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Question: Based on the linked article do you beleive Israel will bomb Iran sometime in the coming decade?
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Yes in 2007
 
#2
Yes in 2008
 
#3
Yes by 2012
 
#4
Yes by 2017
 
#5
Yes but after 2017
 
#6
no
 
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« on: January 08, 2007, 08:19:36 PM »

Possible, but not in the next two years.  Iran's not that close to production yet and this is a high risk option.  However, unless Iran changes course then yes it will happen and probably during the term of our next president.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2007, 03:31:19 AM »

This conflict is a prime example of why religion is bad for politics.  What that area needs is a completely secular government not one backed by a particular religion.

Except that its a conflict between two ethnic groups, not two religions.  This isn't any more about religion than Northern Ireland is.  It merely happens that religion is one of the differences between the two groups, but it has nothing to do with what caused the problem in the first place, despite it being used as a rallying cry by fanatics on both sides.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2007, 01:25:02 PM »

This conflict is a prime example of why religion is bad for politics.  What that area needs is a completely secular government not one backed by a particular religion.

Except that its a conflict between two ethnic groups, not two religions.  This isn't any more about religion than Northern Ireland is.  It merely happens that religion is one of the differences between the two groups, but it has nothing to do with what caused the problem in the first place, despite it being used as a rallying cry by fanatics on both sides.
Even if it isn't the central issue you still prove my point by saying that it serves as extra fuel for the fire.  Bottom line, as a sacred place for billions of people around the world, Israel/Palestine should be a culturally diverse and accpeting nation in which people of all religions and ethnicities can worship peacefully. 

That's fine if one is dealing with religions that accept at their core the possibility that other religions may simply resent alternative paths to the truth.  However, all of the Abrahamic religions have as one of their core tenets that they are the one true religion.  Ecumenism is a lot like bipartisanship.  It sounds nice and pretty, but most people who call for it use in a sense analogous to: "Let's compromise and agree that I'm right and I'll be a good winner and not point out that you were once wrong."
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