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2008-07-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israeli threats to Iran seen as bluff -- for now

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The problem is that just a couple of nuclear explosions would all but wreck Israel, whereas Short Round may figure he could lose Teheran and Qom and still survive.

But could HE survive if he lost Qom, Tehran, Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Persepolis, Isfahan, Natanz, and twenty other cities? The Israelis are rumored to have 200+ nukes. Using half of them on Iran would leave plenty to keep Egypt, Syria, and any other arab nation from attacking.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-07-02 19:05|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-07-02 19:05|| Front Page Top

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