Chief Douche Bag

[Danzig]

amadinejad has said for several years now that he's only waiting for us to leave to step in this vacuum...but it doesn't exist?

and yes, dell, i know full well about hussein and his sons. just one of many leaders out there who abuse their citizens. we'll be dead broke if we invade every country that has that issue. i didn't realize that was our problem, to fix that.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

amadinejad has said for several years now that he's only waiting for us to leave to step in this vacuum...but it doesn't exist?

and yes, dell, i know full well about hussein and his sons. just one of many leaders out there who abuse their citizens. we'll be dead broke if we invade every country that has that issue. i didn't realize that was our problem, to fix that.

So are you trying to say that if we had never invaded Iraq that iran wouldn't be trying to become a nuclear power and as such a huge threat to the region? I think you are being a little naive in this regard. Iran was going to be a problem regardless of who was in charge in iraq. Let's face facts, Israel is the boss in that neighborhood because they not only have nukes but the propensity to actually use them. Iraq has been a paper tiger for many years prior to us invading.

And that nut job has also said that the holocaust was made up, blames the US and Israel for just about every issue worldwide and maintains that his nuclear ambitions are purely peaceful so forgive me for taking anything he says with a grain of salt.

[Danzig]

i know he's a nut. i also know that eventually they may have become a nuclear power. i also know that we can't stay in iraq forever, that iran is now the biggest power in that area, that their traditional enemy, iraq, is incredibly weak now. just what do you suppose is going to happen when we leave there? assuming, that is, we are ever able to leave.

besides, as i said, a war should be right, should leave us better off, and should be winnable. is iraq all three? i say, no. if it isn't all three, then what was the point?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i know he's a nut. i also know that eventually they may have become a nuclear power. i also know that we can't stay in iraq forever, that iran is now the biggest power in that area, that their traditional enemy, iraq, is incredibly weak now. just what do you suppose is going to happen when we leave there? assuming, that is, we are ever able to leave.

besides, as i said, a war should be right, should leave us better off, and should be winnable. is iraq all three? i say, no. if it isn't all three, then what was the point?

I don't think that Iran has any intention of messing with iraq anymore than they already do. Too much trouble for too little gain. They were ascending to be the strongest power in the region anyway. I am not defedning our invading Iraq but i dont think that it has made Iran more of a threat or pain in the ass. If anything the way the world has looked down on the entire debacle has emboldened Iran as they would be cast in the rare role of sympathetic figure if the US were to consider invading them.