pacts they do or dont have. If you read my last post again you can see how it could have a domino effect to drag multiple other countries from across the globe into the conflict.
