Well, Reagan handled the issue of the Iranians by selling them arms and giving the money to fund a civil war in El Salvador. And making a deal to not release the hostages until after he was sworn into office.
Military action could provoke another war, and Iran has borders on Afghanistan and Iraq. Imagine what would happen if all of a sudden, the Iranians could start overt action on overstretched American forces on two fronts where the US are isolated, both georgraphically and culturally?
Behaving threateningly towards Iran only invites them to try to arm more. So what is needed is a finely balanced foreign policy. Going about declaring war on people will scare them, and this causes them to try to obtain every weapon they can get their hands on, and to elect regimes that are willing and able to use them.
Once again; I completely agree with you.
Well, Reagan handled the issue of the Iranians by selling them arms and giving the money to fund a civil war in El Salvador. And making a deal to not release the hostages until after he was sworn into office.
Provoking them will only encourage them to build more bombs,and use them.
Military action could provoke another war, and Iran has borders on Afghanistan and Iraq. Imagine what would happen if all of a sudden, the Iranians could start overt action on overstretched American forces on two fronts where the US are isolated, both georgraphically and culturally?
That sounds like a plan!
the problem is that doing nothing about it and hiding behind the UN has the same results. This is proven now.
I think Obama should ask Jimmy Carter how to handle the situation.
Old school covert military action
a combination of actions.....military action should be a last resort...
Behaving threateningly towards Iran only invites them to try to arm more. So what is needed is a finely balanced foreign policy. Going about declaring war on people will scare them, and this causes them to try to obtain every weapon they can get their hands on, and to elect regimes that are willing and able to use them.