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Quote by: GHook93  Yes Iran has made threats, supports terrorist regimes like Hamas
and Hezbollah and could possibly be constructing nukes.
However, it is extremely unlikely that Iran would every initiate
a preemptive strike on Israel, even a preemptive nuclear strike. |
John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., noted that Iran's "extensive
program to achieve a ballistic missile program of longer and longer
range and greater accuracy constitutes a classic threat." That's true, but similar things could be said of many other countries, including his own. And Iran is still far enough away from constructing nukes.
So, as Robert Parry suggested, "to make the case with the American people, the neoconservatives
first need to secure a more frightening assessment of Iran’s nuclear
weapons potential from Negroponte and the U.S. intelligence community."
Consortiumnews.com
Linda Heard suggests Americans and Israelis "are simply causing the
Iranian leadership to dig its heels in further and assert its right
under the NPT to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. Even if this is a
coordinated bluff, it could so easily reach the point of no return when
to maintain strategic credibility, the players will have to make good on
their threats."
War drums becoming deafening
Grandpa h.