Matth

The story, at least from news coverage, so far...

Iran operates a Uranium enrichment facility, with the prospect of making nuclear weapons.

The western world is more alarmed at the prospect of an Islamic rogue state having nukes, than at the communist states.

Iran has a pretty much standing threat against Israel, Israel threatens pre-emptive strike to remove potential nuclear capability.

Diplomats talk a good fight, sanctions appear inevitable but most likely ineffective.

Now, it seems there is strong evidence that Iran has been arming pro-Saddam rebels to kill peacekeeper forces and innocent bystanders.
This surely twists the balance, and while it seems unlikely that the US would actually condone an Israeli strike, I guess the US (and probably the UK) would stand behind their "self defence" justifications if they did so.


In fact, lets get the the debate rolling, if Iran are not prepared to negotiate their nuclear capabilty away, then it must be removed by force, and not by leaving Israel to do our dirty work.

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