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2006-08-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US House: Recognizing Iran as a strategic threat

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Posted by 3dc 2006-08-24 02:07|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My Adobe Reader sez this .PDF is corrupt. Is there an alternate link, such as the HTML page which points to the .PDF? It's possible that it will decode correctly from there, but not directly - I've seen Adobe get cranky like this before.

TIA, 3dc. This looks like an important story.

Posted by flyover 2006-08-24 02:21|| 2006-08-24 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 My Adobe Reader sez this .PDF is corrupt.

What did you expect on a PDF produced by politicians?

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-08-24 04:13|| 2006-08-24 04:13|| Front Page Top

#3 This PDF loads and views OK for me. Windows XP/Firefox 1.5.0.6/Adobe 7.0.5 with most of the APIs disabled to speed loading.

Posted by Cloter Graiter9124 2006-08-24 05:49|| 2006-08-24 05:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Firefox and Adobe 7.0 on Linux opended the PDF straight away. No problems,

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-08-24 05:55|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-08-24 05:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I opened with IE

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-24 05:57|| 2006-08-24 05:57|| Front Page Top

#6 The bigger story is the absence of any insight from the so-called intelligence community.

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-24 06:02|| 2006-08-24 06:02|| Front Page Top

#7 This Royal Institute (Chatham House) publication explains the rise of Ayatollah power:

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/mep/Iran0806.pdf

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-24 06:38|| 2006-08-24 06:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Addenda: Congress reserves "strategic" threat designations for dangers to the Homeland. Otherwise the term "Regional" threat applies. The President has the pretext, the bi-partisan support, public opinion (on that issue), the opportunity to collapse Shiite power in lebanon and Syria, and the need to liquidate the al-Sadrites.

Hopefully, the "hour of our choosing" is soon. I am a little concerned about the effect of satellite reception, should regime-change scenarios for Iran play out.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-24 06:49|| 2006-08-24 06:49|| Front Page Top

#9
Chatham House Report on Iran

Posted by Texas Redneck 2006-08-24 08:44|| 2006-08-24 08:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Sayng they are a strategic threat, isn't that like almost declaring war.

Posted by djohn66 2006-08-24 09:09|| 2006-08-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Flyover:
Have you tried saving the link to disk? I've found that sometimes helps.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-08-24 09:39|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-08-24 09:39|| Front Page Top

#12 djohn66:

Sayng they are a strategic threat, isn't that like almost declaring war

Almost. When Cuba allowed Soviet missiles on their soil, that threat was "strategic." The Bush-Doctrine rests on "pre-emption," which would include potential strategic threats. (Who knows what Iran's Ayatollahs will devolve into, given a decade of indulgence). With the bi-partisan settlement on the nature of the Iran threat, the President has a free hand. I don't believe that his relationship with Iraq Shiites will impede a hardline reaction to Iran. However, Conservative commentators have expressed concerns.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-24 10:50|| 2006-08-24 10:50|| Front Page Top

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