Is an Israeli strike on Iran imminent?

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I'd prefer they just keep killing the people building the nuke stuff and making the facilities play AC/DC while spinning the doodads and whatchawiggits (highly technical terms) to the breaking point....but I understand their concern.

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Israel 'prepared for 30-day war with Iran'

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...and it seems like the "leaked" memo is shenanigans.  Feel free to ignore the above.

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Fact:Iran supports/funds/arms organizations that kill Israeli citizens
Fact:Iran is working on creating nuclear weapons

How long should Israel wait before doing something to make sure those two facts don't merge?  I'll grant that the Hezzys setting off a nuke in Tel Aviv isn't likely to happen next week or even next year, but at some point those long odds aren't going to be so long.

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Fact:Iran supports/funds/arms organizations that kill Israeli citizens

There's a difference between sending money to Hezbollah and using a nuke in terrorism. By that logic you should think Pakistan will nuke New Delhi for no reason- it ain't gonna happen. And it's an insane way to think. If everybody thought like that, the world would be in WW3 in no time.

Well at least you are accepting that Iran is an aggressor in this game unlike some others.

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How is that a fact?

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Depends on what the latest NIE says....but do you REALLY think they aren't working on it?

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Except by Israel's own admission, they cannot 'make sure' of anything. In fact, it is possible that an unprovoked attack would in the long run do more to make sure they do merge (however still unlikely).
[/quote]Well yeah, very few things in life are "sure things", but if the guy sitting across from you, the guy always threatening you and getting his friends to punch you in the back head when you aren't looking, is fiddling with something behind his back and you strongly suspect he's putting a gun together...how long are you going to wait before you do something.  Sure, doing something might not help, but it's better than ignoring it or wishing it would all just go away.

Again, I don't think Israel should (or will) attack Iran tomorrow, but I understand their concern.

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And also consider that most Americans aren't affected by war since they have poor people to go fight for them

This is one persistent myth.

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And also consider that most Americans aren't affected by war since they have poor people to go fight for them

This is one persistent myth.

Cite?

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Indeed, the children of rich lefties tend to be pansies

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Agreed.  Congress should raise taxes every time* they do something where they are spending more than they take in.  That would end a lot of the stupidity in DC.


*with the occasional exception for extreme circumstances...and I mean once a century extreme situations...like WWII or the Civil War

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That would be fine too...much better than way we're doing it now anyway.

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It's still imminent?...how long can something be imminent?