Thread: IRAN --- Invasion on the horizon? Nukes? Position of Russia, USA and China

2) Israel feels that Iran threatens them so sooner or later it will get ballsy enough to attack. With or without help from USA. US apparently wants to stay out of it, but Israel pushes it into this war.

Many Americans are fed up with so much support for Israel. I have to admit that I am torn on this issue. Israel's position in the middle east is precarious - yet now Israel stomps around and carries a big stick, and persecutes the Palestinians cruelly, and with too much confidence, too content that the US will jump in and come to the rescue if Israel gets itself into trouble. In some ways, I feel like Israel is a skinny little kid, pretending to be a schoolyard bully, because he is friends with a REAL bully (the US) but takes that friendship for granted.

Originally Posted by Deborski

Many Americans are fed up with so much support for Israel. I have to admit that I am torn on this issue. Israel's position in the middle east is precarious - yet now Israel stomps around and carries a big stick, and persecutes the Palestinians cruelly, and with too much confidence, too content that the US will jump in and come to the rescue if Israel gets itself into trouble. In some ways, I feel like Israel is a skinny little kid, pretending to be a schoolyard bully, because he is friends with a REAL bully (the US) but takes that friendship for granted.

It's amazing what a bit of schoolyard experience can do for ones understanding of international politics!!
Funny!

I think this question is easier to relate to if we keep Israel out of the picture. The Iranians are not even Arabs, they don't actually like Arabs. Would they really attack Israel because it mistreats a million or so Arabs in the occupied territories?

Perhaps it's a bit like the Cold War - useful to endlessly talk about and scare people with.. But everyone knows that nobody will actually dare to attack the other. That's how I looke at Iran's rhetoric against Israel...

I honestly don't care if Iran gets nukes. Israel already has them, so it's not a threat to Israel. It would just create the same balance as in the Cold war. Iran has no other serious enemies within missile distance,

There are absolute TONS of Iranians in Europe already. With a war, there would be millions more legitimate refugees that would be guaranteed refugee status.