On 19 Oct 2006 05:13:26 -0700, "Darn Good Intelligence"
wrote:


Ricardo wrote:
Darn Good Intelligence wrote:
William Black wrote:

"Darn Good Intelligence" wrote in message
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So you think that Russia and China would intervene on the behalf of the
Iranian lunatics? I don't think they'd dare.

Would you bet your life?


Yes. The Russians and Chinese would kick up a big fuss if the U.S
attacks Iran but they wouldn't use military means to stop the U.S. That
would be WW3.

So what would the US attacking Iran be?

Not WW3. How would it be WW3? All it would be is the U.S removing
another despotic government, just as they did in Iraq and Afghanistan -
what's the fuss?

WWI started because Austria had Balkan ambitions and Russia drew
the line. WWII started because Germany did three expansions and
the UK & France drew the line at the fourth.

Iran would be the US's third military adventure in a
resource-rich area. At least three of the interested powers
(India, Pakistan and Russia), have nuclear capability. (One could
add France, the UK, Isreal and the Ukraine to the list but I
think, perhaps mistakenly, that they won't rise to the surface
here).

How many US client governments will be tolerated in the area?

The US is well-intentioned, but it's ability to misread people
and governments, over-estimate its capability and under-estimate
costs is astonishing. (We'll be greeted as liberators, the cost
will be 3.9 billion etc.)

There has to be a time when the
bullying has to be stopped.

First tell Iran to stop threatening Israel, stop funding terrorism, and
stop nuke program.

Unfortunatelty, nobody's behaviour has been squeaky-clean,
similar negative accusations can be leveled against almost any
country active in the region, including us and our allies. ('us'
means Canada, incidentally).

Peter Skelton