Posted: Aug 19, 2007, 9:52 AM CST
In response to:
One thing you might be forgetting is that they don`t mind dieing for what they believe. Martyred and on their way to 70 virgins is all they see.
Also:
"I don't really agree with your MAD theory. It worked with the Russians but they have/had more respect for life than I've seen from the Iranian leadership. "
Don't think for 1 minute that the leadership of Iran is a bunch of brain washed suicide bombers who can't wait to die for Allah. This brand of generalization has led to wrong headed decisions many times in the past like "Russians are too backward to ever develop an atomic bomb", Guess what?.....BOOM! Or "Russians are decades away from being able to launch an artificial satelite" Guess what?.......BEEP.....BEEP....BEEP!
The Iranians want to live just as much as we do and they want to keep selling us crude oil and driving their Mercedes & Porsches.
Try looking at recent world events from THEIR perspective.
They were in a 9 year long war with Iraq, America supports Iraq (because of 1 religeous zealot, Khomenie, holding Americans hostage for almost a year) with arms shipped through Pakastan.
Their major ally the USSR crumbles, leaving America as the worlds only super power. Saddam invades Kuwait, AMERICA INVADES IRAQ. Another religeous zealot, Bin Laden launches a terrorist attack on America, AMERICA INVADES AFGANISTAN. The American government invents a bunch of lies about WMD's and AMERICA INVADES IRAQ. President Bush introduced the concept of an "axis of evil" comprising Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
Are you starting to see a pattern here? Don't you think that Iran is aware of their vulnerability to being invaded by America?
The lie machine is already hard at work and some people are buying it hook line & sinker. I bought the lie about WMD's but "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."
Is Iran enriching Uramium solely for electric power? I doubt it.
Is Iran enriching Uramium to produce nuclear weapons? Absolutely!
So what!
They are doing this so they can protect themselves through the concept of MAD because it's the ONLY way they can be guaranteed not to be invaded by America.
They are afraid, and let me tell you there is nothing more dangerous than a person who is afraid for their life.
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