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Originally Posted by Professor S
Well thats a very ethnocentric view of Iran's political policies. We think its sabre rattling because that is what we know. It is the idea that makes most sense. Its always been a mistake in the West to view them through the East's sensibilities. We made the same mistake when Rumsfeld thought that people would welcome us with open arms once Saddam was overthrown.
What if Iran's goal is to bring about the apocalypse? We already know that fundamental islamists welome the opportunity to die for the good fight, why should we assume a nation run by fundamentalists would care if they are destroyed in the process of cleansing the earth in blood?
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You make valid points and I agree with you. I just hope the UN steps in, not the US, and I hope they step in with diplomacy. Anc, sanctions aren't diplomatic....I think if Iran was going to go out on one last Apocalyptic crusade they would just try to blow up Israel.
Anyway, Rumsfeld underestimated a region that has had thousands of years of turmoil...if you don't rule that region with an iron fist you don't rule at all.
The Middle East is like the theoretical physics of politics, so I'll shut up now.