War With Iran

First off I would like to start by making a distinction:war - a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state invasion - an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force War does not have to constitute and invasion. Keep that in mind going forward.Iranian Aggressiveness Iran has been extremely aggressive lately when dealing with the West, especially Israel. The main proponent of Iranian aggression has come through the rhetoric of their president Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad has continuously made threats against the states of Israel. Here are some examples: "Israel is destined for destruction and will soon disappear" - November 13, 2006."The Zionist regime is counterfeit and illegitimate and cannot survive" - October 19, 2006"A new Middle East will prevail without the existence of Israel" - August 4, 2006[1]It is clear that the Iranian president and his regime hate the state of Israel. This aggression cannot go unchallenged for an indefinite amount of time especially coupled with the fear of a nuclear weapon.Nuclear Weapons Iran's nuclear program seems illegitimate because Iran is not hurting for energy of any kind. - Iran is the 4th largest oil producer in the world. [2][3]- Iran takes in $77 billion a year in oil revenue [4] - Iran is home to the third largest oil reserve in the world [5]- Iran is home to the second largest natural gas reserve in the world [5]From these statistics we can see that energy should be no problem for Iran. This abundance of energy sources makes people wonder about the intentions of their nuclear program since it seems apparent that they are not hurting for energy. In fact, 18.5% of all Iranian electricity is lost to waste due to technical failure [5] which points to infrastructure problems not production problems. As we can see Iran is not hurting for power and the power problems they do have can be fixed without the help of nuclear energy. The fact that Iran is not in need of nuclear energy added to the potent anti-Israel rhetoric leads one to conclude that it is a good possibility that Iran is developing uranium for a bomb instead of energy. How else will Iran make good on their pledge to destroy Israel? If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck and looks like a duck its a duck. Do you want to wait until they show us a completely finished nuke before believing them? Everything points in the direction of nuclear weapons. They are even testing long range missiles [7] capable of being attached with a nuclear warhead. Long Range Capability Reports have Iran testing missiles able to hit "US targets" in the Middle East and in Eastern Europe. [6] So the statement you made is false. Also, Iran has the capability to hit Israel with a missile and Israel is a US ally. So the statement you made is incorrect. War Without Invasion The US could engage Iran in a war without invading Iran. We have no purpose to invade Iran but war does not have to include an invasion. We could wage a war through the air and at sea focused on breaking the Iranian capability to make war and to destroy their nuclear program. This can be achieved through bombings and missile attacks without putting one boot on the ground in Iran. There would be no need to invade at all.The goal for a war with Iran would be to prevent a nuclear strike by Iran on a US ally. This war would be designed at achieving this goal and invasion does not have to be a part of that. We could break the Iranian capability without invading anything.Therefore, between the enrichment of uranium when Iran is not in need of nuclear power, the potent anti-Israel rhetoric and the capability to attack US targets I propose a war in which air and sea power is used to break the Iranian nuclear program and war machine.Thank you. [1] http://israelnjudaism.blogspot.com...;[2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com......[3] http://www.infoplease.com......[4] http://en.wikipedia.org......(Iran)#Revenues_from_crude_oil[5] http://en.wikipedia.org...;[6] http://www.usnews.com...;[7] http://www.haaretz.com...;