margun Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Anyone else a little concerned at what's going on with Iran? Relations between the UK and Iran are rapidly collapsing. William Hague has expelled all Iranian diplomats and demanded closure of the Iranian embassy in London within 48hrs in retaliation to the firebombing of our embassy in Tehran, in itself protest against further UK sanctions against Iran over the nuclear 'power' issue. All of this combined with the nuclear issues, US and allied forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq etc and increasingly strong rhetoric from Israel, UK, US, Iran etc makes me wonder whether this is simply a fight waiting to happen. Not that we can afford another foreign war, but the whole 'WMDs, oil rich Islamic state' seems a bit familiar Sorry if the thread's 'bindun', but what are your thoughts on this? -M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 firstly i really cannot seriously see this escalate into a war with Iran, the Iranians might be mad but they aren`t that stupid. will probably be a war of words and political posturing, there is luckily quite a distance between us and them and a lot more countries would tke our side than Iran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I would have a bet that in 2012 iran will be at war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Iran has been a fight waiting to happen for over 40 years...These camel Jockeys need a crisis every few years to get through life... if they are not fighting and killing their neigbours they are fighting and killing each other. If they want to develop nuclear weapons let em get on with it..GB and Israel(America) are in no position to prevent it. I wouldnt be suprised if the Pentagon hasnt got enough Nuclear IBC's already trained on Iran ready to wipe em out at the blink of an eye. To be honest Its the Chinese who worry me... like Ants and cant be destroyed no matter how big a foot stamps on them. If their economy collapses its going to be very interesting.. Edited November 30, 2011 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Isreal seem to be waging a semi-clandestine war against the Iranian nuclear programme. Good luck to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 After all the riots at the last election perhaps we should not be talking about nuking Iran but a surgical strike to take out armoureddinnerlady. Most Iranians dont seem to have a voice and the madman sent by God should be sent back asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Nuke the ***** and be done with it. Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boromir Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Cant Israeli special forces infiltrate where they are making the Nuclear stuff and sabotage it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Iran has been a fight waiting to happen for over 40 years...These camel Jockeys need a crisis every few years to get through life... if they are not fighting and killing their neigbours they are fighting and killing each other. This is very true and i dont think anything will change them.Israel will be the first to react in anger should they do something stupid closely followed by the US and the UK,but hopefully not with nukes. Edited November 30, 2011 by Imperfection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I cant see Israel allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57bigchap Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I cant see Israel allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Scholl Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 If we attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, we need to take out their scuds and anti-ship missiles too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Iran has been a fight waiting to happen for over 40 years...These camel Jockeys need a crisis every few years to get through life... if they are not fighting and killing their neigbours they are fighting and killing each other. If they want to develop nuclear weapons let em get on with it..GB and Israel(America) are in no position to prevent it. I wouldnt be suprised if the Pentagon hasnt got enough Nuclear IBC's already trained on Iran ready to wipe em out at the blink of an eye. To be honest Its the Chinese who worry me... like Ants and cant be destroyed no matter how big a foot stamps on them. If their economy collapses its going to be very interesting.. I'm with you there Mike... it's Oil & China that really worries me... once they realise that there isn't enough of the stuff left to enable their economy to keep growing at its current rate, they may well try and secure the supply... then it's the US vs China for the last few drops of the stuff.. I tell ya... planet earth is in for an intresting 50-100 years! whether we'll come out of the other end...... I'm glad I won't be around to witness it... feel sorry for my kids though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Cant Israeli special forces infiltrate where they are making the Nuclear stuff and sabotage it? Yes, but not on a Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest topshot_2k Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Iran will be the next conflict. Even the arab states would back us/uk intervention, and israel are basically the US puppet so they would have plenty of support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 I think Somalia may beat Iran to it (proper US intervention), the UN have already identified it as most likely needing international action on a similar scale to Iraq and Afghanistan plus the Chinese aren't backing Somalia like they are Iran. Anyway I digress... At the risk of stating the obvious, surely the big issue with Iran is passing the necessary UN resolutions to initiate action. China won't buy into it and does the US administration have the stomach to go it alone again and in opposition to Beijing? It's easy to suggest Israel won't suffer Iran achieving a nuclear weapons capability but is an Israeli led offensive practical both militarily and in terms of the grief it would cause in the region? Seems to me that Britain and others are raising the pressure to try to exploit the in fighting occurring in Iran but I can't really see where that can lead. If that doesn't work and the capability is achieved then surely the pressure would be softened and it would be time for diplomacy. History suggests that with the capability comes a fresh sense of responsibility. Time will tell. I don't know but could an Iranian capability actually increase stability in the region? Some might think so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 why don't we just leave Iran alone? the israelis have only been there since the 1940's and they seem to stir up alit of trouble. I would be more concerned about America having nukes, after all they are the only country to use them in anger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 why don't we just leave Iran alone? the israelis have only been there since the 1940's and they seem to stir up alit of trouble. I would be more concerned about America having nukes, after all they are the only country to use them in anger. America didn`t use them in anger, it used them in curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 why don't we just leave Iran alone? the israelis have only been there since the 1940's and they seem to stir up alit of trouble. I would be more concerned about America having nukes, after all they are the only country to use them in anger. OMG don't go there here, start another thread on the legitimacy of Israel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 America didn`t use them in anger, it used them in curiosity. lol, well put Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Scholl Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 why don't we just leave Iran alone? the israelis have only been there since the 1940's and they seem to stir up alit of trouble. I would be more concerned about America having nukes, after all they are the only country to use them in anger. Oh Jesus, here we go . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 America didn`t use them in anger, it used them in curiosity. Quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Oh Jesus, here we go . Well I don't see Iran invading other countries on the slightest excuse it's not the American people that are at fault, it's the leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Too many people in the world and getting worse as every minute passes. Only one inevitable conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Too many people in the world and getting worse as every minute passes. Only one inevitable conclusion. Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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