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Evidence that Iran wants to go to war (Original Post) kpete Mar 2012 OP
Brilliant! enlightenment Mar 2012 #1
On a more serious note zipplewrath Mar 2012 #2
they all have kick ass Thai food? ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #3
yea but its OK for them just not Iran lunasun Mar 2012 #4
Uh.....they all have the letter 'I' in their name? lastlib Mar 2012 #5
They want to trade in currencies other than the dollar, esp. for energy. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #6
Which of those countries hasn't signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? _ed_ Mar 2012 #7
DING DING DING winner Robeysays Mar 2012 #8
Not so much a defense zipplewrath Mar 2012 #9

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
2. On a more serious note
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:37 AM
Mar 2012

Look at their proximity to the following countries:

Pakistan
India
Russia
China
Israel.

Now, what do those countries all have in common?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. They want to trade in currencies other than the dollar, esp. for energy.
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:07 PM
Mar 2012

With the exception of Israel.
which is why the REAL "war" is a currency war.

 

Robeysays

(673 posts)
8. DING DING DING winner
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 03:57 PM
Mar 2012

shhhhh you'll get a letter banning your statement if you speak in defense of iran.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
9. Not so much a defense
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 04:39 PM
Mar 2012

Look, I don't want them to have nuclear weapons. I don't want ANYONE to have nuclear weapons. But I strongly suspect that if the Iranian people rose up tomorrow and overthrew their government and installed the most democratic form of government the earth had ever concieved, on of their first acts would be....

To continue the nuclear program. They're surrounded by people who have them, and it has been demonstrated that a good way to avoid whole scale invasions is to have nuclear weapons.

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