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| Lindsey Graham wants war on Iran |
| 2010-11-07 |
[Iran Press TV] After the Republicans gained control of the House, GOP Senator Lindsey Endangered South Carolina RINOGraham has urged Washington to "destroy" the Islamic Theocratic Republicthrough military action. "Not to just neutralize their nuclear program, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard, in other words neuter that regime," Graham said on Saturday Amid a standoff over Iran's nuclear program, both Tel Aviv and Washington have repeatedly threatened Tehran with the "option" of a military strike, based on the allegation that Iran's nuclear work may consist of a covert military agenda. The latest threat of a military action was invoked by US Admiral Mike Mullen, who claimed he was ready to start a war if he was convinced it would keep Iran from making a "bomb." Graham repeated Mullen's threats and said, "The last thing America wants is another military conflict, but the last thing the world needs is a nuclear-armed Iran... Containment is off the table." This is while President Barack B.O.Obama said in September that a military attack by Israel or the US against Iran would not be an "ideal way" to solve the issue of Tehran's nuclear program. Obama, however, added that the US would keep all options on the table. In August, Iran complained to the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the General Assembly about US threats of a military attack against the country over its nuclear program and based on "totally false" grounds, vowing a response to any such strikes. Iran says its nuclear program is completely peaceful and within the framework of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, to which it is a signatory. Iranian officials have warned that any act of aggression by the US and Israel against Iran's nuclear facilities would be firmly responded to and could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I'm not digging that, Lindsey. We have over 100,000 boots on the ground in Iraq with another 20k contractors and civilians. That would be an operational planners nightmare. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2010-11-07 22:59 |
| #6 GRAHAM is gener correct = A LIMITED-SCOPE/SCALE AIR +/or COMMANDO CAMPAIGN WILL DELAY, BUT NOT STOP IRAN OR ANY OTHER AMBITIOUS ["Rogue"]STATE FROM ACQUIRING = DEV NUCWEAPS. The US-Allies can hope for internal "Regime Change" in the aftermath of a limited strike on Iran, but Iran is countering that by officially denying that it desires Nucweaps [Energy -only] while proliferat Nuke-WMD Techs to their various Militant Proxies + Aligned. Again, RADICAL MULLAHS = IFF ISLAM/ISLAMISM DOESN'T RULE THE LAND + WORLD, NO ONE WILL, via * Wilful inducement, overt or covert, of "Great Power(s)" mil conforntationism. * "VICTORY, or MUTUAL DESTRUCTION/ANNIHILATION". * Stated desire to DETONATE NUKES = NUKES-WMDS ON THEIR OWN SOIL + AGZ THEIR OPEN PEOPLE TO DEFEAT A US, US-ISRAELI, or FOREIGN INVASION. AKA [defensive] "NUCLEARIZED PEOPLE'S WAR". IOW, "WORLD PEACE" = US-UNO-WORLD tolerating + allowing Iran, etc. to dev NUCWEAPS + become a POTENT GREAT POWER, which OOOOOOOOPPSIES inversely means NO "WORLD PEACE" DUE TO REGIONAL, INTERNAT MILITANT GROUPS ALSO POSSESS NUCWEAPS = NUKES-WMDS [ NUclear Militancy-Terrorism]. OOOOOOOOPPPPPPSIES..... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-07 18:32 |
| #5 Well, he did say it. Asked about Graham's tough proposal, MacKay told a later panel: "No question there would be a negative reaction to that course of action. Although I know that has perhaps provoked some of the hottest discussions in the hallways." In other news: "Don’t take the American senator’s remark too seriously. He wanted to joke," Mottaki told reporters in Tehran when asked to react to Graham’s remarks made in Halifax, Canada on Saturday. Mottaki said the United States had "not achieved" anything through such "threats." "You (US) did not achieve anything by carrying out your threats in Afghanistan and Iraq. US statesmen must learn from the past and analyse their policies and move towards correcting them," Mottaki said. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/senator+joked+when+talking+with+Iran+Iranian+Foreign+Minister/3791154/story.html#ixzz14cnEDDdJ |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-11-07 14:08 |
| #4 [Iran Press TV] is not the best source of accurate information. Graham being the Rino that he is would hardly be the person to make such a uncompromising move. Now if it was a Republican suggesting something like this Graham and McCain would be all over them. He would say it however in the hopes of rallying his base but never deliver. |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-11-07 10:28 |
| #3 The only thing Lindsey Graham is getting is a primary opponent when he is up again. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-11-07 10:03 |
| #2 Any other time before 'Jimmy', the seizure of one's embassy would have been a casus belli. Iran has been at war with the US whether we want to acknowledge it or not since that event. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-07 09:15 |
| #1 Groovy. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-11-07 02:00 |