# Is military action against Iran an inevitability?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 3, 2011, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-military-action-against-iran-an-inevitability/601726 "2011-11-03T09:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-military-action-against-iran-an-inevitability/601726/43 "2011-11-07T23:11:53Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Bush effectively threatened to use nuclear weapons on them with his “refusal to take nuclear strikes off the table.” So that’s terrorism, attempted conquest, and a threat of genocide.

Oh Christ, what a crock. It is SOP for the US never to take anything off the table when discussing actions that might be possible about our supposed enemies. There is nothing unique about Iran in this situation.

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