Gr3yL3gion
Voice of Madness
They should attack soon, the lack of exciting news lately is getting boring.
I really want to glue in front of my tv once awhile.
I really want to glue in front of my tv once awhile.
Rik Meleet said:What about it?
My question was to invite Red Stranger to make a point on why he asked his question. My question did not neccesarily my opinion, the purpose was to unmask the incompleteness of RS's opinion.EolTheDarkElf said:Can you say with hand on heart that you are absolutely not bothered by a country such as Iran, with such close ties to terrorist psychos, having such weapons?
How about finding one in your backyard after the "Nijmegen Daily" publishes a picture of Mohamed with a bomb on top of his head? Would that be fun? Would that be an appropriate "thank you for your support of the legal rights of Iran"? Does the Netherlands have means to assure its security from psychos with a MAD deterrent? Does MAD deterrent even work on psychos in the first place?
Nah, Iran having WMD scares me. It may be legal or not but as long as the leadership talks about "Death to XXX" and "Wipe YYY off the map" and that sort of crap, who cares if it's "legal". It's just plain dangerous and whoever has a bit of sense will stomp out potential dangers before they become painfully real.
I really dont mean to be hit by Godwin's law here, but just look at what brought WWII about. Maybe it was "fair" to allow Hitler to have battleships, air force and so on, maybe it was their right to build those weapons, maybe it was "just" that other countries tolerated Hitler pissing on the constraints on German military after WWI. But just take a look at where it ended.
Now if Hitler wasn't Hitler with all his anti-Jew, anti-Slavic propaganda and sabre rattling, I would say that the Versailles treaty should have been renegotiated to lift those sanctions from Germany. But WITH Hitler at the steering wheel I would be completely against it! And that I think is the issue in Iran, that there is a mafia of psychos leading the country, and I for one don't want such people to arm themselves at will.
The real question to me is how to do this without making matters worse.
Note that Iran is not a democracy. A group of clerics have to approve every candidate, leaving mr ultra-conservative against mr ultra-ultra-conservative at election day.Red Stranger said:Iran is different from Iraq in that the elect that crazy guy. While I feel sympathy for the Iraqis who suffer in the hands of Saddam, I don't feel the same for people who elect an idiot.
Rik Meleet said:My question was to invite Red Stranger to make a point on why he asked his question. My question did not neccesarily my opinion, the purpose was to unmask the incompleteness of RS's opinion.
And no, I don't like the thought of Iran having nuclear weapons. The reason is that I don't like any nation having nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons are impractical on the battlefield. It's not unlike trying to kill a mosquito (sp) with a bulldozer.
Besides that, nuclear weapons are vulnerable for abuse.
GinandTonic said:Thats by far the best saying I've heard this week. I'm going to keep it and use it next time a customer wants something totally unrealistic.
Please don't ever work for the American government.Red Stranger said:What if Iran is developing a nuclear weapon?
I don't think sending group troops in would be the best option. We should just bomb it to the stone ages then leave. No casualties.
Dude, it's like you don't even read your own posts. Your last sentence is perfectly applicable to yourself.Iran is different from Iraq in that the elect that crazy guy. While I feel sympathy for the Iraqis who suffer in the hands of Saddam, I don't feel the same for people who elect an idiot.
Oh yeah, that one. I scratch built one myself to go with my 1:72 scale F-102.Cleric said:Anyone remember the Genie missile,a nuclear air-to-air missile?It had a destructive range of about 300 meters(1.5 kiloton IIRC)with very little radiation.
JerichoHill said:Currently, the world is asking Iran to prove that it does not have nuclear weapons, or is planning on having such.
It is impossible to prove a negative.
JerichoHill said:It is impossible to prove a negative.
Gr3yL3gion said:They should attack soon, the lack of exciting news lately is getting boring.
I really want to glue in front of my tv once awhile.