The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in the 1990s that Saddam Hussein had an advanced nuclear weapons development program, had a design for a nuclear weapon and was working on five different methods of enriching uranium for a bomb. The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these activities. He clearly has much to hide.

President George W. Bush, State of the union, 2003.

The excuse worked before, it'll work again.

rob.d: If the death rate per 150k workers in the USA matched last month in Iraq, you'd see some people get upset.

Cue the guy with a fancy statistics argument saying that in actuality there are a brazillion guys in Iraq per year due to troop rotations with some fancy shmancy math in 3....2....1

/or perhaps that guy left after the mid-terms

booze fueled ruffian: Cue the guy with a fancy statistics argument saying that in actuality there are a brazillion guys in Iraq per year due to troop rotations with some fancy shmancy math in 3....2....1

/or perhaps that guy left after the mid-terms

are they including the number of Haliburton profiteers there?

Not_Enginerd: Israel will be the one that destroys this, just like they did in Iraq. Everyone can relax.

Relax until Iran and Syria counterattack Israel. Are you people insane? Do you think Iran will simply sit back while thousands of its soldiers are killed by an aggressive enemy attack? Fools!

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From what I keep hearing, Iran would need 150,000+ centrifuges to even begin thinking about trying to produce enough enriched uranium to make warheads out of them.

3,000 is well short of 150,000, last I knew.

F42: The excuse worked before, it'll work again.

What about the fact that Iran, has, admittedly nuclear reactors? The question is whether they're using them inappropriately.

Comrade438: The question is whether they're using them inappropriately.

Who the hell are we to tell them how they can use them?

thejoz: 3,000 is well short of 150,000, last I knew.

that's all they are announcing and planning to show the UN inspectors...

Remember you can not prove that you don't have something, someone can always say that it's just too well hidden to find

kb7rky
Dear President Bush:
Our blood is on your hands.
Love and kisses:
The 3000+ Soldiers You Sent To Our Deaths


Dear kb7rky
Your freedom is in our military's hands.
Keep clear of public places: (sic)
300,000 Americans still alive (less 3,000)

Don't worry, Gary Seven is looking into the situation.

Comrade438: What about the fact that Iran, has, admittedly nuclear reactors? The question is whether they're using them inappropriately.

that's not a fact... they are working on Nuclear reactors... they don't have them yet.

Zaphodius: that's all they are announcing and planning to show the UN inspectors

How often and on what schedule does the U.N. inspect our own nuclear facilities?

/rhetorical question

Seriously, when was the last recorded non-carny related centrifuge fatality?

Comrade438,

The question is whether they're using them inappropriately.

Three Mile Island aside, how does one inappropriately use a nuclear reactor?

why the fark does America get to have nukes and no one else? Remember, America is the only one to have actually nuked people.

Finnley Wren: How often and on what schedule does the U.N. inspect our own nuclear facilities?

it's not like they are trying to prevent us from getting the bomb now is it?

Give peace a chance. At the risk of a few Western cities.

i don't get it.... so they are going to build them for us to come and destroy them... oh yea wheres our "we ain't gonna take no shiat from anybody who has or is making WMD's.... gosh darnet WERE AMERICA!!!" ... why let this go any further. Stop it now when they can't do crap about it. Also, as a plus we will get our "don't F*ck with the U.S." rep. back (at least to the other nations *AHEM* North Korea)

... but maybe the "sleeper cells" in the us will destroy with dirty bombs N. Krea has supplied... who give a crap... it happens ... it happens.. PROTEST thats all you can do unless your Chuck Norris or the juggernaut biatch.... I'm sure arguing on a online thread with funny headlines is not going to change the world... (yea and to all you grammar haters i know i use alot of *.......* and no caps but i really dont care...


I don't care if my lack of international news is wrong, but this is just an opinion (please do not try and pick apart my comments.... im just a normal 23 yr. american who thinks this should be stopped.

Goodnight San Diego... I'm Ron Burgundy??

Zaphodius: it's not like they are trying to prevent us from getting the bomb now is it?

Maybe we can share a few with Iran, nip this whole thing in the bud. We got plenty!

'kb7rky
Dear President Bush:
Our blood is on your hands...'

Dear kb7rky those soldiers died protecting you. Show a little class.

czarangelus: Do you think Iran will simply sit back while thousands of its soldiers are killed by an aggressive enemy attack? Fools!

Do you really think Iran and Syria can stand up to the might of Israel!?! The Israeli army will sweep any enemy before it! It is you who are the Fool!

jjorsett: Give peace a chance. At the risk of a few Western cities.

Possible destruction is better than certain destruction, I think.

You're all such frightened rabbits that you'll murder a thousand people just to assuage your paranoia.

jjorsett: Give peace a chance. At the risk of a few Western cities.

sure keep swatting at those bees... but stand back and give it time and you might just get some honey made...

They are not your enemy...

rob.d -

Wow, a ratio! I've never understood the concept. I never would've guess that soldiers face higher mortality rates than the average citizen! I also assume all soldiers are too stupid to realize that they are entering into a profession which may involve mortal combat!

The problem here is with raw numbers. The death toll for a war is actually very low, especially since it is primarily a ground war, in occupied space, against combatants that are not easily identified.

It's tragic that people die, but it's not altogether unexpected for combat soldiers to face mortal danger. When there's a draft, call me about the unfair nature of enlistment. If you were trying to milk the army for a free education and sit around playing jezzball on the force laptop, I guess you guessed wrong.

czarangelus: You're all such frightened rabbits that you'll murder a thousand people just to assuage your paranoia.

Enough already with the arrogant lecturing, sparky.

05:18:28 PM Babooshka: why the fark does America get to have nukes and no one else? Remember, America is the only one to have actually nuked people.

If you have to ask that question, you don't have capability to comprehend the answer.

BigBooper: Do you really think Iran and Syria can stand up to the might of Israel!?! The Israeli army will sweep any enemy before it! It is you who are the Fool!

Yeah right. They got their asses kicked by little Hezbollah... against a whole other country they'd simply be wiped out. And while Syria doesn't have nukes, they have extremely pleasant chem and biological weapons that they would use in response to Israel using nukes on Iran. So sacrifice Israel if you think it's worth it.

Tarx

I'm going to get a gender-reassignment just so I can have your baby for you having posted that most cromulent cartoon.

I liked it very much.

BigBooper: Do you really think Iran and Syria can stand up to the might of Israel!?! The Israeli army will sweep any enemy before it! It is you who are the Fool!

you do remember last year in Lebanon?

jjorsett:
Relax, the US just had another successful test of the THAAD anti-missile system, so by the time Achmadinutjob has his ballistic fleet ready, we're going to be covered. You Europeans, on the other hand, well, you're screwed. Maybe you can buy your lives from Iran with enough money and servility.

Yes, I'm sure Iran is interested in bombing Europe and not, say, having a strategic deterrent against Israel.

Um, how did 3,00 soldiers die in Iraq to protect us?

I mean no disrespect, but Iraq was never a threat to us in any way.

Finnley Wren: Who the hell are we to tell them how they can use them?

Uhh, I don't know. Not as if they've signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or anything. Nor that preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons is in the vested interest of the United States. Shucks, I guess we ought to go ahead and let anyone acquire them. In fact, lets assist them in doing so! With massive nuclear proliferation, only peace can follow!

No Such Agency: Yes, I'm sure Iran is interested in bombing Europe and not, say, having a strategic deterrent against Israel.

It is not Israel that has invaded two of their neighbors. I'd look a little closer to home.

Must learn to proofread, or learn to get more than 4 hours sleep before my 12 hour shift.

3,000

/needs more coffee

05:21:23 PM czarangelus: Possible destruction is better than certain destruction, I think.

You're all such frightened rabbits that you'll murder a thousand people just to assuage your paranoia.

It isn't paranoia when the threat is real. Achmadinejad has made it abundantly clear that he intends to target Israel and the West. If some guy is screaming, "I'm going to kill you as soon as I assemble this gun!" you don't wait around to find out if he means it.

'Babooshka
why the fark does America get to have nukes and no one else?'

Not everyone has mastered the concept of good will toward all men. It's a special thing with western reared people. It's not all that well known a concept in other regions. Lacking that philosophical underpinning, a state, government, region could deal a lot of damage with an arsenal of nukes. Especially a systemically insecure and seemingly unhappy one like your typical, run of the mill Islamic outfit. One that didn't give half a rat's ass about good will and all that other Christian belief system claptrap. And get this, these outfits haven't even fought their way into an enlightenment and still think irrational shiat is ok and justifiable. That's what the dark ages were for the west, a rejection of rational thought in favor of criminal enforcement of religious edict. Sound familiar? You don't want a load gun in these hands.

No Such Agency: Yes, I'm sure Iran is interested in bombing Europe and not, say, having a strategic deterrent against Israel.

I'm sure once we ramp up tensions enough we'll gladly hand over the THAAD technology (if it works)and sell them lots and lots of other arms.

SchlingFo: ...how does one inappropriately use a nuclear reactor?

Comrade438:

Not as if they've signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or anything.

Two of their neighbors have been invaded by the worlds largest superpower since they signed that treaty. They would be derelict in not pursuing all available options for self-defense.

Nor that preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons is in the vested interest of the United States.

Pakistan's got 'em. North Korea's got 'em. Why not Iran?

I guess we ought to go ahead and let anyone acquire them.

See above comment RE Pakistan and North Korea.

In fact, lets assist them in doing so!

If you think about that for a minute, it just might make some sense.

Tatsuma: Remembering what? That Israel had to hold back since they were not at war with an army but a guerrilla and that the world was protesting, so they couldn't wage war efficiently but still harmed Hezbollah as much as they could while suffering minimal troop losses?

yes it was a poor metaphor.

/when has Israel ever been worried about what the rest of the world thought?

jjorsett: It isn't paranoia when the threat is real. Achmadinejad has made it abundantly clear that he intends to target Israel and the West. If some guy is screaming, "I'm going to kill you as soon as I assemble this gun!" you don't wait around to find out if he means it.

If you really believe that he's interested in actually using those weapons, you're crazier than he is. All any highly placed official wants to do is maintain their power. Attacking Israel would remove him from power. Ergo....

Comrade438,

Uhh, I don't know. Not as if they've signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or anything. Nor that preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons is in the vested interest of the United States.

Enrichment is required for the production of nuclear energy.

If you want to suggest that we should be worried about preventing countries from developing cheap, efficient, clean sources of energy, then I have to heartily disagree.

Enrichment does not equate to building nuclear weapons.

With massive nuclear proliferation, only peace can follow!

Well, it worked during the Cold War.

czarangelus: eah right. They got their asses kicked by little Hezbollah

Zaphodius: you do remember last year in Lebanon?

Actually I was just trolling. I thought it was a weak attempt, but thanks for playing along.

Ah, Israel can do some damage, and they do have 300+ nuke warheads.

The problem with Israel lately, is they are hobbled politically by, well, the whole world trashing them constantly, and condemning them for 'defending' themselves.

Israel's in a pickle, and fairly soon here, it'll be up to the international community to decide if it should continue to exist.

jjorsett: It isn't paranoia when the threat is real. Achmadinejad has made it abundantly clear that he intends to target Israel and the West. If some guy is screaming, "I'm going to kill you as soon as I assemble this gun!" you don't wait around to find out if he means it.

if you know he only has a couple screws and a diagram you pretty much treat him like one of the screaming homeless Regan threw out on the streets in the 80's