How much of a threat is Iran?

[BurtWorm]

[MADem]

1. Threat to whom? International, or regional? NT

[BurtWorm]

2. Either.

[saltpoint]

3. I think the gravest threat to the United States, and by extension the

world, is the absence of critical thinking in our public education system.

It's absent in administrators, some teachers, and most students. The curriculum sucks door knobs. We ask too little of our young people.

I'd rate this threat as far more grievous than Iran's nuclear program.

[endarkenment]

4. 4 voted great threat?

Would they like to speak up and defend that position?

[BurtWorm]

5. I wish they would as well.

I'd like to see a defense of that position.

[LSK]

7. they are waiting for fresh talking points from the Bush admin n/t

[oblivious]

6. Zero military threat, but a threat to US influence.

[LSK]

8. i think Bush has already wiped out any influence we ever had

[Warpy]

9. I'm not even sure they're that much of a threat to Israel

except by proxy. There's no way they're going to try to cross Iraq, Jordan and Syria to get to Israel. They fought a recent 8 year war against Iraq, remember, that ended in a stalemate. They're not going to want to repeat the process.

They may be in a position to fund Israel's hostile neighbors, but that's about it. They may sell those hostile neighbors missiles capable of reaching into Israel. They are not a direct threat, themselves.

Left completely alone and forced to concentrate on themselves, they would moderate. They were moderating when Stupid took office. However, six years of having that fratboy wag his dick at them have caused them to rally around their own bad leadership and they're now moving backwards.

Heckuva job, Georgiepoo.

[endarkenment]

10. "They were moderating when Stupid took office"

Indeed. Another (intentional?) blunder by the neoclowns.