Is a U.S.-Iran War Inevitable?

TIME ^ | Robert Baer, former CIA field officer

[maquiladora]

You wouldn't be wrong to wonder if Iran hasn't lost its mind seizing the fifteen British marines and sailors, and in so doing, handing Bush a causus belli even he couldn't have imagined.

But then again you'd be missing the grim fatalism that has settled over Iran of late, the resigned belief that a war with the U.S. is all but inevitable.

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I called up an Arab Gulf security official and asked him what he thought about it all. He said the view from his side of the Gulf is that if Iran does not soon release the Brits, a war between the U.S. and Iran is in the cards. "I for one am taking all the cash I can out of my ATM," he said before he hanging up.

[maquiladora]

For discussion....

[jhpigott]

ping

[AU72]

Iran has been at war with the US since 1979.

[Pilsner]

Is a U.S.-Iran War Inevitable?

Not at all. So long as we cravenly give into their every demand, there won't be a war.

[mewzilla]

Unless we surrender first...

[Chena]

bookmark and bttt

[RightWhale]

It's a casus belli for GB.

[Gay State Conservative]

Absolutely not.But an Iranian-Israeli war is.And knowing the Israelis it will be over in hours and will render parts of Iran unfit as tourist destinations for about 10,000 years.

[NoBullZone]

I was struck by:

>Add this to the rest of the bad news coming out of the Gulf, and things look pretty grim. The "surge", despite what some claim, has barely made a dent in the violence in Iraq.<

With nary a fact or a figure to back it up. Bias, what Bias?

[rhombus]

Here's a quick summary: It's all Bush's fault. ;-)

[pissant]

Hopefully, yes.

[txhurl]

causus casus belli

May as well get that out of the way.

[2banana]

I think Iran thinks Bush is a Jimmy Carter...

[Proud_USA_Republican]

So Time finds a way to blame the US no matter what. Shocking.

[mainepatsfan]

According to Rosie O'Donnell it is.

[rhombus]

Our Arab allies are jumping ship, apparently as fast as they can.

Of course Democratic Congresscritters had nothing to do with that, did they?

[SolidWood]

War with Iran is inevitable. Since 1979 war has been looming... it's only going to be a lot hotter. We should have defeated and toppled the Islamic Republic in it's infancy. The longer we wait the worse the war will be.

[Lexington Green]

... and a time for every purpose under Heaven.

Let's Roll!

[sissyjane]

Israel's war to get their own prisoners back last summer didn't go very well did it? How would a war with Iran be faster?

[pgkdan]

As long as the Iranian people let their Armegghedon obsessed apocolyptic little Mahdi devotee call the shots I'd say war with the West is inevitable. Soon. Ahmadinejihad has been prophesying, that's what it amounts to, about war with the US and Israel this Spring. It's what he wants and unless his people stop him it's what he'll get.