Gulf countries 'will not back Iran attack'

[sabra]

http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=179725008&p=y797z57y4&n=179725768

Gulf countries 'will not back Iran attack'

The former Iranian president said today that talk of US contingency planning for a military attack on Iran was overblown because such a move would be too dangerous.

“Reports about plans for an American attack on Iran are incorrect. We are certain that Americans will not attack Iran because the consequences would be too dangerous,” former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said in an appearance in the Kuwait parliament.

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“We are certain that Persian Gulf countries will not help the US to attack Iran,” Rafsanjani, said.

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The state-owned news agency quoted al Sabah as saying Kuwait was “cautious about nuclear matters” and hoped ”what is happening in Iran was for peaceful not military purposes.”

[MadMaddie]

1. Any Gulf country that would help * attack Iran would in turn be

attacked themselves....and possibly destroyed....they would be fools if they did...

[BuyingThyme]

2. That's why we have permanent bases in Iraq.

(When I say "we," I mean monkey people.)

[meganmonkey]

3. Watch what you say about monkey people

I'm tired of all the stereotypes :P

[NYC]

5. Don't feel bad.

Bush is a chimpanzee, an ape, not a monkey. Sometimes, people use the words interchangeably, but it isn't intended as an offense to monkeys. :)

[meganmonkey]

6. Thanks for understanding the nuances

We are a diverse group, and we don't like getting lumped together like that :)

[endarkenment]

4. Certainty is tricky stuff.

"We are certain that Americans will not attack Iran because the consequences would be too dangerous" relies on rational behavior from the white house. bad assumption.

"We are certain that Persian Gulf countries will not help the US to attack Iran" - I am certain that several of the Gulf countries aided and abetted Saddam Hussein when he attacked Iran, so why would they not do the same again?

[ConcernedCanuk]

7. Most Gulf countries didn't support the Iraq invasion either

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That did not stop the mad hatters in the USA admin/military