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Would the U.S. assault Iran?
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Luckyyoung



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The peace is so important,I wish the war would not break out forever
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lancesky



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Iraq is a vent for Ameracans' anger.
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lancesky



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am dying for the coming of war.I am looking foward for the day when China attack Japan.I want a revenge.
To maintain world peace,we must assault Japan.
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Luckyyoung



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is not benefit if China attacks Japan, so I think that it is impossible
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Lance was making a jest. Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know whether luckyoung understand the Iran regime,Iran regime is Islam regime,its supreme leader is religion leader.The president of Iran is second leader,its command -in -chief is supreme leader.

First ,So I think the president of the People 's republic of China is not as same as the presiednt of Iran.

Secondly ,current Iran's president look like conceited ,ill-manner,presumptuous and fatuous youngman who said a few months ago that the Israel should be wiped out from the map.Is he stupid?

Third,I don't think that the president of people's republic of china hope his behaver like Iran's president's.

Fourth,I don't think the PLA has the capability to occupy the Taiwan,why?It is possible that the United states will intervene.

so finally,it is futunate that the President of the people's republic of china is not lile the President of Iran.
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Luckyyoung



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perhaps you are correct, but do you know Iran's national emotion? several generations Iran people all hated America.
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WarWolf



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

<---Dont let the name fool you,I do not like war. If Iran hates us so much they are willing to poke us with a stick(nukes) We should sit back and do nothing? That is what we did in 1939, It has been well documented that had we protected Poland ,Germany did not have the numbers or the arms to fight us..it was a gamble on their part that we would do nothing! So now taking a lesson from history, if some wacked out nut job starts waving nukes around We should protect ourselves and invade! In the same breath,We shouldnt over run Iran just because we can! Most Americans do not want a war at all. Sometimes its a evil that has to be done to stop the would be nut-jobs from taking over the world. Shocked
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Luckyyoung wrote:
several generations Iran people all hated America.

Officially, yeah. But if you offer any one of those people chanting "Death to America" a free visa to immigrate to the U.S., they'd happily and quickly flee their dictatorial theocracy and start singing "God Bless America" on their flight across the Atlantic. Razz
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WarWolf



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bob S. wrote:
Luckyyoung wrote:
several generations Iran people all hated America.

Officially, yeah. But if you offer any one of those people chanting "Death to America" a free visa to immigrate to the U.S., they'd happily and quickly flee their dictatorial theocracy and start singing "God Bless America" on their flight across the Atlantic. Razz

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FuLe



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If Iran hates us so much they are willing to poke us with a stick(nukes)


How exactly is Iran poking you with sticks? If they get nuclear weapons they still don't have the technology to effectively deliver them anywhere. And they are not threatening anyone with the use of potential weapons. Compare this with the USA. They have weapons with full delivery capability and if you believe this weeks press reports they are willing to use their nuclear weapons against Iran preemptively.

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We should sit back and do nothing? That is what we did in 1939, It has been well documented that had we protected Poland ,Germany did not have the numbers or the arms to fight us..it was a gamble on their part that we would do nothing!


When Poland was invaded she was invaded simultaneously by both Germany and Russia. At the time the "Allies" had no forces in Poland and no ability to stop the attack. And even had the entire armies of Britain and France been in Poland it is unlikely they could have stopped the German advance as at the time their military technology and tactics were more advanced than the "Allies". This was proved shortly afterwards when France was successfully invaded in a very short time span. Though perhaps you were thinking of the Czechoslovakia. Before the invasion of Poland part of Czechoslovakia containing heavy defences was given to Germany which allowed Germany to invade the rest.

Anyway those errors aside the comparison still fails to work as Iran is, at most, building a short range nuclear arsenal and not an effective invasion force. This can only really be used as a defensive measure. Unless of course they chose to drop a nuclear bomb on their neighbours starting a war they don't have the facilities to fight and receiving part of the fall out themselves. In other words unless they choose suicide.

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So now taking a lesson from history, if some wacked out nut job starts waving nukes around We should protect ourselves and invade! ......Sometimes its a evil that has to be done to stop the would be nut-jobs from taking over the world.


What gives any country the right to decide to invade another presumptively? In my opinion the answer is nothing can give a country this right. Any country feeling threatened enough to do this would should need world consensus in the UN. As this seems impossible any thoughts of attach should be suspended until such a point as the majority of the world sees war as the only viable option.

America seems so fond of democracy is it not about time it accepted a world democracy. Perhaps one country one vote as a start. Eventually a better idea would be one person (each countries vote being proportional to its population). At the moment it seems that when the UN is used we have something more similar to one dollar one vote as the rich countries have too much say. This would be equivalent to Bill Gates having the biggest vote in America.

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Officially, yeah. But if you offer any one of those people chanting "Death to America" a free visa to immigrate to the U.S., they'd happily and quickly flee their dictatorial theocracy and start singing "God Bless America" on their flight across the Atlantic.


Why do you think this? Do you think everyone in Iran (or perhaps the world) is envious of the American life and wished they could live there?


OK finally I would like to apologise for such a long message quoting other people. I don't mean to be rude offensive or ignorant but I am posting this message because I found some other comments to be a little rude and offensive.
And as a preemptive defense I am not anti-Americans. I love all Americans I have met but I am definitely anti the current American regime. I would not object to regime change here Wink[/code]
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

FuLe wrote:
Why do you think this? Do you think everyone in Iran (or perhaps the world) is envious of the American life and wished they could live there?

Not at all. I'm sure there are millions of Kiwis and Aussies who are quite happy in their southern paradise and have no desire to emmigrate to N. America. But as for the rest of the world...
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