VeeshanVault

Looks like Iran is gonna be a problem along with NKorea and Iraq.

Kinda stunned on Iran's part considering the huge US presence in that region atm.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 49,00.html

Ack Voro linked it

Where is the story link it please.



WOW!!! it will be like Happy Hour 2 for 1

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/ ... index.html

US speculated this was the case in December. Nobody is surprised.

DOH!

This thread is about IRAN

Maybe I'm just crazy, but I could have sworn that Dubya called Iran "evil" in his State of the Union address last year. Words like that don't tend to make you many friends.

Welp, the NPA is shit-paper now.

Time to let Russia, China, and Germany to handle this one. I am not including france because I am sure they'd try and broker a deal Iran for construction rights.

Bubba Grizz wrote:Time to let Russia, China, and Germany to handle this one. I am not including france because I am sure they'd try and broker a deal Iran for construction rights.

I say let them make Nukes what the hell. We just fire up Star Wars again get our Missile Defense shield up to snuff. Let them know if you fire one missile in our direction /Waves Bye

Unfortunately, it's just not that simple, Cart. Even if no nukes go off on US soil, any large exchange anywhere on the planet would prolly have serious consequences. Those radioactive particles would be blown everywhere.

masteen wrote:Unfortunately, it's just not that simple, Cart. Even if no nukes go off on US soil, any large exchange anywhere on the planet would prolly have serious consequences. Those radioactive particles would be blown everywhere.

Well at least something is getting blown

The climate change would be wunnerful, too.


Seriously, you cannot look at nuclear war as impacting only the area the nukes hit. In any large exchange, it's the whole world that gets fucked.

Yeah it's a shame really. Iran was well on their way to moderating themselves and getting rid of their fundamentalist leaders until Bush decided to call them all evil. Now they have to defend themselves with nuclear weapons because we all know what heppens to countries Bush doesn't like.

FYI, Iran isn't involved in anynon-proliferation pact. So saying they are in violation of it is patently stupid.

FYI, Iran isn't involved in anynon-proliferation pact. So saying they are in violation of it is patently stupid.

No shit?


It was a reference to the fact that every country on the planet seems to be building nukes these days. Get a grip.

kyoukan type-R wrote:FYI, Iran isn't involved in anynon-proliferation pact. So saying they are in violation of it is patently stupid.

CNN wrote:Sources told Time that the IAEA, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, found that Iran has added uranium to some centrifuges as a test -- in "blatant violation" of the NPT, to which Iran is a signatory.

That says they are, unless maybe it's wrong... I dunno.

My Bananna is bigger then your Bananna.

kyoukan type-R wrote:Yeah it's a shame really. Iran was well on their way to moderating themselves and getting rid of their fundamentalist leaders until Bush decided to call them all evil. Now they have to defend themselves with nuclear weapons because we all know what heppens to countries Bush doesn't like.

'

i do think the way the White House is handling Iran is pretty ignorant.

Iran and the U.S. have a lot of common interests, and if we could do more to build on those, we would give the people there the momentum they need to really enact massive reforms. The government is increasingly secularized there and Western cultural exports (music, movies, etc) are increasingly mainstreamed.

sure the government isn't perfect, but since when has that been even on the list of criteria for the U.S. to do business with somebody.

this is a country that is ripe for building a bridge into that region, and we are totally blowing the opportunity.

Cartalas wrote:My bananna is bigger than your bannana

and it is also slower. This is the part of the flame where i reference mental retardation and tie it into your banana's dancing speed and your spelling of the word banana.

Xouqoa wrote:

kyoukan type-R wrote:FYI, Iran isn't involved in anynon-proliferation pact. So saying they are in violation of it is patently stupid.

CNN wrote:Sources told Time that the IAEA, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, found that Iran has added uranium to some centrifuges as a test -- in "blatant violation" of the NPT, to which Iran is a signatory.

That says they are, unless maybe it's wrong... I dunno.

Iran told the treaty to fuck off after Israel decided not to sign it and go ahead and get nukes themselves. The NPT is the treaty the US actually broke in providing nuclear weapons to Israel that started everything back in the 70s.

So you won't see me shaking my fist at Iran any time soon. I frankly don't blame any country the bush administration doesn't like for stockpiling weapons as frantically as they can.

Editted Until I can check on NPT.

I agree with Voronwe.

I truly got the feeling when the whole War on Terrorism started that Iran was close to actually helping or at least not hendering the process then Bush included them in the Axis of Evil retoric... knowing what we know about Iraq we should be working to keep as many allies as possible in the region. Their leader did denounce the attacks, to me that was at least a start...

Marb

kyoukan type-R wrote:Yeah it's a shame really. Iran was well on their way to moderating themselves and getting rid of their fundamentalist leaders until Bush decided to call them all evil. Now they have to defend themselves with nuclear weapons because we all know what heppens to countries Bush doesn't like.

FYI, Iran isn't involved in anynon-proliferation pact. So saying they are in violation of it is patently stupid.

Stupid, a term you seem to throw around quite often in your pursuit of intellectual brilliance.

Here is another of your quotes

kyoukan type-R wrote:lol here comes fallanthas.

WE CAN'T USE THAT OIL BECAUSE ITS STUCK IN THE GROUND. I WINS TEH ARGUEMENT!

you know I argue here on a daily basis hoping one day to educate some of you into thinking for yourselves but sometimes I feel that you are too stupid to be helped. it actually amazes me that you can operate a personal computer sometimes.

Now you fucking genius perhaps you should do a little reading before throwing out such ignorant statements like they were common facts that everyone should know.

http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/fulltext ... arties.htm

U R TEH STUPED ... PATENTLY !1!!

Iran is still in the NPT. They have threatened to abandon it several times due to US interference (ie. trying to block light-water reactors that are not a proliferation risk).

The Bush administration is going to blow the NPT <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2830933.stm">wide open</A> anyway. Calling Iran out now is pure hypocrosy.

Voronwë wrote:

kyoukan type-R wrote:Yeah it's a shame really. Iran was well on their way to moderating themselves and getting rid of their fundamentalist leaders until Bush decided to call them all evil. Now they have to defend themselves with nuclear weapons because we all know what heppens to countries Bush doesn't like.

'

i do think the way the White House is handling Iran is pretty ignorant.

Iran and the U.S. have a lot of common interests, and if we could do more to build on those, we would give the people there the momentum they need to really enact massive reforms. The government is increasingly secularized there and Western cultural exports (music, movies, etc) are increasingly mainstreamed.

sure the government isn't perfect, but since when has that been even on the list of criteria for the U.S. to do business with somebody.

this is a country that is ripe for building a bridge into that region, and we are totally blowing the opportunity.

Cartalas wrote:My bananna is bigger than your bannana

and it is also slower. This is the part of the flame where i reference mental retardation and tie it into your banana's dancing speed and your spelling of the word banana.

Ah Shit Well at least its Hipper

Still waiting on Kyoudumbass to respond to my last post.

Something smart like

PWNED

or

TOO SUTPED TO RESPOND

or

NOT WOTRH THE EFFORT!!!11!

or

TEH LITTLE BROWN PEOPLE WILL BE PROUND OF U

or

TAHT WAS TOO EASY LIKE TAKIN SHOTS AT COLORDS FROM UR PORCH

Hey Atokal, aka Toker. Love your new avatar I think it's your best Gimly (sp?) avatar yet, stick with it.

In response to this thread "FUCK! Not good...."

Not good at all