The most ironic thing... If you read that paper posted twice in this thread... Is that Iran is MORE dependent on the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf... than America. Iran actually imports 40% of it's gasoline... And it's treasury runs on oil revenues. For the US military... It would be relatively simple to shut down the Strait of Hormuz... But only for Iranian shipping... everyone else business as usual. Take out all local Iranian air defences and missle launchers... Take out the Iranian navy... Take out all Iranian gasoline refineries and power plants.. And take control of and POLICE the Strait. Iranian economy goes to near zero... And, lastly, you take out their most critical nuclear facilities... Through airpower or Special Forces. Iran problem solved... for 10-20 years. This is not guerilla warfare in the alleys of Bagdad... It's precisely what the US military is built to do... With very limited casualties. It's so obvious... that it seems inevitable.
Ever heard of IAEA? http://www.iaea.org/ For 50 years they have been reponsible for ensuring the peaceful use of atomic energy and their record is pretty good. Only 4 states are known to have illicit nuclear weapons programs: Israel, India, Pakistan and most recently North Korea. South Africa was part of this club of evildoers until they dismantled their nuclear weapons voluntarily. Libya got close. Iran has been subjected to intrusive inspections and despite all the shrill whining and sabre rattling, every nanogram of uranium in Iran is accounted for -- there is zero evidence of anything other than a power station. Iran has not broken any laws and everything that it has done has been 100% legal in terms of international law. Who gets to decide which states are allowed to run reactors? On what basis?
Why does Iran need nuclear reactors? Are they having an energy crisis? Looks like Iran is sitting on the world's 3rd largest oil reserves with 137 billion barrels of oil. Aren't nuke reactors considered environmentally unfriendly? Doesn't Iran understand the danger to the environment? Greenpeace should be in Iran protesting. Iran's president says he will destroy Israel. How's that? With nuclear weapons? Once Israel is destroyed, who's next? I would not be surprised if Iran kicks the UN inspectors out of Iran once they have enough centrifuges running. They will have 3000 ready by March 2007.
This post in a total LIE. The UN Security Council has been putting together sanctions against Iran... Precisely because what you say is FALSE. Why don't you just come out and say... That you want 5,000,000 Jews dead... as soon as possible... Just like the President of Iran Ahmadnejad has stated repeatedly and very publically... And maybe a few million Americans for the Glory of Allah... Instead of assuming we are all idiots.
Here's something to think about.... Iran is the Only nation that explicitly reserves parliament seats for Jews!! I talked to a number of Iranian Jews at a convention recently.....and guess what? They all dislike the concept of Israel. According to them the creation of Israel is against the teachings of the Torah!! Go figure. You have to talk to real semetic Jews to get the real info.
Sounds like vacationland in Iran for a Jew. There are only 22,000 Jews left in Iran. They are having to leave that country too. Imagine being a Jew in Iran Current condition of Iranian Jewry By Pooya Dayanim March 12, 2003 The Iranian .....This contractual agreement under Sharia Islamic Law presupposes complete loyalty to the Islamic Regime, in exchange for which the minority community receives second-class limited privileges in practicing its religion. If the terms of this contract are breached, supposedly even by individual members of the community, the limited privileges of the entire community can be suspended or revoked or the minority community (in this instance the Jewish community) can even face deportation from the country. Under these circumstances the Iranian Jewish Community must avoid any statements that could be interpreted as critical of the regime and forces the government-imposed or government-tolerated leaders of the Iranian Jewish Community to turn in or turn against those individual members of the community who are brave enough to dare to speak out about the true condition of Jews in Iran. After the arrest of 13 Jews in Shiraz and Isfahan in March of 1999 on trumped up charges of spying for Israel and the United States, the Iranian Jewish Community leaders inside Iran (Parviz Yeshaya, Manouchehr Eliasi and Maurice Motamed) not only did not inform anyone on the outside world about the situation but became enforcers of silence asking Iranian Jewish leaders outside of Iran to remain silent as well. It was only in July of 1999 that the case was revealed to the world in an exclusive interview granted the BBC by an Iranian Jewish leader based in the United States (home to 65,000 Iranian Jews compared to the 22,000 that still remains in Iran) who feared that the imprisoned Jews faced immediate execution and decided to break his silence and save their lives. However, even during the trail, during which the Iranian Jewish Community knew they had the support of the international media and governments worldwide, statements from the official Iranian Jewish community were very measured, generally limiting themselves to faith that the accused would be treated fairly. While the Islamic Republic does not guarantee the right of free speech and protest to any of its citizens, the situation, because of the Islamic Law, is considerably worse for the Jews. If an Iranian Muslim criticizes the Islamic Republic, he himself can be punished; if a Jew does it, under the laws of the Islamic Republic his actions may legally affect the well being of the entire Jewish community........