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    Daniel KFeb 16, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Anon-

    Do you think Iran will nuke Israel if it means Iran’s destruction?

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    anonFeb 16, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    AS SOON AS IRAN is done making their nukes, they will first attack israel
    and then the western world

    DONT BE NAIVE
    iran has been developing this program for YEARS
    its not anything new
    so obama is to blame partially, and the whole world should be stopping iran because the whole world is in danger, especially israel.

    iran is a strong powerful country and they will not be afraid to use their nukes as soon as they know it will be more powerful than any other countries.

    daniel- wake up and realize
    nukes are just to sound powerful in theory. ahmadinejad chants death to israel death to america at every one of speeches in iran and they mean it

    he is trying to take over the world, and although that sounds dumb its true, and that is what hitler was trying to do as well.

    keep in mind, iran has already started its attacks…
    in thailand and in india
    and they wont stop

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    Daniel KFeb 10, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    Have you read my initial reponse?

    Though I agree that history definitely has a habit of repeating itself, you have to understand that the nature of nuclear weapons is unlike anything that has been developed in human history.

    There are clear reasons why Iran will not nuke anyone; I discussed them earlier. If you are not willing to read it or respond to the actual arguments I made, then I can only hope that you will educate yourself more thoroughly in the future.

    -Daniel

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    Anonymous 3Feb 6, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    Are you kidding me? China and Russia are smart with nuclear weapons, they won’t nuke anyone. But when the nukes get into the hands of Iran, of course Iran will use it! Now I can see why “Anonymous 2″ said why you don’t know much about the threat of Iran and how evil they really are. It’s a no-brainer that they will use the nukes on the US and Iran! Don’t underestimate them, look what people did with the Nazis, even Jews did not think the unthinkable. It is a course of history that people tend to underestimate evil, and Daniel, you fall in that course. You are like every one else in history, you underestimate evil, that is okay, but, all it means that if it were to come down to someone saving the world or even acknowledging evil, you would not be able to, someone like Jake would. Please step it up, or someone like you will allow another holocaust.

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    AmiFeb 3, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    “U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday that “all options [are] on the table” with Iran, implying that the United States may be willing to use military force to stop the Middle East country from developing nuclear weapons. “We have all options on the table and would be prepared to respond if we have to,” said Panetta, speaking to U.S. airmen in Germany, according to The Associated Press.”

    – POLITIC, February 3, 2012

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    Daniel KFeb 1, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Countries only want nuclear weapons because /other/ countries have them (NOT because they want to use them). An actual nuclear war is incredibly unlikely unless WE mess something up (i.e. start a meaningless war).

    Raw force isn’t always the best way to solve problems. This is the kind of mentality that creates a lot of enemies, which creates a lot of wars that we don’t want or need. These are American lives at risk, not pawns in a chess game where Israel is the king.

    Iran isn’t going to nuke anyone. You can argue that they are evil all you want but at the end of the day they aren’t going to make a decision that would end up destroying their country.

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    Annonomys 2Feb 1, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    I disagree with “Anonomous”, Iraq was started for a reason, in fact, a very similar reason the Iran war would be started for: To get rid of nuclear arms, and weapons of mass destruction; and to help save the world! You people don’t know ANYTHING about what evil is and how it is a threat to our country.

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    AnonymousFeb 1, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    Well said, Daniel. Although an editorial, or “opinion” piece, research is still necessary. Unlike Jake’s article you seem to have researched the details of nuclear war before forming your opinion.

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    Daniel KJan 31, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    Since Fox News has failed to give you a proper lesson on nuclear warfare/politics, I will give you one myself. When discussing nuclear politics, it is important to know about the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The NPT states that 1. The signing country must not develop nuclear weapons, 2. The signing country must disarm nuclear weapons if they are present, and 3. The signing country is allowed to use nuclear technology peacefully (i.e. nuclear energy). All but four countries in the world have signed this treaty (including Iran.) The four countries that have not signed it are India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. (There are 5 countries that have signed it but are confirmed to have nuclear weapons, are the US, Russia, China, UK, and France)

    Why would Israel not sign it? Well, probably because they have nuclear weapons, and is not afraid to use them if necessary. Iran knows this, which is why they wouldn’t dare make nukes. The term “mutually assured destruction” is used a lot when discussing nuclear warfare. It means that, if one country fires a nuke, the target country will fire a nuke back, causing both territories to be destroyed. Since Iran probably cares more about their own country than destroying Israel, it is very unlikely that they would nuke Israel if they were in the possession of nuclear weapons.

    This is true worldwide; no country wants to nuke other countries with nukes for this very reason. Countries only have nuclear weapons because other countries have them.

    Now, back to Iran. Since the current Republican candidates (with the exception of Ron Paul) want war with Iran, this would make Iran scared. If they are scared, this wont cause them to back down on nukes, this will make them want nuclear weapons EVEN MORE. And if we do damage to Iran and they have nuclear weapons developed, they might say, “well, we’re pretty much screwed so we might as well nuke Israel,” and then sooner or later we have WW3 and that would be bad. If we don’t intervene with Iran, they will simply fear the prospect of mutally assured destruction, and wouldn’t dare engage Israel.

    You seem to enjoy putting a lot of pressure/blame on Obama for handling this situation poorly, when he has, in fact, handled it very well. Obama doesn’t need to make Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fear anything; Mahmoud is already afraid of MAD and the destruction of his own country. And holding Obama responsible for the possibility of Iran developing nuclear weapons is incredibly shortsided.

    And electing someone like Gingrich or Romney wouldn’t make it any better. They would fund a war against Iran, with our own taxpayer dollars. Of course, there wont be very many of those, since Republicans seem to like tax cuts quite a lot. Not to mention that a war wouldn’t exactly help the debt.

    So I will propose a question to you: is it worth it? Is it worth spending taxpayer dollars on a war that we have no part in? Is it worth risking the destruction of Israel? Is it worth a possible third world war?

    I sure hope not. But that’s for the voters to decide.

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    Eytan W.Jan 31, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    I agree with you Jake! Thank you for giving the truth.

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    Daniel KJan 30, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    Also, this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUbqbpBX1Us offers a very good explanation of nuclear politics. Watch the whole thing.

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    AnonymousJan 30, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    In addition, you can’t just start wars without reasonable cause (Iraq anyone?…)

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    AnonymousJan 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Just because you use big words doesn’t make what you say correct at all. The fact is, your (and most Republicans) ineptitude is blocking you from seeing the truth. Barack Obama, policy wise, is very aligned with Israel. Also, if you actually look at what he has done in office (which you probably haven’t done) you would also realize that he nearly mirrors your Lord and Savior, George W. Bush. Chew on that thought.

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