Originally Posted By: Chris Oakley
I say the sooner we go to war with Iran, the better. Force is the only thing those bastards understand anyway.


Well, I'm all for fighting Iran, if it comes to that.
But at this stage, I think there are other ways we can still prevent their acquiring nukes, short of war.

But if they're about to go nuclear, then I wouldn't object to air strikes to prevent that, short of all-out war.


From what I heard last night, sanctions are having their effect, making the Ahmadinijad regime increasingly isolated economically, and thus unpopular with the Iranian people, who are actually very pro-western, despite their fundamentalist leadership. It's possible a more pro-western government could replace Ahmadinijad in the next election, and opt to give up their weapons program to U.N. inspectors.

Here's a nice balanced discussion I saw on the News Hour last night