Will Iran Be Next?

[illbill]

http://www.realopinion.com/realboards/showthread.php?p=2028

<snip>Those who have hoped that a U.S. military victory in Iraq would somehow bring about a more peaceful world are in for a rude awakening. The final resolution of this war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq will likely not be the end, rather, only the prelude to a succession of future crises: in Kashmir, Syria, North Korea, and Iran. This article will focus primarily on the latter case.<snip>

http://www.realopinion.com/realboards/showthread.php?p=2028

[purduejake]

1. No.

Iran will love us. We just established a fundamentalist regime with close ties to Iran in Iraq.

[illbill]

2. Ahhh...

Yet another great move. We are checkmating ourselves.

[Enquiringkitty]

3. It really depends on if Bush realizes that he has shot himself in

the foot in Iraq BEFORE he goes into Iran.

[cornermouse]

4. What happens if he goes into Iran and doesn't leave enough

troops in Iraq? Would we be effectively surrounded?

[purduejake]

5. I don't think we would be surrounded...

But we'd be spread too thin and people could easily start lobbing missiles at our military establishments in the region. Also, we cannot guard many more airports because it takes a LOT of effort to stop people from launching heat-seeking missles, etc. at aircraft.

[cornermouse]

6. At least there's that much.

Not much relief, but some.

[TomClash]

7. Pick up an AK

Seriously, Iran will be limited to air strikes of nuclear/military facilities. There won't be a ground invasion.

[neweurope]

8. True. Powell said this some months ago.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[confludemocrat]

9. No goddamn way

People really think we "coulda won that war if they'd just let us" in Vietnam. (I guess it woulda taken more than 3 million Vietnamese deaths to get the job done). I say that because there seems to be an unending desire to get past the "Vietnam syndrome" (So we'll make up for that failure to "bring freedom" to the world by trying once again.) Never came close to winning it, even with the massive armaments and troop deployments there, the countryside in Vietnam is filled with former U.S. bases that were overrun by the commies and abandoned by the U.S. military in the course of the war. Why? Because the 50-60 million plus Vietnamese people did not support the invaders. And now we would invade and hope to conquer and occupy a nation of 80 million while engaged in a war next door.
Gimme a break.

[sarcasmo]

10. Scary thought here, let Chimp invade Iran and China attack us here.

If the US invades Iran Chimps Amerika would be ripe for Invasion. China could say they are coming here to make a Regime change.

[SHRED]

11. A few things on a Chinese invasion

Missle silos will get used.

Hello Dr. Strangelove.

[Disturbed]

12. China does not need to invade the U.S.

All they need to do is call in the billions in loans and then go to the Euro. If Russia and other nations do that, also I don't think that the U.S. will be attacking Iran, nor will Israel. Would Syria invade Iraq if the U.S. would bomb Iran? I don't think the U.S. will invade Ira.

[bluestateguy]

13. If we go to war with Iran

I will get arrested for civil disobedience. I feel guilty enough that I did not do so two years ago.