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2008-07-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Well.........my take is that a major air strike against the Iranian Uranium production facilities might slow them down a bit more than temporary.

While it might not take more than a couple of years to rebuild the buildings...who is going to decontaminate the rubble and how long will it take to make more centrifuges and train the personnel. The decontamination part of the equation is the most intriguing to me. How long before they could send in crews to salvage equipment and try to find the records and research notes, blue prints, etc., necessary to rebuild their program.

My analogy is the Japanese naval air forces after Midway, they could build a butt load of Zeroes but they could not train the pilots fast enough to keep up with their losses.

I would think that bombing the Iranians would do the most damage to their nuclear weapons program by killing most of their brain trust and making the sites too "hot" to enter.

Posted by James Carville 2008-07-02 10:50|| 2008-07-02 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Are you serious, the Islamic Republic of Iran is way the hell better prepared for war than them damn fools in Japan ever were.

Hold on a sec, Ima have a cat pulling at muh sleeve.

BBL, gota check stuff.

Hmmm.... I'll get back to ya.

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-02 11:12|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-02 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Some Pentagon officials also worry that Israel may be determined to attack before a new U.S. president, who may be less supportive, is sworn in next January.

BINGO!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-02 20:54|| 2008-07-02 20:54|| Front Page Top

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