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Originally Posted by cuba
I don't think bombing iran will achieve much in the long run. In thirty or so years time, when America might no have the capability to enforce any sanctions on Iran, this "rogue state" would have recovered from a strike and would be more than capable of acquiring a bomb.
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Which means we bomb them again? Or even nuke them? I don't see how thirty years really changes our respective military capabilities except more in our favor (barring Iranian development as a nuclear power).
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Although it may well be too late now, i think diplomacy is/was the only solution.
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You would probably have said the same thing in 1938.
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Either that or removing the current government from power... apparently half of iran's population is under the age of 24.
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Regime change is not something the US can enforce on Iran right now, and there is nowhere near enough support for an internal revolution to succeed.