[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] attacking Iran?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I don't know what to believe, but here's the current #1 on Reddit:

http://politics.reddit.com/goto?id=2kxog

Of course I'm skeptical of the claims but we've been hearing for months 
that something might happen.  We'll just have to wait and see.

I just want to add one interesting point.  The Muslim world consists of 
Shia and Sunni.  Our President and his family are close friends of the 
Saudi royal family, who are Sunni.  The President wants to spread freedom 
and democracy in the Middle East, but the Saudi royals are dictators and 
they do not have a democracy, yet Bush has never expressed any concerns 
about that.  This map shows the distribution of Shia and Sunni:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Muslim_distribution.jpg

We have been attacking some of the countries with the largest Shia 
populations:  Iraq and Afghanistan, and Iran is certainly the most Shia of 
all of them.  What next?  Syria and Yemen?

I'm sure there's a strong argument for attacking Iran, but it would be 
easy to make a strong argument for removing the Saudi royals and 
instituting a democracy in Saudi Arabia.  Most of the 9/11 terrorists were 
Saudi, for starters.  There's plenty more where that came from but we 
aren't hearing about it.

Regarding any possible forthcoming attacks:  I normally withold judgment 
on such matters because I can know very little of the evidence that 
confronted the President, but this time it's a little different.  After 
years of scheming, lying and secrecy, he won't have my support for any 
unprovoked attack on another nation.

Mike

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