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earthside

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2. What about us standing with Iran ...
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 06:12 PM
Mar 2012

... if without provocation Israel attacks them?

Provocation can't be, "Well, we think Iran is making an A-bomb so we'll preemptively attack them."

So, is the U.S. under Pres. Obama going to repeat the same mistake we made under Bush/Cheney and buy into this preemptive war malarky?

Furthermore, where is the principle of "every country has the right to defend itself" if Israel attacks Iran? Doesn't Iran have a right to defend itself?

As long as Israel illegally has nuclear weapons, they simply don't have any moral or ethical reason to attack Iran over the allegation that Iran might have a capability someday to construct an A-bomb.



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