[sneakypete]

If the guy had half a brain he would know Iran is about to fall by itself.

I agree with that. The younger generation growing up there and taking over aren't anywhere near as radical as the current and previous leaders.

That taking out Iraq is likely going to be the straw that breaks the Iranian governments back.

Here is where we part ways. A US (Christian west) invasion and occupation of Iraq won't do anything but stiffen the resolve of the religious nutcases still in power in Iraq,and give them recruits. "The Americans are coming to colonize Iran and the whole middle-east!" will be a powerful recruiting tool,and one hard to deny or prove false.

Nope,the leaders and people in Iran might not like Hussein,but they and everyone else in the middle-east and Muslim world will see it as a attack of one culture and religion (the west's) of another (theirs).

[epow]

,the leaders and people in Iran might not like Hussein,but they and everyone else in the middle-east and Muslim world will see it as a attack of one culture and religion (the west's) of another (theirs).

That may be true of the masses, but I doubt the Iranian leaders and intelligentsia want a nuke-armed Saddam sitting next door any more than we do. No matter, even if Iran does see our intervention as an attack on their culture and religion we can't allow Iraq to aquire nukes.

[lepton]

Here is where we part ways. A US (Christian west) invasion and occupation of Iraq won't do anything but stiffen the resolve of the religious nutcases still in power in Iraq,and give them recruits.

As we have seen, their mindset is not like the western world. They look at power. We show power and resolve, they fold. The only reason that the PA has held on so long is that Israel is restrained by the European powers.

[Howlin]

Did you see ABC's Primetime Friday night? It was all about Iran and the young people.

The most astounding thing was that while they were filming, Chris Wallace was walking down the street and a woman came up to them and looked right into the camera and said, "Tell American that we want what they gave Afghanistan."

Wallace asked her if she wasn't afraid to show her face on film and she said, "No. Ninety percent of us want freedeom. I want them to hear my voice and see my face."

ABC did blur her face and voice. It was unbelieveable. We take freedom for granted.

I guess that's why Iran went door to door and took the satellite dishes when Afghanistan was freed. It looked really good on TV.

[scannell]

A US (Christian west) invasion and occupation of Iraq won't do anything but stiffen the resolve of the religious nutcases still in power in Iraq, and give them recruits.

You have this so Wrooooong! The religious nutcases are not nor were they in power in Iraq!!!!

[scannell]

And if your point (Post 44) was correct (which it isn't), it wouldn't matter. If we decide to go in, all the resolve in the world won't change one fact, IT'S OVER>

[Misterioso]

Nope,the leaders and people in Iran might not like Hussein,but they and everyone else in the middle-east and Muslim world will see it as a attack of one culture and religion (the west's) of another (theirs).

It's more likely that Hussein's neighbors would welcome his removal, since they live under the shadow of his threat of chemical/biological/nuclear attack, and has shown himself to be totally irrational and wicked.