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2010-05-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2010-05-18 09:41|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Is there any hope that the CIA and the Israeli Intelligence (I know they have agencies far more secretive than the Mossad) could arrange a little old "training accident" in Iran, like those car bombs that go bad in the West Bank or those tunnels that collapse in Gaza?

HOWEVER, when you look at the prevailing wind patterns, the circumference of the blast area and the amount of fallout from even a low grade nuke, If Iran lit one off in Tel Aviv, the fall out plume would render large areas of Jordan, Iraq and Iran uninhabitable for a minimum of 50 years. If the hot westerlies are blowing, you could get fall out in Northern Saudi Arabia and the UAE, maybe even Pakastain....Which tells me all I need to know. They are either completely illogical and fanatical about destroying Israel for some 13th Imam revival belief or they are going to package these things up for a major event in a western city near you...are you listing Paris, Bonn, Rome, Moscow, Madrid, London? Washington DC, LA, Chicago and NY for sure. Is Russia really going to go along with this when the Czechnians would love to park one of these at Putin's Dacha.

The fact that they talk about using one of these on Israel tells me they are so fanatical in their ideas that this is doubly dangerous.

Posted by James Carville 2010-05-18 11:57|| 2010-05-18 11:57|| Front Page Top

#2 http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/publications/articles/effects/

The fallout (residual radiation) from a few primitive nukes would not render the MidEast uninhabitable for 50 years.

Posted by rwv 2010-05-18 15:53|| 2010-05-18 15:53|| Front Page Top

#3 They firmly believe that it will bring the 12th Iman from his hidey-hole in the bottom of a well someplace to bring about the Islamic Goals....

The cost to themselves, not to mention other muslims or their own citizens is acceptable to them. This is why they are much, much, more dangerous than the Soviets ever were.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-05-18 16:55|| 2010-05-18 16:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Bringing forth the 12th Imam would force their god to institute their judgement day and end times. Which would mean that any physical damage to the pious would be fixed by their god in the process, according to their understanding of their scriptures, and so is of no moment anyhow.

That's the real issue -- these people are not operating in the same reality as the rest of us. I think that's an adequate description of "batshit crazy", yes?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-05-18 17:05|| 2010-05-18 17:05|| Front Page Top

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