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2005-03-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Attack Will Be a Nightmare for US: Kharrazi

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-11 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yadda, yadda, yadda.

*Yawn*

I miss Spiro Agnew - at least he could come up with some good stuff to say instead of the boring, repetitive crap we have to put up with nowadays.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-11 1:53:34 AM|| 2005-03-11 1:53:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Geez - they bluster more than the neighbor's chickenshit dog, barking all night at its own shadow. Enough, already.

It's already a nightmare any time we try to deal with these screwballs. Maybe one more very intense meeting - between their narrow asses and a rain of our steel - and the nightmare will begin to end.

STFU until we pull your chain, Wankistan.

Posted by .com 2005-03-11 3:22:43 AM|| 2005-03-11 3:22:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess Saddam still hangs on to his trademarked "mother of all battles" huh?

And Kimmie has "sea of fire". Maybe Kharrazi should look up Websters to find something a bit less lame than "nightmare"? Or ask the Iraqi Information Minister.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-11 3:43:13 AM|| 2005-03-11 3:43:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The Arab News reporting on something said to the reporters of a Bosnian newspaper? Pathetic.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-11 4:43:21 AM|| 2005-03-11 4:43:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Iranâs foreign minister has told a Bosnian newspaper that if Washington decides to attack Iran it will be a nightmare for the United States.

It sounds so Saddam Hussein-ish.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-11 10:39:37 AM|| 2005-03-11 10:39:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Everything Spiro said worth remembering came from the pen of William Safire. I suspect John Bolton will be filling your need, Barbara. The hearings should be fun.

Stock up on popcorn now.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-11 10:52:46 AM|| 2005-03-11 10:52:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Wossamatter? Why don't you SAY it? If the US attacks Iran it'll be a quagmire!

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-11 2:00:37 PM|| 2005-03-11 2:00:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Does anyone else wonder whether they might not already have the big one?

Posted by Jules 187 2005-03-11 2:09:33 PM|| 2005-03-11 2:09:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, that "brutal ~~Afghan~~ ~~Iraqi~~ Iranian winter" will get you every time.

Posted by tu3031 2005-03-11 2:15:32 PM|| 2005-03-11 2:15:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 No, Jules, I don't. They're just counting on disrupting the oil supply of the western world and unleashing some of their terrorists. But protecting the oil supply is priority one in any attack and unleashing more terrorism is only going to compound their grief.

Don't underestimate the oil supply problem -- even a brief shortage can cause us grief with China, India, and Europe to name a few. For that reason, I expect that we will take out the Iranian military near the Gulf simultaneously with taking out nuke facilities and mullahs. I'd guess in the next year or two in late winter in the northern hemisphere when winter heating supplies are least vulnerable.

Given Bush's record for straight talk, I expect it to happen. Our attack is not going to be telegraphed in advance or pretty. There won't be any obvious build-up as in Kuwait because there will be minimal invasion. I'll wager that it will be darned quick and overwhelming.

Posted by Tom 2005-03-11 3:22:37 PM|| 2005-03-11 3:22:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Wankistan

Heh, .com! That gets my vote for Snarky Word of the Day.

Posted by SteveS 2005-03-11 6:43:11 PM|| 2005-03-11 6:43:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 #6 Mrs. Davis - Bolton (or his speechwriter) will have to go a loooong way to beat "nattering nabobs of negativism." ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-11 8:45:36 PM|| 2005-03-11 8:45:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Mrs. Davis, gret comment!

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-03-11 8:53:07 PM|| 2005-03-11 8:53:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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