The American population are so mentally backwards that the Iranian people know more about current affairs. The US and its mind controlling media does it again. The American people need to wake up, can they not see the murder they are commiting, for what? Ask any American where Iran is located??!!

Yaz, London, UK

Michael, San Diego, USA

To contain China, US had to spend US$billions,supporting Dalai Lama to create unrest (in name free Tibet), recruit India, meddle in Myanmar, military ties with Indonesia, maintain troops in Korea and Japan. Self pledge to defend Taiwan. Global policeman. Scheming US

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Shia-dominated Iraq has a close relationship with Shia Iran, naturally, just ask the Iraqi leader who he believes.
PNAC/Huntingdonian agenda - Existential demonised foe e.g. Islam & China. The Middle East is a geo-strategic goldmine, sitting atop the international trade routes of 3 continents OIL

John, Hastings, England

We in the US cannot afford another war. In fact, we cannot afford the wars that are currently ongoing.

What if Mexico was invaded and occupied by a country from the otherside of the world? Then implied we were evil, used world influence by imposing sanctions and denied us self defense.

Michael, San Diego, USA

John of N.Y. writes :"For the past 4 years, the US and Israel have been threatening Iran with military force". John obviously knows things we don't?
The only threats against Iran I've heard are in this article and by Senator Clinton last week.

Has Ahmadinejad not repeatedly threatened Israel?

M.Lester, RBS & London, UK

I seem to recall that the US is 'arming and sponsoring' Sunni militias in Iraq - militias that are not approved of by the elected Iraq government. Iran has hundreds of miles of common border with Iraq, and has shared a culture and religion with Iraq since before the US was thought of.

Colin , London, UK

What version of history did Andy of London dream up?

Cassius King, Chicago, USA

Brian, New York, USA

U agree US invaded Iraq unilaterally without UN blessing on pretext of WMD. Where is the WMD? None! US caused a regime change and now what do u have? Chaos! Iran has a hand in Iraq? If yes they r helping to drive US out. U can't bcos U need to prop up the regime u installed

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Actually I like America known in Chinese as beautiful country. but I despise its foreign policy of interference and "bully" nature.

Some here suggested " Bomb not invade Iran". Safer? No! 911 has proven that America can be penetrated. Peace loving Americans must not allow it to happen.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Research the fact that the bush admin. has approved the cancelation of the upcoming election if another terrorist attack should happen and they would remain in power, resulting in full martial law. TRY TO SWALLOW THAT ONE!

mike, Kenmore, usa

Quit being lazy, DEBATE, offer solutions.

jim wickersham, Dallas, USA

Right. So that will be less of the tirade then Jim and more 'practice what you preach'?

Jean, Voorburg, Netherlands

geez, i read these items above and am totally amazed. "Buzz Words", Bumper Sticker Slogans are now "in" or crutches, used to debate almost any issue. Words they ve heard somewhere become hammers in an attempt-to not add to a debate, but to stop it.. Quit being lazy, DEBATE, offer solutions.

jim wickersham, Dallas, USA

Research the fact that the bush admin has approved the cancelation of the 08 election if anohter terrorist attack should happen and they will remain in power, resulting in full martial law.

mike, Kenmore, usa

Back in February 08, I wrote: Iran’s Oil Bourse Set to Open & explained how it was provoking future military action by posing a huge long-term threat to the US Dollar & continued American global hegemony. Well, the time has arrived: $200 oil & $10 gas anyone?


http://economicrot.blogspot.com

randy, Las Vegas, USA

Bush, Cheney, Gates, Mullen, Petraeus, and the 'Israel Lobby' want to bomb Iran, but the presidential candidates might be restrained:

McCain, "Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb, bomb Iran" Guess not.

Clinton, "We'll obliterate them". Guess not.

Is there a third candidate??

Alan MacDonald, Sanford, Maine, USA

America is yet to win a war it has started, history is more likely to point to slow and painful withdraw by the US, followed by endless Hollywood banner waving movies depicting how Americans are saving the world. It is just the schoolyard bully causing chaos, with little regard for fellow students.

Andy, london, uk

Alan, we have been bashing our own military after asking them to risk their lives for so long, even they are becoming political. In the USA we used to have a proud tradition of seperation. If we have another war, im against occupying. Just destroy them and come home. Europe will damn us anyway.

William , Atlanta, USA

Time-stamped weapons from Iran, so what? At least 190,000 US-made and supplied AK-47s and pistols are in the hands of insurgents, due to lax oversight of program led by, wait for it - David Petraeus!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501299.html

Raymond Richards, Washington, DC, USA

"Our "government is going to do exactly as it's masters,whose love for israel trumps any care for Americans,demand of them.This country was sold a long time ago and our kids will be paying the price until we all wake up.

ray, Atlanta, usa

Ian Payne in Walsall
Churchill said "Jaw Jaw is better than War War" Indicating that dialogue is better than conflict
Lord Haw Haw was a Nazi propagandist. Churchill would personally have ripped out his throat. Haw Haw was executed as a trairor after the end of WW2.

John , Newcastle,

Funny how they keep mentioning Iran's involvement in the violence in Iraq yet cannot present one piece of viable evidence. Yet another example of American belligerence and primitive war-like nature in the 21st century.If IR is arming the insurgents then it is their payback for what US did in 80s.

Allan, Edi, UK

Why does Adm.Mullen lie for the war criminal Bush Regime? Has he no military honor? Why doesn't the US military command arrest Bush, Cheney, Hadley, Rice, Gates, indeed the lot of them, and turn them over to the Hague for trial for their war crimes?

Paul Roberts, Washington DC, USA

US economy is in tatters the Dollar is on free fall Oil reached $117, instead of focusing on what matter globally as well as internally, US gov't is looking for more wars wanting Israel to attack Syria and USA attacking Iran. Imaging the chaos.
USA gets its oil from Canada Mexic and Venezuela.

Phonk, London, UK

US isn't going to "invade" Iran.US will bomb them for years, not occupy, Iran will not focus on Iraq if their own country is being attacked, and deservedly so! To: Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia - Yes all those are reasons we will attack Iran after being attacked by Iran for years in Iraq - PAYBACK!!!

Brian, New York, USA

I think the US will be making another blunder if it invades Iran.The US may have initial success but it will not be able to hold the ground. US troops will get stuck like in Iraq.

Anyway what are your reasons for wanting to attack Iran? Nuclear? WMD? Terrorists?

Unilateral action?

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

The disturbing part about this article is not the threat of military action against Iran but the fact that the threats come from a serving military officer. Since when does the mlitary give political opinions or make decisions about international relations? I thought that was the job of politicians.

Alan, buenos aires,

During the 1980's the US was covertly arming those gallant freedom fighters of Afghanistan in their struggle against a brutal and ruthless invader. The Invader? The Soviet Union. The freedom fighters? The Taliban. Daja vu all over again.

Andrew Milner, Karuizawa, Japan

The Bush administration is nuts

Fdoleza, Spring , Tx

What's really worrying is the number of comments on this blog that support the notion that if the US wasn't in the region, all would be peace and quiet. They forget that the jihadist agenda is driven from Tehran and they will settle for nothing less than world domination of Islam.

BigE, London, UK

Arkam seems to forget the mass murder that happened after the theocracy gained power in Iran and it was most of the middle east that feared Iran and also helped Iraq. Just as now they fear a nuclear Iran and that is causing the current arms race and yet again, they come to us asking for our help.

William , Atlanta, USA

Will the bombing succeed? israel-hezbollah war is a test run, israel fell completely to destroy Hezbollah. and US likely to end up similiar fate. plus a $200 a barrel a oil. and a $4~5 trillion war debt.

Richard , Metro manila,

In September 1980, Iraq invaded Iran, caused major destruction to Iranian cities close to its boarder, used chemical agents on Iranian soldiers around 100,000 of them are still suffering. The West and the East backed Saddam and supplied him weapons. Now, the Iranians are getting their own back. Sad.

Tony, London, UK

I should feel sorry for the Americans for being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Then I recall what America did to Iran in the 1980's, how Iranians are still recovering from the US supplied chemical weapons that Saddam used against Iran. I guess America is getting a taste of its own medecine

akram, london,

the specter of anmalestrom of death and destruction for hegemonial purposes of Bush Administration? The war in Iraq was not for democracy but to secure a grip on the rich resources of Iraq and setting up a foothold for colonial objectives of USA. American children are being used as fodder for war.

Farshid, Tehran, Iran

For the past 4 years, the US and Israel have been threatening Iran with military force. What do we expect? Is Iran supposed to sit there waiting for us to bomb the hell out of them?? Get our troops out, NOW, let Israel fend for itself and impeach the liars and warmongers.
End of story.

John, York, PA, USA

America can't afford another conflict - Haw Haw rather than War War as Churchill once said.

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

It's a crying shame that so many Americans are so uninformed about Iraq. It's the Iraq government and its friends the Badr brigade (now renamed, but still there as SCIRI) that are supported by Iran. Sadr is not.
The reason the US is going after Sadr is that he wants the US out of Iraq.

J Welch, Victoria, Canada

To Anthony in Phoenix, I couldn't agree with you more. The troops are dying for Haliburton, to make Dick Cheney's rich friends richer, for oil for Israel.
To Fred in Memphis..those duces are called Sunburn Missiles.
They're designed to sink aircraft carriers. Iran has a deck full of those duces

James Richardson, San Diego, USA

Despite the most recent US intelligence report on Iranian nuclear capabilities stating that IRAN HALTED ALL OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS EFFORTS FIVE YEARS AGO, comes now Secretary Gates asserting that "Iran is hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons." So much for truth.

Richard Young, Bayfield, Colorado, USA

An impotent rant, by men who have neither the resources or public will to enter a third front of endless war. Despite of spin, propaganda, mind boggling technology & tax money spent they know the Iraq cause is lost, Afghanistan follows.Circle wagons boys, blame the low tech. (1m dead Iran/Iraq war)

Alexander, victoria,

This is a no brainer. Iran has been fomenting instability in Iraq since day one and the military has known it. Iran is the main supporter of most terrorism worldwide. They need to be stopped.

Andrew Palm, San Diego, USA

Propaganda war machine at it again...we never learn!!

Chris, Dallas, USA

great article.

anne, Orlando, USA

Iran has decided to go all in with a pair of duces.

Fred, Memphis, USA

Half The American Military Will Not Go For An Attack On Iran. It's The "crazies" , the few, the FOOLISH who are pushing this neocon dream. All you soldiers who are fighting over in IRAQ are giving your lives for HALIBURTON government contracts, ISRAEL and the New World Order. WAKE UP!

Anthony, Phoenix, United States

Another lost point; Moqtada al Sadr should have been neutralized the first time he stirred the pot.

charles purvis, high falls, USA

Wait until these US commanding officers realize that they were fighting, and sending fellow young recruits to their deaths just to fill someone else's coffers. Probably just like Elliot Ness after prohibition. FOOLISH!!!!!!!!!!!

dENNIS, Ga, US