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2003-08-30 Iran

Iran Sees No Reason to Help US in Terror Fight

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-30 01:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Keep waving your arms. Yeah, that's good. Stay on the radar screen and mishandle every pitch that comes your way. Excellent. You're all naturals.

You demand a quid pro quo, huh? Heh. Sure thing. Coming right up.

You're on a roll, Fred!

Posted by .com 2003-8-30 8:41:59 AM|| 2003-8-30 8:41:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's call quid pro quo guys, it could equally argued that Tehran is currently in a better position to screw us then the other way around.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-8-30 8:55:49 AM|| 2003-8-30 8:55:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hiryu - If you mean the boots shortage, I think Iran is a special situation - and extremely vulnerable: an apparently rational populace ready and willing to take their country from the Black Hats... they only need a little help with the decapitation & disruption of the C&C. That be a remote-controlled op, bro. Can do.

I do believe the mullahs have misplayed everything to come their way for the last couple of years. I'm glad, too - if they'd kept their mouths shut or played semi-nice and seemed cooperative - and done their nuke deeds vewy vewy quietly under the table, they might've pulled it off and made it a fait accomplis, ala NorKland.

If you're referring to something else, I missed your point - please clarify for the dunce! :-)

Posted by .com 2003-8-30 9:43:01 AM|| 2003-8-30 9:43:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Obviously, the Tehran Tight Turban crowd is not part of the solution, so they must be part of the problem.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-8-30 10:28:35 AM|| [http://www.DouglasDeBono.com] 2003-8-30 10:28:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Talk is cheap. Bomb their Nuclear Reactors like Isreal did too Sadaam, then let them come at us in Iraq like sheep to the slaughter. Seeing Iran invade Iraq will also help bolster support for us there. ( AKA " They're defending us from the invaders, Praise be to Allah for sending the Americans!" )

Posted by Charles 2003-8-30 2:14:39 PM|| 2003-8-30 2:14:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Eh, boys, let's not get too exuberant with the decapitations here. Yes, a substantial majority of the populace in Iran, particularly the younger ones, would like the Black Hats to get out of the way. But that doesn't mean that they want us to separate the Black Hats from their necks. National pride is a funny, prickly thing. A highly visible move by us to whack the Black Hats (JDAMs, etc) could inspire some substantial backlash.

Personally, I'd prefer a few grams of digitalis slipped into the food and drink of each of the Black Hats.

"Cheez, lookatthat, Mahmoud! Another heart attack victim!"
"Cripes, Abdul, it's an epidemic. Must be all that lamb they eat!"

We ought to thin the herd of Black Hats quietly and carefully. There's a certain talent level there as in any endeavor, and once you remove enough of them the populace will bubble up and take what's theirs.

Posted by Steve White 2003-8-30 2:33:48 PM|| 2003-8-30 2:33:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ah, yes Steve White, we call it predator control in Alaska, heh heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-30 3:58:27 PM|| 2003-8-30 3:58:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve White - I put the John Clark approach out there a coupla weeks ago and nobody seemed to bite. Nooooo. But now you want a nice quiet solution, hmmmm? I've had it with you young man. First you want this, then you want that. What? Do you think I'm made out of money? Sometimes we don't get everything we want in this life!

Sure. Sounds good to me! *rolls eyes* *snicker* ;->

Posted by .com 2003-8-30 7:03:54 PM|| 2003-8-30 7:03:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Who besides Khamenei is a viable target?
It seems to me that within the leadership dynamic, Khamenei probably isn't even the best target.

Digitalis is nice and all, delivering a clean quick death. Lingering painful deaths from general organ failure have been shown to be much more effective. I'm particularly thinking of the Brezhnev-Chernenko-Andropov-Gorbachev sequence. If memory serves correctly, early on Gorbachev fell ill and spent two weeks in the Crimea recovering. After that, the collapse of the USSR followed a logical and rather rapid progression. Generally, nobody wants to commit themselves to a painful, lingering death.

Posted by Dishman 2003-8-30 7:32:19 PM|| 2003-8-30 7:32:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 .com: I put the John Clark approach out there a coupla weeks ago and nobody seemed to bite.

Ah, the John Clark approach lacks, er, finesse. The bad guys know they got whacked. My approach means that the bad boys never really figure it out. As Dishman, just a bunch of old codgers dying. A lot. Frequently.

AP: predator control indeed. Does the pack of hyenas know or care when one of them runs into a cheetah?

Posted by Steve White 2003-8-30 8:05:07 PM|| 2003-8-30 8:05:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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