Will USA attack Iran eventually?

ElRazur · 16 Jan 2007 at 14:17

With the recent US stance towards Iran and the long hostility between both countries, will this eventually lead to some sort of invasion on par of the US on Iran? This links seems to sum up on or two things that has happen lately.
This would probably be seen by some as a worrying trend.

... The arrest of five Iranian officials, seized by US troops in a raid on an office in Irbil in northern Iraq, could signal a new more assertive US policy towards Tehran.

What will be the aftermath effect on the middle east and world in general?

The warning

The tough talking

And now some actions....what next?

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 14:20

*LOOKS INTO CRYSTAL BALL*

Yes.

Or No.

Maybe?

neocon · 16 Jan 2007 at 14:20

I rekon Israel will probably bomb Iran. To stop nuclear ambitions. Don't think there will be any invasion.

WIBSBOT · 16 Jan 2007 at 14:41

Israel have already drawn up plans for a strike on Iran - they just need to get the go ahead from the USA - (heavily summarised from an article in the Times a week or so ago).

neocon · 16 Jan 2007 at 14:43

WIBSBOT said:
Israel have already drawn up plans for a strike on Iran - they just need to get the go ahead from the USA - (heavily summarised from an article in the Times a week or so ago).

You mean...they need to give themselves the go ahead! :rolleyes:

Welshy · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:02

WIBSBOT said:
Israel have already drawn up plans for a strike on Iran - they just need to get the go ahead from the USA - (heavily summarised from an article in the Times a week or so ago).

Why do they need a go ahead from the USA?

ElRazur · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:04

Welshy said:
Why do they need a go ahead from the USA?

Aids,support etc...comes from the US?

testa12 · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:05

I heard on the radio, they would likely make any moves before Bush gets kicked out of his presidency (for obvious reasons)

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:05

Welshy said:
Why do they need a go ahead from the USA?

Because they'd need to traverse US controlled airspace.

locutus12 · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:06

neocon said:
I rekon Israel will probably bomb Iran. To stop nuclear ambitions.

correct.

WIBSBOT said:
Israel have already drawn up plans for a strike on Iran - they just need to get the go ahead from the USA - (heavily summarised from an article in the Times a week or so ago).

nope, Israel takes unilateral action, its done it before, indeed it prevented Iraq from acquiring its first nuclear missile in the 1980`s by doing such a mission and will do it again regardless of the target, besides which it would never get an official thumbs up from the USA.

Welshy · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:09

Visage said:
Because they'd need to traverse US controlled airspace.

ah right, fair nuff

trojan698 · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:12

locutus12 said:
nope, Israel takes unilateral action, its done it before, indeed it prevented Iraq from acquiring its first nuclear missile in the 1980`s by doing such a mission and will do it again regardless of the target, besides which it would never get an official thumbs up from the USA.

Yeah but one thing Israel do not want to do is step on the USA's toes...

Murf · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:14

locutus12 said:
nope, Israel takes unilateral action, its done it before, indeed it prevented Iraq from acquiring its first nuclear missile in the 1980`s by doing such a mission and will do it again regardless of the target, besides which it would never get an official thumbs up from the USA.

It wouldn't get, and it wouldn't even ask for a public or official 'thumbs up' from the Americans. They will however let the Americans know what they're doing and keep them fairly well informed. Last thing the Israelis want is to annoy the country that funds and supplies their armed forces and lends massive political support to them.

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:15

locutus12 said:
nope, Israel takes unilateral action, its done it before, indeed it prevented Iraq from acquiring its first nuclear missile in the 1980`s by doing such a mission and will do it again regardless of the target, besides which it would never get an official thumbs up from the USA.

That was a relatively short hop across Jordanian airspace.

To strike Iran would require traversing Iraq, where you can barely fly a kite without getting it shot down. Plus you'd need jamming support, tanking operations, AWACS support....its a totally different order of magnitude to the osirik attack.

locutus12 · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:15

trojan698 said:
Yeah but one thing Israel do not want to do is step on the USA's toes...

lol, they honestly dont care... really, they dont. they didnt "ask" if they could bomb iraq in the 80`s, they went ahead and did it, everyone condemned them for doing it including the USA, and the world in hindsight was a safer place for them doing it.

Murf said:
They will however let the Americans know what they're doing and keep them fairly well informed.

indeed they would, but they wouldnt stop if the americans said no.

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:16

Murf said:
It wouldn't get, and it wouldn't even ask for a public or official 'thumbs up' from the Americans. They will however let the Americans know what they're doing and keep them fairly well informed. Last thing the Israelis want is to annoy the country that funds and supplies their armed forces and lends massive political support to them.

And everyone would know. The US couldnt say 'Oh, we didnt notice the massive fleet of bombers and support aircraft flying through Iraqi airspace....'

neocon · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:16

trojan698 said:
Yeah but one thing Israel do not want to do is step on the USA's toes...

Why? USA is Israel's poodle. LOL

locutus12 · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:17

Visage said:
And everyone would know. The US couldnt say 'Oh, we didnt notice the massive fleet of bombers and support aircraft flying through Iraqi airspace....'

yeas they could...

"we thought it was a weather balloon... lots of them in fact..."

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:22

ElRazur said:
Aids,support etc...comes from the US?

I dunno about support, but didnt Aids come from monkeys, rather than the US?

ElRazur · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:23

Visage said:
I dunno about support, but didnt Aids come from monkeys, rather than the US?

**Yawns**

Virii was probably right about you...

Here get some knowledge.

intr. & tr.v., aid·ed, aid·ing, aids.
To help or furnish with help, support, or relief. See synonyms at help.

n.
The act or result of helping; assistance.

An assistant or helper.
A device that assists: visual aids such as slides.
A hearing aid.
An aide or aide-de-camp.
A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.