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Originally posted by Black Baron:
The problem with asad that he is a dictator.
In Israel, we have opposition, and a change could be made. In syria the only change will come when asad will die.
The question of disarmament is a rather problematic. iran is not knowed for peacefull realtionships. While we have good army, if we will be attacked by syria and iran we can suistain too heavy damage for us to exist.
Our area is small. you do not need a nuke to wip it off. merely a few hundreds of good rockets.
Gee, what iran has?
Out nukes are the only option of keeping the mad ayatollah at bay forever. He can shout what he wishes but he knows that we have the big club.
We can get rid of our nuclear weapons, provided that the un wil oblidge to obliterate the country that will attack us.
plus we must sign these peace treaties.
that will never happen.
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Hi Black Baron,
Nice to have an opinion from someone on the frontline, so to speak. I hear what your saying about the different forms of govt. and agree that it is a difficult situation. On the other hand, I've often thought that it must be difficult for countries that do have the same leaders for a long period to understand our own form of govt. where we change our leaders so often. This must cause problems getting used to different personalities and viewpoints not to mention different policies.
I also agree that for the time being, it is prudent to retain your nuclear arsenal. Iran is coming under increasing pressure to come clean about exactly what they have and to destroy it. I think they have come to the realisation that they are in serious danger of becoming the next Iraq. To my mind as well, Iran has modified their radical ways slightly over the last few years. The realisation that the west will not just sabre rattle anymore and that the UN has been shown up for the dithering, almost useless institution it has become, will not be allowed to stand in the way when action is required. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the idea of sending young men to war. But there comes a time when that is the only option left to reasonable people. The trick is to recognise that point, and act immediately. The UN doesn't recognise the point in time when it is nessecary, if indeed it ever did, so has become a toothless waste of time and space. Idiots like Hussein noticed this and played them perfectly for almost two decades!
Your last paragraph is the crux of the matter, and this is why I have said in previous posts that the Israeli govt. needs to exercise some tolerance and bend a little. Syria, through Assad has at least taken a step in the right direction. If Syria continues to talk of peace and makes moves towards securing this end, the Palestinians will have no option but to scale down their overt actions against Israel. Yasser Arafat also needs to be dealt with! This man has caused so much trouble over the years that I find it hard to believe he has not been caught in someones gunsights yet.