Please read this article and respond to the following
What policy should the United States take in this situation?
Do you think Israel has the right to attack Iran and if they do what actions should the US take?
Write a question for the next debate - The Question HAS to deal with the situation in the Article
In this situation i think that the United States should fear what is going on because this can be very serious, and bad for us. I don't think that Israel has the right to attack Iran because i believe no one has the right to attack anyone. If this happens i have no idea what we should do.
ReplyDeleteI think that if Israel finds out that Iran is building a nuclear weapon then they definitely have the right to attack. If their own safety is in serious danger like a nuclear bomb then I think they would have no choice but to attack, and I think that from the choice of the president, if we really are alliances then we should attack, because that is what alliances do.
Delete1:) what would you do, to combat a Nuclear threat from Iran?
ReplyDeleteLike Kevin i think this is very serious, but unlike him i think Israel is in ligament danger, if Iran were to get a nuke, and that is not a chance Israel take. Now, since i am a Hawk, on foreign policy , i believe in stopping a threat before it happens or is able to grow. Iran , is a threat , and they have shown us that before (Giving Arms, and Supplies to Al Quada). Now if they do attack (which i think they will), we WILL have to side with Israel, and we should start taking steps to get ready. My opinion is that we are needed to help our ally to fight a common enemy . I would go as far to say we should declare war if they choose to go to war with Israel. Extra actions , like cutting off trade will help destroy the Iranian war effort. I know no one likes going to war, but sometimes its needed, and in this case i think it is.
Also, Iran would only last around a week in a war against us (like Iraq) WITHOUT using ground troops.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Ashton, we should stay prepared in this situation. Siding with Israel would be great for us and Israel. Iran plans to attack and we are aware of this, so it shouldn't come as a surprise when they do. If they plan to bring war, we should bring war as well. The U.S should basically just stay prepared.
ReplyDeleteWhat steps should the U.S take to get prepared?
Now is the time for calm, rational discussion of fact rather than the misinformation and speculation spurred on by the corporate media.
ReplyDelete"In 1953, the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected government and replaced it with a cruel dictatorship in order to control the country’s energy resources. The resulting 1979 Islamic revolution was a black mark against the subversive and hostile policies of neocons in Washington, D.C. The 1981-88 Iran-Iraq war financed by Washington to arm Saddam Hussein confirmed the suspicions of many Iranians that the overarching agenda is to capture Iranian natural resources and install a puppet government.
Iran represents a 2,700 year old civilization and except for a brief incursion against the Greeks in 545 B,C, under Cyrus the Great, Iran has never committed an act of aggression against Europe. The European Union has seven times the population, 50 times the GDP of Iran, and possesses hundreds of nuclear missiles while Iran has none. The EU is more than 1,000 miles away and does not share any borders with Iran, yet Washington, through NATO, continues to arbitrarily decide who Europe’s enemies are. To date no Iranians, who are 90 percent Shiite, have been implicated in any terror or suicide bombings in Europe or North America." (http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N6/maheshwari.html)
"So it is increasingly important to focus on facts on the ground. Iran has never discharged nuclear inspectors from its borders. You would imagine a country “illegally” producing nuclear weapons might do so. Iran has reportedly complied with IAEA protocol every year and has not diverted any uranium into a weapons program. It produces low-enriched uranium (LEU) under the supervision of IAEA, not suitably enriched for the production of weapons." (http://www.policymic.com/articles/2609/leave-a-non-nuclear-iran-alone)
The irony is, like Iraq and its WMDs, Iran has a nuclear program because the U.S. endorsed it, under President Eisenhower, in 1957, with the ironically named Atoms for Peace campaign. I think that we all should learn about the term "Blowback: the unintended consequences of covert operations."
"You will often hear self-styled conservatives say, "I support the free market and a strong national defense." But if by supporting a "strong national defense" they mean supporting a large and aggressive conventional military — as they almost invariably do — these two positions are mutually exclusive. A military establishment funded by taxation, inflation, and debt is just as destructive to the market economy as a welfare establishment funded by taxation, inflation, and debt. Every dollar spent on the military, just like every dollar spent on the Department of Health and Human Services, is a dollar not spent or invested in the civilian economy."(http://mises.org/daily/5925/Military-Spending-and-Bastiats-Unseen)
1. I think that the U.S. should watch out for this situation. If we go without resolving the matter, foreign nations will try to use missiles against us. I think that it would be our best bet to keep an eye out for both Israel and Iran.
ReplyDelete2. I think that Israel does have the right to attack Iran. For years, there has been constant fighting between the two countries. I feel that Israel needs to fight back against their long-time enemy: Iran.
Question: If Israel does attack Iran, should the U.S. intervene and go to war again like we did after the bombing of the Twin Towers?
I believe that Israel should be closely monitored, and our treaty should say that if they attack Iran we will not back them up. We do not want to start or be a major part of anymore wars in the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Would you break a treaty with one of our long-time allies, in order to prevent global war? if so, how would you deal with the outrage likely to be created by doing so?