Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

selven wrote in with something a bit offtopic for Slashdot, but I figured it's worth a discussion today. He writes "Following Iran's revelation regarding its secret nuclear enrichment plant, western leaders are banding together against it, saying that it violates Articles 2 and 3 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and suggesting serious sanctions against the country if it refuses to back down on its uranium enrichment program. Iran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and that it's not fair for the US to be criticizing them in this way while having thousands of nuclear warheads."

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Re:containment theory...

[arminw]

....My guess is Israel will attack Iran....

My guess is the opposite in that Iran will attack Israel because their government has repeatedly said that Israel should be exterminated.

(...Be afraid. Be very very afraid....)

When Jesus was asked by his disciples about the end times, here was one of the things he said:

Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Thermonuclear power is of course what keeps the sun and the stars shining. Was Jesus indicating by this that the power of the stars shall be unleashed on earth?

(....Israelis sure don't mind brutally oppressing whole populations for decades...)

Have you never wondered why a few Palestinians cannot find refuge in and among the much larger and more populous Arab countries? They easily could of course, but the Arabs around them are determined not to allow this from ever happening. They have repeatedly launched attacks in Israel in the past, but they have been soundly spanked and defeated each time.

Many of the numerous enemies of Israel have vowed to destroy that tiny nation now resident on a miniscule sliver of real estate. The United States is the only nation that is still on Israel's side, but that will eventually no longer be so. Yet, according to numerous biblical prophecies, Israel will not be exterminated, but will forever remain a nation. The promises God made to their patriarch Abraham, concerning their land and their possession of it are still valid.