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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IAEA report: Iran moving nuclear materials underground
2011-11-09
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  Look this is simple. Either it is important or not. If it is, then Israel says, we are about to nuke Iran into the stone age, and anyone who doesn't agree might just get some too.

Be bold and issue the ultimatum.

Then either you get what you want, or you don't.

If there is one country on Earth ready to go old testament on someone it would be those Israelis.
Posted by: rammer   2011-11-09 22:03  

#11  Eh? What a great plan!
'Encourage' Iran to put all of it's fissionable materials, and devices to make same, together in a common underground facility.

Didn't we see here that Israel was 'given' some of those 20,000lb Bronco Billy Belt Busters a little while back? Who's gonna bet the Saudi's have some too?
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-11-09 22:03  

#10  Set the refineries and LNG plants ablaze. That will crater their economy.
Posted by: phil_b   2011-11-09 21:56  

#9  If Israel only gets one chance then they should bury the entrances and take out EVERY power plant in the country. Whack that single gasoline refinery the Iranians have as well.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2011-11-09 17:43  

#8  IEAE IAEA
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-11-09 15:06  

#7   The IEAE report
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-11-09 15:05  

#6  Neville Chamberlain is the BEST we can hope for. They will likely fail to attain even that meager standard. It is nearly a slander to poor Neville.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2011-11-09 12:46  

#5  I get a bad, bad feeling that our leaders are a bunch of Neville Chamberlains...asleep at the switch and there's about to be a train wreck.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-11-09 12:40  

#4  Can't repeat as necessary. Israel gets one shot at this. They might be able to take their one shot over a couple days, but after that the doors will be closed.

The map Water Modem puts up has issues. It's not clear that Erdogan and the Turks will permit overflights, and the Turks have a half-way decent air force (we helped train them). Jordan can at least track Israeli flights even if they know better than to put planes in the air.

But Israel has tricks besides (or along with) air strikes. They have some decent drones. They have Dolphin-class subs in the Arabian Sea (supposedly) that are supposedly armed with missiles that supposedly can reach deep into Iran. Israel further has demonstrated an ability and will to insert field agents and special force teams into Muslim countries to do all sorts of stuff.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-11-09 12:26  

#3  

  • Bury the entrances.

  • Knock out electric power on the surface

  • Wait a couple weeks for the power to be restored.

  • Repeat as necessary

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-09 10:45  

#2   more details?

Posted by: Water Modem   2011-11-09 10:03  

#1  bury all the entrances and problem solved.
Posted by: Water Modem   2011-11-09 09:57  

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