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Originally Posted by lwarmonger
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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If it took decades for Britain to loose it's naval supremacy it's not hard to believe that the US can loose a lot of military power in such a short period of time.
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You would probably have said the same thing in 1938..
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You can't really compare 1938 to 2008 and you can't say that you wouldn't have hoped for the same thing in 1938. Circumstances change. People learn from theirs' and history's mistakes. Diplomacy has also improved markedly since then and successful diplomatic solutions have been proven to work in the most unlikely of places.
I don't think nuking iran will do much for the US's already-poor reputation and i do think there are alternatives. I'm not saying that i disagree with any military response period (for example i agree with the invasion of afghanistan).
It's not like Iran can do anything with a nuclear bomb anyway (as previously mentioned).