And nobody believed me when I saw we were going to war with Iran.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/219346.html

Er... that's PressTV. That's gotten close to moving out of my "News" folder and into my "Comedy" folder.

I spend at least an hour every day looking into this Iran/Israel issue. This isn't anything to worry about, it's just Iran doing the same thing North Korea does - interpret everything as a declaration of war.

Iran and Israel and the US have been doing military exercises in the region for years now. It's just posturing.

Be more worried about Israeli plots to target nuclear sites like they did to Iraq, because that's what will start the war. Everything else is just posturing. Oh, and the shit in the Hormuz strait. That could balloon out too but that'll be a naval conflict and Iran knows it hasn't got a chance of even denting the US Navy there.

The reason - I believe - we're putting more troops in Israel is just to prove to Iran that we're still ready to fuck them over, since our military is scaling back considerably. Iran needs to continue to believe that the US is prepared to invade like it did Afghanistan and Iraq.

We probably will go to war with them, but moving troops to Israel doesnt mean shit. It's just us showing them we're ready for whatever they throw at us.

See this is more relevant to actual news

hey dtech did you hear about that high school hockey player who got hurt somehow??? omgomgomg

this is more like it although a bit alarmist still.

IMO if there's a war it'll come as a retaliation for a sudden aggression by one side, not this little tit for tat shit.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/20121212653433219.html

I'm not going to come out and say there will be or won't be a war. Because there's no way to tell. Things can change within hours if certain previously unknown factors come into play. Like if there's a serious revolution and Iran suppresses it like in 2009 with the elections. Now after the Arab Spring that's going to be viewed highly different and it could lead to increased threats and even a military strike.

And a million other things like that could instantly change everything we know or can predict right now. So I'm not gonna bother trying.

I'd say war with Iran is probable at this point...

no I don't think those maneuvers are anything other then std military exercises... and quite likely akin to a peacock fluffing it's feathers at another male peacock.

Of course we aren't going to make the first move (unless they give us a good enough excuse) but the brass sure as hell don't mind taunting them

My news story was funny though

^haha +1 for lack of compassion

What's it matter tho Amp? The fact that EVERYONE wasn't as cold shouldered and impartial as DTECH is a small miracle here.

Also.... this being a gaming forum... my news story kinda IS more relevant

Literally millions of people know about my story.... maybe a few hundred thousand know about that poor kid.... and the vast majority are only feeling false sympathy because they'd feel guilty about themselves if they admitted it really doesn't effect them.

Everyone is laughing at captain douchebag.... it's a nice common ground everyone can share without intimacy with anyone involved

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/07/world/meast/iran-us-navy-rescue/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

fuck sake dtech, you woulda saved more time by just reading amp's story and sympathizing for a minute or whatever. This rebellion against unworthy news you have begun is already costing thousands of lives, and will probably only get worse, knowing you and amp.

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