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2006-01-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Says It Will Resume Nuclear Research

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Posted by ed 2006-01-03 16:12|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I can't figure why Iran is being so public with this. The recent news about the US and /or Israel planning military action in the near future against Iran would lead me to think Iran should be doing all it can to stall our efforts. The usual lying and stonewalling. With all the rhetoric its almost like they are daring us.

Posted by Intrinsicpilot 2006-01-03 18:34|| 2006-01-03 18:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems obvious to me, they want to be attacked.
Why?
Many reasons, perhaps their Nuke Program has been so badly managed that it'll never work and they hope to hide the evidence under Radioactive Rubble.
Maybe one of the reasons is their nuke program is a semi-complete fake, see above.
Maybe they're fanatics enough to desire being attacked to "Unite Islam" (Note, if we see or hear of Mullahs and Govt Officials, such as the Royal Family dispersing, this is most likely)

I'm of the opinion that they've screwed something up so badly that they're praying daily that the
"Evidence" dissapears for a few hundred years, and they cannot get the Reactors running in any case, most probably due to massive theft, of both money and materials. (Scared to crank them up)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-03 19:28|| 2006-01-03 19:28|| Front Page Top

#3 RJ, perhaps it's the opposite. Maybe they've got nada. We can bomb the crap out of sites that have absolutely nothing worth while. They can then play the big victim role for the next several years and gain sympathy from the wingbats, moonbats, terrs, dems, Cindy Sheehan and last but not least, the good ol' media.

Posted by Intrinsicpilot 2006-01-03 19:45|| 2006-01-03 19:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Same thing, a big bluff with the stakes raised daily.

The best solution would be to watch, arm and wait.
When (If, very big IF) one is seen in the air, be ready and shoot it down, THEN blast them into sub-atomic particles.

That strategy has a huge advantage, if they have nothing, they lose all around, prestige, "Face" and bluster all exposed as empty.

If they really do have a missle or two, shooting it down has it's own advantages, such as seeing if it's anything but a non-atomic test, (And the test fails by being shot down) plus the real advantage is huge, the "Right" now exists to flatten them with the world's blessing, (MSM not included)
No pretext exists for the Muzzies to claim "They Hit me First" and all is now open season on Islamics.

For these and many more reasons, I feel it's all a huge bluff designed to make us hit first, and it must piss them off mightly that we don't take the bait.

That's the reason the pressure gets ratcheted up tighter every day or so, their whole plan fails when we do NOT blast them.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-03 23:35|| 2006-01-03 23:35|| Front Page Top

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