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Right now, the threat of US invasion (or at least attack) is keeping the opposition in check.
by iwwr 16y ago
Right now, the threat of US invasion (or at least attack) is keeping the opposition in check.
- redthrowaway 16y agoThere is no threat. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/mullen-please-for-the-love-of-god-dont-attack-iran/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/mullen-please-for-th... http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/main-article_why-the-us-can-t-attack-iran-it-has-no-way-of-winning_1425894 http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/main-article_why-the-us-can-... http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles/Gwynne%20Dyer%20article_%20%20Lets%20Attack%20Iran.txt http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles/Gwynne%20Dyer%20article_%...
- iwwr 16y agoThere is certainly a lot of saber rattling. Also, the 'nuclear option' is 'on the table'. The Iranian government is justifiably playing the card of foreign interference.
- notahacker 16y agoIt doesn't need to be a real threat to provide a plausible excuse for repression and deterrent from activism (even if the opposition are more afraid of being branded allies of Great Satan than they are of any American intervention)