So..according to Yahoo! contributors, war with Iran is inevitable, and it's a good thing.

[OmahaBlueDog]

War with Iran is Inevitable
By Yahoo! Contributor Simon Nguyen

As Iran has always viewed Israel as its No. 1 adversary, a direct attack from Israel will surely trigger war between the countries. Since the U.S. and Israel are inseparable, this means America will likely be involved in the conflict one way or another. In a meeting with U.S airmen on Friday, Panetta was reported by the Associated Press to have given hint of possible military actions if Iran does not reverse course.

A war with Iran is likely to extend beyond conventional battlefields. Iran's greatest weapons are not tanks and guns, but its networks of proxies and terrorist groups. What actions Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza will undertake to support their ally Iran against Israel? Will Iran join hands with al-Qaida and other terrorist groups to plan attacks on the U.S. and its allies?

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/war-iran-inevitable-184700566.html

Avoid World War III -- The U.S., Not Israel, Should Attack Iran
By Yahoo! Contributor Owen Rust

If Iran's nuclear facilities must be destroyed, it is far safer for the world for the U.S. to use its Navy and Air Force to administer the strikes. Iran would have a more difficult time retaliating against an opponent separated by thousands of miles of ocean than it would against a nearby foe like Israel. Similarly, a mass uprising of Iran's new allies would cause much less harm to the U.S. than it would to Israel.

Iran's nuclear program is wrecked and World War III, complete with potential nuclear warfare, is prevented. Instead of being able to retaliate against a next-door aggressor, Iran is forced to contend with a larger, more powerful foe on the other side of the globe. It has no justification for trying to annihilate Israel, as it has oft threatened. While crisis might not be averted, it is nevertheless much less likely.

Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/avoid-world-war-iii-u-not-israel-attack-185500648.html

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You know, one thing we just haven't had enough of in the past ten years is war in south Asia and the Middle East.

[Zalatix]

1. Sure it is. As long as those Yahoo's aren't being sent to war.

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[midnight]

2. Time for everyone to come on home and stop the fighting...

[provis99]

3. I would guess that most on DU are in favor of war with Iran

I certainly am.


(where is that sarcasm thingy? can't find it anymore)

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. colon/"sarcasm"/colon

If you click the "smilies" button, you see a group of smilies, but isn't there. At the bottom of the group is a box with three dots. Click that. More smilies come up. You will then see the smilie, the smilie, the :kick: smilie, and my new favorite

[Capitalocracy]

9. That's a good one. I like this one:

[phasma ex machina]

4. I just met a Walmart checkout lady tonight who has trouble hearing because of her military service.

Explosions tend to blow out ear drums. An audiologist at a local medical clinic told me about getting pressured into signing off national guard soldiers with war induced hearing loss as fit for duty (deployment to Afghanistan.)

The whole thing makes me

America's simply got to free itself from the unholy trinity of "banksters debasing currency to fund war."

[OmahaBlueDog]

7. I keep seeing the same reservists getting sent back for more deployments.

In the movie "The Sting", Paul Newman has a line regarding the death of one of the characters.

Nothin's gonna make up for Luther. Revenge is for suckers. I've been grifting 30 years. I never got any.

I'm like many Americans. I'd like to get our pound of flesh for 9-11, the Iranian hostages in the late 70s, the USS Cole, and a bunch of other things. We've been at this for 10 years now, and except for killing Bin Laden (which we could have done back in '04 at Tora Bora) I don't see what's come out of this except we've blown a whole boatload of money and gotten some really fine, brave Americans killed (I'm thinking in particular of people like Pat Tillman, and the Seals we lost in the helicopter crash). If we've gained something from Iraq and Afghanistan, please let me know. I'll grant we haven't been attacked again, but go to to an airport and get on a flight -- we're clearly still terrorized.

We lose something like the equivalent of five 9-11s worth of Americans every year do to causes directly or indirectly related to lack of health insurance. Where's that war? Where's the mobilization to save those people?

[drokhole]

6. We've always been at war with [Iran].

[Lasher]

8. How handy it would be for Israel, if the US were to wage their war against Iran.

And how handy it would be if Iran were to seek revenge against the US instead of retaliating against Israel. After all, the USA and all her interests are confined to the other side of the world where Iranians and their sympathizers could never hope to inflict any damage.

What could possibly go wrong?

[OmahaBlueDog]

12. It'd really handy if you thought your opponent might have a viable nuclear weapon

The theory: If Israel attacke, and Iran turns out to have a nuke, there could be an exchange of nuclear weapons. However, Israel's friend, the US, has a bunch of nukes, and is physically distant. In this scenario, Iran couldn't/wouldn't respond to a US attack.

As you say...what could possibly go wrong?

[MADem]

10. Yahoo contributors, eh? nt

[joshcryer]

11. Ugh, Google those authors. One is a sports writer, the other is a misogynist.

Unsurprising, I should say, but yeah, just, eh. Yahoo! is whoring for cheap hits, I think.

Otherwise, I am comforted by the Yahoo! comments. Typically Yahoo! comment sections are filled with right wing mouthpieces, and while a lot of these people are right wingers, they're against this nonsense.

[GoCubsGo]

13. Not surprising.

Most of the people who post on Yahoo! are rightwing sock puppets. It's been that way for more than a decade.