War With Iran

Iranian AggressivenessWhen did the US overthrow the Iranian government? If you are talking about the Iranian Revolution you are sadly mistaken. The Iranian Revolution overthrew the monarchy that was in power and the US had very little to do with that. In fact the US didn't even believe Iran was in a state of revolution. The US was midly pro-monarchy in Iran due to the security it brought against the USSR on the border there. The Iranian Revolution put in the current government Iran has today so I really have no clue what you're talking about.[1]Just because a nation does not act on its hatred does not mean that the hatred is not there. This is logical fallacy. Hatred does not need an act of violence to be consumated. Nuclear WeaponsWe can argue that Iran lacks the responsibility needed for nuclear power in two very different areas:1) They can't even manage their traditional power grid. They have outages, shortages and waste that is due completely to infrastructure and operator error and nothing to do with output or supply. If they can't even manage a traditional power grid correctly what makes you think they can handle an extremely expensive, finicky and volatile nuclear plant? It has nothing to do with the nuclear waste itself but how they set up, run and prevent accidents from happening. They do not have this technology and that is apparent by their management of traditional power resources. 2) Their open support for anti-US terrorist groups is disturbing. Why would we give Iran even the slightest opporitunity to obtain material that could be used to threaten not only the national security of the US but of key US allies as well? - Also, if the ties with Hezbollah are "so well-known" how come they get away with supplying them with missiles to launch into Israel on a daily basis? If they're brash enough to openly support this group with weaponry aimed at killing civilians what makes you think they wouldn't supply them with other things as well?Your argument about the Geiger counter is completely useless. Who is going to be allowed to walk around Iran with a Geiger counter in one hand and a phone to the UN on the other? No one. The UN can barely get standard people into the country and actually manage to get the Iranians to keep them there on a regular basis. Who's sweeping the Iranian deserts with a Geiger counter?Long RangeYou cede the point. Also, Israel is a nonfactor in the nuclear discussion because they have never even let the world know they have nuclear weapons and have shown no signs of wanting to use nuclear force against Iran. The same cannot be said of Iran who supports anti-Israel terror groups with weapons already and have already indirectly attacked Israeli civilians. Israel has made no such move and therefore this argument is a nonfactor. War Without InvasionLet me clarify the meaning I was trying to convey so the readers to do not get fooled by your obvious attempt to trap me with schemantics. We would not have to wage a large scale GROUND invasion against Iran with US soldiers on the ground in large numbers to achieve our goal. I've already said that missile force, air force and sea power would be neccessary for this effort. What I am refering to is a mass land invasion which would NOT be required. * Iran is not responsible enough for nuclear power and letting them obtain it would be a clear and present danger to Israel and the United States* Iran is a supporter of anti-Western terrorist groups* We could achieve our goals through military operations without using massive land power[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...;