Poke The Mullahs With The Soft Cushions

[Skeptic]

It seems like a reasonable extrapolation.

By your own words you believe the Iranians are only one or two years away from building a bomb. Given the stakes, that's a very narrow margin of error for intel that could easily have underestimated them.

Oh C'mon. There WILL be a seven-hour and 13-minute window of opportunity between the last failure of the diplomatic process when AUP (supreme moral authority that he is) will finally allow the use of force, and the time Iran actually does go nuclear.

If we can't plan and execute a military action to take out their nukes in that time, well, that's our tough luck.

 

[a_unique_person]

Oh C'mon. There WILL be a seven-hour and 13-minute window of opportunity between the last failure of the diplomatic process when AUP (supreme moral authority that he is) will finally allow the use of force, and the time Iran actually does go nuclear.

If we can't plan and execute a military action to take out their nukes in that time, well, that's our tough luck.

You are still making things up.

 

[gnome]

Perhaps instead of arguing whether those favoring diplomacy will wait too long to resort to force, we should be suggesting at what step in Iran's progress it can be considered time to resort to force.

In truth, I'm rather hawkish on preventing nuclear proliferation. If a nation has stated a clear intent, and has the means, I can support appropriate use of force to prevent it. I favor going to the UN and trying to get as much diplomatic pressure as can be brought to bear... but if that fails, it's time to take action.

 

[a_unique_person]

I think that is more the point, and to what extent diplomatic pressure and sanctions can work. That is, sanctions can severely disprupt a country, as Saddam and South Africa found out.