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2004-09-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-12 1:33:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "It's something that allows the U.S. to say it has a trigger"

Back when the carriers practiced their surge,I predicted Pres.Bush would go medieval after the election.This story reads like the Administration is prepping the PR battlefield.

Posted by Stephen 2004-09-12 3:06:55 AM|| 2004-09-12 3:06:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 God Help me, are the Eurocrats beginning to see the light, or are they basically capitulating to their genetically inherited instinct to form another Vienese Commitee and start discussing things and writing protocols until the earth is blasted from under their feet by the first Iranian nuke delivered to them courtesy of their own german engineered and french tested SHIHAB IV ??
They are underestimating the Mullahs !! Economic sanctions are not going to deter the Turbans who are certainly willing to starve and oppress their own people in the name of Allah, just to have their hands on a few nukes.
If the Idiots in Europe do not wake up soon, they will have their asses blown internally and externally before they can say "Allah Hu Ackbar".

Posted by Elder of zion 2004-09-12 3:16:21 AM|| 2004-09-12 3:16:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 start discussing things and writing protocols

My bet is they will be "doing lunch" when they are turned into glass.

Posted by B 2004-09-12 3:48:42 AM|| 2004-09-12 3:48:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 But the draft does not order Tehran to be automatically reported to the U.N. Security Council if it does not meet the deadline, as Washington wishes.

..Reported to the Security Council......gee, that sounds so grade-schoolish...

Left unsaid also was what the consequences would be for Iran if it did end up being "reported".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-12 4:22:17 AM|| 2004-09-12 4:22:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Of course the Europeans will stick to November. Nov 1st, it will be. It lets the MSM cook up a big brouhaha about Bush wanting to invade Iran, and the resulting draft that will entail. Should be worth a few percentage points.

Posted by VC the wonder dog 2004-09-12 5:34:29 AM|| 2004-09-12 5:34:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I suggest to rename IAEA as IAE :
International Association of Eunuchs

of course they will have to drop their terminal "A", but thats not such a great sacrifice for having your name finally match your inner essence !!

Posted by Elder of Zion 2004-09-12 6:42:19 AM|| 2004-09-12 6:42:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Iran and Syria would do well to remember that there are 60 days between Nov and Jan and the US can accomplish quite a lot in that time. Any terrorist attack in the US prior to the election will give us just cause.

Posted by B 2004-09-12 8:37:53 AM|| 2004-09-12 8:37:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Sick as it may sound, it's getting to the point where Europe will require being hit with a nuclear terrorist attack before they wake up to the threat levels that they themselves are busily escalating. Madrid's atrocity should have served adequate notice but inspired the most callow sort of appeasement instead.

The past year's diplomatic dithering, constant negotiating and general prinking about has produced not one micrometer of progress towards any significant resolution of the Iranian crisis. Instead, we have been treated to the ugly spectacle of Europe's improving trade relations with Iran. Meanwhile, the mullahs merely continue to increase the pace of their nuclear weapons development.

Europe has been breathing their own exhaust for far too long.

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-12 4:56:52 PM|| 2004-09-12 4:56:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Look at Spain, Zenster. Look how France has been seeking character references from the likes of Hamas in an attempt to get their hostages back. I'm not sure that even being on the receiving end of nukes will cause Europe to do more than talk.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-09-12 6:26:36 PM|| 2004-09-12 6:26:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 France has been seeking character references from the likes of Hamas

trailing wife, your excerpt above really says it all.

Posted by Zenster 2004-09-12 9:12:01 PM|| 2004-09-12 9:12:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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