Iran is giving very effective arms to eL Quieda and deveoping nuclear weapons and has publically stated IT will destroy Israel.

We HAVE to stop them. So it is either wait couple years till all hits the fan or do it now ... and it will all hit the fan, but less terribly.
Russia is rebuilding its Cold War Military Might and they will hit us when we hit IRAN .... so do it NOW while Rusiia is still weak and Iran is not yet to the nuclear capability

What are we waiting for? Get this over with already, the UN is completely worthless, it's in business to launder money and steal funds the US contributes, a bunch of worthless paper pushers!! The longer we wait, the less likely IRAN will submit to anything!

No do not stop Iran from it's nuclear program. When they strike they will take out Democrat strong
holds in the US.

Actually Mr. Coleman, Al Qaeda is a Sunni group and Iran is a Shiite group. They hate each other. Iran might be giving arms to Shiite militants in Iraq, Al Sadr and his ilk, but definitely not Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is fighting against Iran.

Just a reminder to those who crave war, the American military is strapped. If we had enough troops, then Bush would not have to extend the tours of duty in Iraq. If we attack Iran, there will have to be a draft to effectively carry out the attack. We do not have enough troops. We have seen what lack of preparation has done to Iraq. We could have been successful, if they had committed the resources. Let us not be hasty and make a similar mistake with Iran. The results of such an action would be disastrous.

Very funny, too bad it ain't true on the last post.

"the IAEA, an intergovernmental body which monitors nuclear efforts around the world,"

Nice try conveying the UN is some sort of world government. The IAEA is part of the UN. They don't govern anything.

Lace up your boot straps everyone between 18 and 35. If we attack Iran directly there is no way the armed forces can keep troop levels stable without a draft. Not to mention add another 80 billion a year for another war that comes out of our pockets. The solution is simple. Bully the security council to cut all refined fuel from entering Iran and stop all export of crude oil out. The ruling party would collapse in about a month and we would not start world war 3.

History is trying to repeat itself. This is true in every way. So, now we need to make that move, kill or be killed. It is an axle of evil that is churning over there. Time is ticking away.

1,300 is not nearly enough to make even one bomb a year. Their program is shabby -- Pakistan is 20 times more advanced.

Iran has three times the acreage and three times the population of Iraq. Even at full strength the US Army would have thier hands full in Iran.

What we need to do is a precision air strike on the sites that are doing the refining. And maybe send a special forces team to pick up a couple key leaders.

When the good people of Iran find that the leadership is missing, they can pick up the peaces and start a more peaceful govenrment there.

Dave, the article states "intergovernmental"...that is exactly what the UN is. "Intergovernmental" means it is an entity comprised of representatives from various governments around the world. ABC isn't attempting to "convey" anything.

OK, boys and girls, let's play a little mind game. Recently, a hand full of British sailors were taken captive. For the threat to 15 souls, Iran was able to force England to accept its terms and conditions. Now, imagine that Iran were to announce today that they have one, just one, atomic weapon. And, let's imagine that they said that they would use it to blow up a random Western population center. Or, maybe the target would be the oil fields of the Middle East. Maybe they would just pop the thing in the Suez Canal. By that point, do you really think the nations of the world would do anything EXCEPT follow their dictates? The gun may not be to our heads yet, but it is most certainly in the hands of a madman. And, he is currently loading the bullets. If we allow this to continue to what has to be the ultimate result, we truly deserve to reap what we have sown.

Iran is controlled by right-wing, militant, religious freaks, bent on converting the world to their way of thinking, governing, and praying. When this is the motivating force of a nation, logic, humanity, and truth are the first casualties....Somehow, the Iranians may have noticed a similar dynamic at work right next door in Iraq, and feel threatened,.....suppose?

Why does some people believe that we "need" ground troops? One month of bombing would about do it for awhile, at least enough to take care of the current leadership.

I'm sorry, Bill, are you advocating the destruction of thousands of human lives, in your own country no less, based on the idea that they have different political views than you? I just pray that somehow I've misunderstood your post. I mean surely you don't actually mean that you hope other innocent civilians, living and working in the land of free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion, die because they happen to be members of another political party or even just in close proximity to other people that are members of another political party. That is utterly abhorrent. Not to mention, if DC were taken out, for example, I imagine they would catch a couple of Republicans in the mix. Really well reasoned.

I am not arguing that we attack them first. That is flat out immoral. However, if I were president of the US, I'd make sure they knew that any first use of nuclear weapons by them would be met with a response so overwhelming that Iran would cease to exist. Civilian nuclear power? Fine. Weapons for defense? Fine. First use? Down you go.

If the United States would every need to invade Iran, I hope we will learned from our past mistakes. Keep Congress and the media out of the decision making on how to run a war. It didn't work in Korea, Vietnam and now in Iraq. The military is ran by officers who have been trained for combat and diploymacy for years. While Congress has only been trained on how to waste our money on anything they desire. There is only 1 commander in chief, not 535 plus all the bleeding heart liberals

I agree that Iran needs to be dealt with, but I'm disturbed at some of the ignorance to the Middle East that I see here. I'm pretty conservative and support active involvement in the Middle East. Make no mistake though, and learn from Iraq, that no matter how much the people of Iran hate their government, they'll pull together against us once the bombs start falling. If we're going to do something about Iran, we need the world behind us, and we need to be ready to go to all out war for an entire generation.

Alright everyone its time to WAKE UP! Has anyone heard the phrase, "The enemy of my Enemy is my friend" Even if Iran is Shite and Al Quida Sunni, doesn't matter, they are still Muslim and the Great Evil Empire in their minds is the Good Ole USA! They will work together to destroy the US and after that then kill each other.

To the person that called our President a dictator..sorry Charlie, if we or he were anything like a dictatorship, you wouldn't be able to write it without having secret service at your door by dinner time today!