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Not a US, Western or Israeli colony.
As a victim of slavery, colonialism and imperialism I pass on this madness.
That is all

Dawson Leery
(19,448 posts)leftstreet
(36,790 posts)maxsolomon
(36,731 posts)opposed by the majority of its citizens. They've been bad actors for decades, propped up by their vast oil wealth. I don't want them to have nuclear weapons just like I don't want North Korea to have them.
We don't get to pass on this - Trump is going to drag us wherever his addled mind decides, then changes tomorrow, then changes the day after.
Our best hope is TACO.
Deep State Witch
(11,932 posts)The right has been itching for this for years. Remember McCain and his "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran." nonsense? The fact that they railed so hard against the Obama plan that the Iranians abided by?
Iran is not only a sovereign nation, but they are a notorious bad actor in the region. They're behind a lot of the terrorist groups, including HAMAS and Hezbollah. I'm not shedding a tear for them.
tritsofme
(19,324 posts)That is all!
Deep State Witch
(11,932 posts)I know. I know. Frankly, it's not surprising.
LexVegas
(6,842 posts)newdeal2
(3,016 posts)Iranian leadership is pretty weak right now.
WarGamer
(17,364 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(15,782 posts)I'll wait, but I suspect that I'll be waiting for a long time as I've yet to see anyone here make that claim.
And just for the record, I oppose any direct US involvement in destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Do you think a nuclear armed Iran is good for Israel? The ME? The world?
Kid Berwyn
(20,822 posts)Huckfuck said Drumpf is contemplating nuking Tehran. Bibi's got a couple hundred he said he might toss in, too.
End of the world scenarios and surprised to see so many are gung-ho for it.