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Originally Posted by Skutch
I like to think for myself in addition to what the government has to say. I come to the conclusion that he's got something to hide. It appears clear that Iran is trying to dominate the region on the (not so) sly. I don't care for what they are trying to do vis a vis Israel, Iraq or Syria. Now looking at the state of politics in Iran, with such religious fervor and radical anti-western sentiment in the highest corridors of power...this is a cause of concern to me, as conflicts can spread. Do I think Iran should be invaded by anyone, no. Do I think they should be isolated, perhaps. Do I think there needs to be major changes within the Iranian government, yes. Do I think a nuclear weaponized Iran is intolerable? At this point in their history, yes.
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Skutch, can you share any influences in your process of "thinking for yourself", or is there no external input? I've shown you how I come to "know what I know", all the way back to my page one post on this thread.
Doesn't that aid in making my opinion more coherent than yours?
With the removal by the US of Saddam's regime, isn't it logical that Iraq's next door neighbor, a petroleum rich nation of 70 million, would be the dominant country in that region? Who was primarily responsible for Iran's new "dominance", Iran, or the US? Can you name another reasonable contender for that descritpion? Doesn't "dominant" have something to do with number of square miles, population, wealth, and alliances?
Can you show us how Iran has been more of an aggressor nation in it's own region, than, say...the US, a nation from the other side of the globe has been? What country has made more threats, invaded other countries, filled the gulf and the skies above it with menacing military hardware, Iran, or the US? How would you react if Iran placed a series of naval task forces in Puget or in Long Island sound? Would you be as comparatively measured in your reaction, as Iran has been to US military presence on it's borders with Iraq and Afghanistan, and along it's shores?