Originally posted by Raider179
I dont think it would be that hard to get one here. I would think it rather easy to take one in by boat. After all these drugs get in by the ton. You dont even have to get it in. Just close enough to the port of a major city and its gonna do plenty of damage.
As for knowing where it came from that will probably not be difficult. Nukes leave residual matter that can be traced. (If I remember correctly.) The only problem would be is if they were smart enough to use someone else's fissionable material.
Seems like the more I think about it the reason we might go after Iran now is because if we had to later then they would be nuclear armed and that would pose a signifigant threat to troops in theater.
They will not be our Ally. you can forget that one. They hate America with a passion. They hold anti-American rallies and the like.
Why do you think the Iranians hate us?
What have we ever done to them that they can consider positive?
When have they ever attacked us?
Let's see, the Shah and his CIA and Mossad trained SAVAK.
They take our hostages (they were pissed).
We freeze their assets (We were pissed).
We urged Saddam's starting his invasion of Iran as we thought the post revolution Iran as weak militarily.
We were instrumental in Saddam gettin his hands on some WMDs that were used against the Iranians.
When we were supposed to be a neutral patrolling the Gulf during that Iran/Iraq war, we ended up taking sides after one of our ships gets bombed (Exocet) by an Iraqi Aircraft!
We ended up shooting down (accidental) an Iranian airliner which resulted in the deaths of all of its civillian passengers.
So far not so good for US/Iran relations.
The relations start to thaw under HWB and the Clinton Administrations.
Iran/US seem close to opening up diplomatic relations. We're not so seemingly pissed off at each other.
Anti-American rhetoric seemingly slows down in Iran.
Then comes the "Axis of Evil" speech by G. Bush.
We have targeted Iran.
That along with Invading Afghanistan, then Iraq (on false WMD charges).
We've got troops beyond Iran's western border in Iraq.
We have troops beyond Iran's eastern border in Afghanistan.
We have "allies" in Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, all close to or on the border with Iran.
Iran is fearing us right about now, so the increase in anti-American sentiment is not surprising.
You think all of our anti-Iranian speeches and threats are going to have them like us?
We've shown that we have invaded other countries, occupied them, and overthrew their govt's.
Right now is not the time to be rattling our sabres.
We should be extending the olive branch and try to develop our relations, both diplomatically and in business.
War and hatred is just too costly in wasted dollars and lives lost.
