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Why More Favor War in Iran While Support for the Afghan Effort is Dropping

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You state: "President of Iran has threatened Israel numerous times and there is tons of evidence that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons." Please provide references where Ahmadinejad has threatened Israel. It is the other way around. Israel threatens Iran practically every day of the week. If you are talking about the "wipe out Israel" nonsense, please see
http://www.mohammadmossadegh.com/news/rumor-of-the-century/
As far as Iran "seeking" nuclear weapons is concerned, are you a mind reader? How do you know what they are seeking? No IAEA reported any evidence and the US 2007 NIE concurred. It is all speculation just as one can speculate that Israel will one day annex all of the West Bank and attack Jordana and Lebanon.

George of CA 3:03PM December 18, 2009

Lets wipe Iran off the face off the earth. Maybe we can throw all the liberals in there prior to the bomb!

Go Green Up ur azz 11:37PM December 03, 2009

Don't kid yourself to think that Russia would not help Iran to cause the USA problems. Even today Russia is still manufacturing weapons grade nuclear material and could easily supply Iran with such material instead of just upgrading the nuclear material Iran sends to Russia for enrichment. So instead of 20 percent enrichment Russia would substitute 95 percent enriched nuclear material that could be used in a missile. Guess what? Russia also knows how to install the material in the missiles that Iran has.
Allowing Russia to do this is really stupid and is like putting the Fox in charge of the chicken coup. It is a good thing that we have Obama on top of this situation or else Israel is going to be at the bottom of many mushroom clouds.

Robert L. Matarainen of NY 9:58PM November 24, 2009

Iran is a troubling nation and Ahmedinejad is wreckless and stupid (Iran's version of George Bush) and I have no simple solution.
I point out that Isreal would LOVE if we the US sent our soldiers to fight them and American Jews (through the news business and their lobby) will encourage it. Most don't know that was part of the build-up, but not the cause, of Bush's Iraq fiasco. Even the NY Times admits it skewed its coverage.
Its pretty basic human nature: If you can get someone else to fight and die and pay the cost of war against your enemy...of course you would.
My son is not available for such treachery, neither with Iraq or Iran. Ask Bush-Cheney-Santorum and other right wing knaves to send their family members as soldiers for such conflicts.
Its enough that i have to pay decades of taxes for war debt because of Moron America, i'm not about to risk my child.

Jo in USA of PA 10:09AM November 24, 2009

Sure, Ahmedinejad says a lot of hostile thing about Israel. However, the fact is that he doesn't have any power to make good on his talk. The president of Iran has only as much power as the Supreme Leader gives him domestically and no power over foreign policy.

Kevin S. of OH 5:06AM November 24, 2009

Because in this one the President of Iran has threatened Israel numerous times and there is tons of evidence that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.

Scott of MN 1:24AM November 24, 2009

Polls are meaningless when it comes to a potential war with Iran. Americans are so brainwashed about Iran that they will believe anything they hear from the politicians and the media. Most of the stories about Iran are complete lies. There is ZERO evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, Iran has NOT threatened Israel (while Israel threatens Iran practically every day) and all the noises about "denying the Holocaust" are completely false. Even if someone denies the Holocaust, so what? It is just an opinion. Do you bomb a country because of a misconceived notion about what one person in the country says? The whole idea of attacking Iran is so stupid that it is unbelievable. President Obama is following the same idiotic policies of George Bush with respect to Iran. It is as if he has an utterly frozen brain and believes everything that Israel and the neo-cons tell him. It is pathetic. Don't we have enough wars?

George of CA 10:00PM November 23, 2009

Nukes in the hands of a hate filled theocracy are not a good idea. Especially when their deity promises them an eternity filled with celestial virgins if they vaporize non-believers. I don't know for sure, but it sounds like it could be an area of concern.
Maybe even more important than worrying about Global Warming. Hopenhagen, are you listening?

R.L. Schaefer of CA 5:18PM November 23, 2009