WOULD you support Iran invasion???

nikola s

Y E S

smsmith500

Not unless we had a clear reason for doing it.

Jackolantern

Not unless they attacked us first. Lets not do the Iraq thing again for any reason!

farfromfl

Hey brother, there's no chance we'll invade Iran. We'd just as soon invade China. When it comes down to it, we don't have the ability to hold Iranian territory. Even if we pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran's too mountainous, too vast, and too prepared for an insurgency. They've got a parallel military, with the Iranian army and the Revolutionary guard. The Revolutionary guard trains specifically for a US invasion. An invasion of Iran is one of the nightmare perfect storm scenarios. Furthermore, the Iran has had a lot of unrest for a good while now. The possibility of and counter-Islamic revolution is very real.

The liklihood of airstrikes or perhaps even a raid is far greater. Bank on airstrikes. If we don't do it, Israel will. Just keep in mind that their nuclear sites are built under villages. They've put their citizens right on top of them, knowing the international reaction to an attack.

As a career soldier, I'm very concerned about the future of our military under Hillary, not because she's a woman, but because I just don't trust her judgement. She has no military experience, and is all about public opinion. She'll follow the masses, which follow the press, which gives them what sells. That puts us on a ship with no pilot brother.

Good question...

Niknud

ABSOLUTELY NOT!! If Iran were to attack the U.S. somehow, then that's a different story, but we should never, ever, invade a country unprovoked. As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, the president doesn't make that decision alone. There is a good reason why we have a checks and balance system in this country ( not that it works that well anymore). As much as I hate "dubya", he couldn't have invaded Iraq without approval from Congress. I don't think the next prez is going to get any support for an unprovoked attack on another country these days.

single occupant

No.

And I don't feel safe going to war with Bush in charge, so your innuendo doesn't work on me... or a lot of other people.

constance m

I think this is already in motion. George W. just sold all of these armamants to Saudi Arabia (Sunnis). I think that his goal is to turn the whole of the Middle East into rubbish, and he is suceeding.

Hillary voted for this mess. Who knows just what she and Bill will do.

spooky

HI.I would support a tactical enforcment to close its borders to prevent arms shippments and the like.

TomT

The only logical future use of American military is to turn it loose on the democrats. It's the only way to have a secure America.

HLBellevino

This is going to make me very unpopular with my fellow females. I don't think this country is ready for a female president, especially not if it were Hillary. In time of war, which could be anytime, we need a man at the helm. I am sorry but women just cant detach themselves from the emotional aspect of war enough to make unbiased decisions. Decisions which may and probably would result in collateral damage. Innocent people die in time of war, it's an ugly but unavoidable truth.
And to answer your first question, yes, I would support an Iran invasion/occupation. But do I want a woman at the helm when it happens, no way. Sorry ladies.

cali

Vampire 13R

NO
Last month it was North korea we had to invade
Now they have our Ford Assembly Plant
The way the Bush Administration is selling out America invading Iran would cost us what few jobs are left

hannibal61577

NO, let's keep our noses out of other people's business for awhile. Hillary is more of a man than most of the other candidates, but I hope that she doesn't get elected.

You think Iraq is bad? Iran would be much worse.

Ms Blue

I just wonder if the troops would respect Hilary. I know she is smart and a very driven woman, but would they respect her?

Invade Iran? Well when reading your question I thought of an interview with Iran's leader and one of our top news sources. He was very full of his self and had an air to him that he was some God appointed leader, and the United States was the devil. That was not too reassuring. Iran has been a mess for decades, and the mentality that is charge is unfortunately looking more and more like terrorist theory.

Thank you for serving~

cndtroops1

I am starting to get real pissed with these countries but the fact is that unless we want to go in to these places and create a nazi like regime (which i dont support) they are still going to attack us with suicide bombers, the coalition can attack every country in that area of the world at the same time and destroy there armies with minimal losses, but the hard part as has been proven is fighting people dumb enough to blow themselves up for some backwards cause, they dont even see that we are trying to help them. I support using specail ops teams to destroy there nuclear technology workups. Mass economic sanctions could also help discourage this, if they have no 1st world countries to sell oil to they might consider backing down. Oil sands in alberta can keep us rockin for years.

FRAGINAL-NOYPI

If there is a valid reason, invasion of Iran is legal.

Mephisto

Invade Iran, under what pretense. A military Iran is no threat. A Nuke Iran is neither, USSR or China never were. US Doctrine is Escalation and Descalation - depends on the aggressor. Our 1st Generals in Iraq voiced their opinion and got retired. Remember this, If Saddam had treated his military with dignity and respected his populace, we would have had a run on our mis-advanture. He never took Vietnamese or Yugoslav training seriously.

lvillejj

NO!!! We have been at WAR for almost 7 years now! It's time to come home!! Reconsolidate and reorganize and fight the next generation.

TJTB

No to Hillary (nothing against her being a woman, she just doesn't sit right with me as president, I wouldn't mind another Gore/Clinton ticket though, if Al decides to run)
A great big fat NO to invasion of Iran.
If we attack them, Iran is not going to roll over and play dead. We're under estimating the long term repercussions of a gigantous mistake like invading Iran.

gunplumber_462

Absolutely not. By what right does the US get to decide other nation's energy policy?

Wulfie

We don't need to invade Iran. The Navy could take care of that little problem without stepping foot on soil.

The bigger issue is that we don't know their military capability. Iran may have some nukes which would be a problem. Nobody wants to see a mushroom growing over Washington, D. C.

My guess is they are gonna get hit. We will try a first strike on their weapons manufacturing and try to disable their military will a fast strike. It won't be easy. We are going to lose some men and equipment. But a threat like Iran cannot be ignored. In ten years they will have a fleet of long range missiles and nuclear weapons.

eric l

No! We would be in Iraq all over again except it would be in Iran.
We pay people to explode IED's against the government and oil facilities. We do this and destabilize the government. Lets give them a taste of their own medicine. Lets let them know what it is like to be picked off by an enemy at random.

Starte Christ

Why don't you go and invade Iran by yourself.

napoleon_in_rags

No need. A nuclear-armed Iran would be only a theoretical threat to the USA, but it would be a very real and immediate threat to Israel. The IDF/AF will take care of any Iranian nuclear facilities, just as it took care of Osirak. All we have to do is supply the Israelis with JDAMs and spare parts for their F-15s and F-16s.

And while I dislike Hillary Clinton, I don't feel "safe" going to war with ANY president. War is inherently unsafe.

Yaktivistdotcom

What do you mean by "invasion?". If the objective is to take out their nuke capabilities, that wouldn't require a full scale invasion and occupation. I suppose a commando strike could also be called an invasion, but that is the most I would support for such a limited objective. I would hope that would be the most any president would sign off on, and then only if sabotage had failed.

Milmom

She would have to be someone that has served in the military. I can only think of that woman Marine General Mutter? I think her name is. But women have NOT really been involved in combat. Tho there are stories everywhere of it being that women do get caught up in combat situations. Heck a girl from my hometown got blown up by an IED.
So then your are opening up a whole new line of thinking.. if a woman can be the "Commander in Chief" then why can't women serve in combat jobs/mos. That creates a huge amount of debate beyond the scope of this board.
I don't want to see us in war. The whole thing has just left us ragged and broken.
Muhjadada ding dong needs to leave and let those Iranian people think for themselves. But I don't think I would support military action against them..
He's dangerous, but I think he's blowing smoke and mirrors right now.
I think I would exhaust every single diplomatic avenue before I would commit our sons and daughters to another conflict.

John T

The military is sworn to follow the orders of the elected president of the United States, regardless of who that may be.

I enforce policy. I don't make it.

That being said, those who claim there are no grounds for a war with Iran or that Iran is not already a threat to us have no clue about Iran, and particularly not a nuclear Iran.

I touched on the dangers and threats of Iran in my article, "Regional Entanglements of the Middle East." http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-DfkctJU7dK5B7LcNROoyVQ--;_ylt=AiNXZokI1G6zowgYXNnJS9m0AOJ3?cq=1

Iran is supporting both Shi'a and Sunni militants in Iraq. Their #2 (favorite) man in Iraq, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has accused them of supporting Al-Qaeda.

Iran has a 25+year history of supporting Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations.

Did we not declare war on ALL state sponsors of terrorism? Do some now believe we should allow them their 'sovereign right' to gain nuclear weapons?

Hezbollah(sponsored by Iran) attacked the US Air Force with a car bomb packed in a sewage truck in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Hezbollah recently fired hundreds of rockets at Israeli cities, including schools and hospitals.

Again, I remind those here that the deadliest IED's used against the American troops are made in Iran, along with many other armaments used against our troops. Iran was quiet while they considered an invasion by us as a real possibility. They ratcheted it up after certain of our politicians and virtually all of our media undermined our resolve to finish the work we've started.

Considering they already give terrorists their most advanced weaponry, why would anyone think they would safeguard nuclear weapons?

That will be a different kind of war, if we have a president that listens to his generals. And that should not be taken as an indictment of our current commander in chief. It just does not appear he will be sitting in the same seat when that decision is made.

david

Hilary would call a draft, as well other DEmocrats

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