Ummmmm....Bush? Hillary said that if Iran attacked Israel, they would be obliterated, would face mass retaliation. We both know exactly what that means. It isn't a few stray cruise missiles taking out an aspirin factory. That's nuclear weapons, pure and simple. And the Bush administration said long ago that some of those nuclear facilities can only be taken out with nukes, so yes, some people say we need to use nukes.

Use conventional weapons like Israel did to Syria and Iraq? Two points:

1. There is absolutely zero proof that the facility attacked in Syria was a nuclear plant. In fact, given the track record of this administration for fabricating intelligence data, such as WMD and biological warfare trailers and Iraqi drones, I wouldn't believe a thing they are saying on this. If you look at the images, they look like they were Photoshopped, and it was a pretty sloppy job too. In addition, if you look at the Israeli reaction (or non-reaction) to this whole affair, one thing you can comfortably conclude is that they did NOT hit a nuclear site, and they know it. When have they ever been this shy about talking about their attacks, especially when it comes to nukes? They were positively crowing about the Entebbe raid, and the raid on Osirak. They have been very vocal about Iran's supposed nuclear threat. The fact that they have been extremely quiet about what they did in Syria, not even saying a peep when the US presented its "proof" about the Syrian facility tells me that they know they didn't hit anything that posed a threat.

2. The attack on Osirak was on a not-quite-finished, unfueled nuclear reactor. That is vastly different from what you are proposing. The Iranian facility is fueled, and the centrifuges are loaded with uranium. Hitting those facilities will make Chernobyl look like a day in the park. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that 3 million people would die in 3 weeks due to radioactive contamination if just the reactor was hit. Add in the centrifuges, and the number grows. And that will permanently contaminate the Iranian oilfields, cutting world usable oil reserves by about half. And must we mention that the fallout will travel for thousands of miles, into places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan, and beyond? Is it worth the deaths of millions and millions of people, the permanent loss of a significant percentage of the world's oil supply, the destruction of hundreds of thousands of square miles of agricultural land and the permanent contamination of cities such as Tokyo, New Delhi, Seoul, Mumbai and others just to prove to the world that you have balls of titanium? Not only will the rest of the world not thank us for this great service to mankind, they will hate us with unrestrained passion, and rightfully so. They would be fully justified in treating us as a pariah nation at best, and as an enemy to all mankind at the worst.

Finally, why should we attack Iran instead of Israel? Because if we do it Iran has no reason to hit Israel? That is so ridiculous I can't believe you said it. Do you have any idea how the muslim world sees us? We and Israel are seen as one and the same, joined at the hip, a notion that is only furthered by Hillary's remarks on mass retaliation, or Lieberman's idiotic comments, or Bush's foolish remarks. If we attacked Iran, muslims around the world would see it as simply something done for Israel by their friends, the US. After all, Bush says Israel is our oldest and best ally. Bet the Brits loved hearing that. Way to insult the nation that truly is our oldest and best ally.

it had better be someone from PA, OH or FL if he even hopes to have a chance.

Dude, you're a pussy......Quit pretending you're capable of force.

When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks

Read much? Oh, and by Iran's own admission, they have not ceased enriching uranium.

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sc8928.doc.htm

It's from the UN's own website. Good enough source for ya, dumbass.

When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks