War With Iran

Iranian Aggressiveness Iran and the West have had a long history of controversy and disagreement. I agree. However, the past is past. Whatever context you put the Iranian quotes in, it still overwhelmingly points to the desire to see Israel wiped off the map and there is no justification for making such comments. They are hostile towards the West and towards Israel. That has been established. Next you say that Iran doesn't actually say they'll be the ones to wipe Israel off the map but I'll get to that next section. This has no bearing on their comments.Nuclear Weapons Iran's nuclear faciliities aren't even big enough to be viable for power production. [1] The plants they are using do not produce enough uranium to be usable in a powerplant but are very condusive to military purposes. If they are developing nuclear power then why do their facilities say otherwise. i. Nuclear Power is a Responsibility Due to the dangerous nature of nuclear power and the hazards and implications that come with it, possessing it is a huge responsibility. The Iranians are not yet ready for this responsibility. Iran is a huge supporter of terrorism. They have sponsored, helped and funded the terrorist group Hezbollah. [2] Hezbollah has been one of the main groups attacking Israel via the Gaza strip. Now, you said Iran never directly said they'd be the ones to destroy Israel so what better way to do it than go through their terrorist front? All it would take is a suitcase full of old uranium pellets from a Iranian reactor strapped to a stick of dynamite and you have a "dirty-bomb" that could be given to any terrorist group on Earth by the Iranian government.Nuclear power is not only dangerous when used in a weapon. If you don't have the means, money or technology to properly deal with and dispose of all the things that go with nuclear technology then you should not be able to possess it and Iran clearly does not meet all the requirements. A UN inspector can't stop the outflow of illicit radioactive material to terrorist groups. Long Range I apologize for my source not being able to open. It said the range of these missiles was enough for Iran to be able to hit Israel, US bases in the Middle East, Turkey and parts of Eastern Europe. This is plenty of range to attack the United States forces and some of her allies. While it is believed that Israel has nukes it has never been confirmed by the United States or the UN so their position as a nuclear power remains skeptacle at best. Also, Israel has the technology, the money and the support to deal with nuclear technology if the need ever arose to do so. Iran does not. Again, it wouldn't be too hard to stuff old radioactive material into a bomb or missile to create a potentially hazardous situation for many, many people. War Without InvasionOnce again, war does not equal invasion. The Japanese were at war with the US in WWII but never invaded and we never invaded them save for island hopping. Why? Because bombs ended the war. War does not need an invasion to be war. All we would have to do is bomb their air fields, oil fields, ship yards, barracks and nuclear facilities to achieve the goal. An invasion of Iran wouldn't be needed and in fact would be completely counterproductive to US goals. We just want to make it so that Iran cannot misuse nuclear technology to harm our allies.* Iran sponsors terrorism* Nuclear technology in the hands of Iran could lead to it being in terrorist hands* We could wage a war by air and sea to prevent this without an invasion of the country[1] http://leuropa.eu...;[2] http://terrorism.about.com...;