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2011-10-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran’s Covert War Against the United States
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Posted by tipper 2011-10-12 01:18|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 This terrorist country wants NUKES? Wake up!
Posted by Creregum Glolump8403 2011-10-12 03:00||   2011-10-12 03:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Shush, Creregum Glolump8403! They promise only to use it against Juice.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-10-12 07:26||   2011-10-12 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Covert?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-10-12 07:56||   2011-10-12 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Unreported more like it.

In a way I understand Truman's limited theatre doctrine, then I forget why and get really pissed.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-10-12 08:40||   2011-10-12 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 You know to orchestrate a good reelection campaign you need to get the people focused on a good war. All the trappings of timing and the classical slight of hand to shift the attention of failures past. Anyone really think that this administration and State Department which can't even address the Somali pirate acts with anything other than catch and release has any intentions of doing something real other than a lower primate displace of territorial declarative and nothing much more?
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-12 08:54||   2011-10-12 08:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Ya nailed it P2K.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-10-12 09:56||   2011-10-12 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 lower primate displace of territorial declarative

...is over my head, at the moment. I'll check back later.
Posted by Bobby 2011-10-12 10:05||   2011-10-12 10:05|| Front Page Top

#8 ..my bad..'display'. It's done with a lot of shouting and throwing of arms into the air to display dominance and marking of territory without the humanoid variation of cracking heads with blunt tools or inserting sharp objects into body parts. Symbolic rather than scalp collecting acts.
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-10-12 10:25||   2011-10-12 10:25|| Front Page Top

#9 And of course, since ShortRound is so vehemently and publicly antiSemitic, this is no doubt going to raise Obama's posture with US voters who are Jewish.
Posted by lotp 2011-10-12 11:08||   2011-10-12 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Iran’s Covert War Against the United States

Just figuring it out now, are they?

We know how this will end. Perhaps not tomorrow, not next year, perhaps not for a decade or so yet, but it will end in thousands of American corpses, and bloody-handed Iranian mullahs daring us to do anything about it, believing in their hearts that we are too weak and too preoccupied.

And of course, we will end it, and the world will condemn us for it.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-10-12 12:39||   2011-10-12 12:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Mike Kozlowsk Hello. I believe you are a writer. Specifically on this part of the world. I see Russia being more constructive than other powers.
Russia is a vast country with a diverse cultural population. That can be an advantage in relations with its neighbors. Have you seen the change?. More carrot less stick. Less willing to undermine established order. The Chinese definitely welcome that approach.
Posted by Dale 2011-10-12 13:47||   2011-10-12 13:47|| Front Page Top

#12 When did the war become covert?
Posted by Fred 2011-10-12 14:27||   2011-10-12 14:27|| Front Page Top

#13 Dale,

Everything you say is absolutely true - it's in Russia's best interests to have a higher carrot-to-stick ratio when dealing with their neighbors. The problem lies in the fact that A)Russia doesn't know how to do that and B)Russia doesn't WANT to do that. The goal of the current Soviet Russian leadership is to bring back the Old Days, and that means diplomacy backed by threats with all the subtlety of a ten-pound sledgehammer. If the Russians wanted to undermine the Iranians, they could do it by the simple expedient of opening their borders a bit and making sure everybody on the Iranian side of the line knew how (comparatively) good things were there. They don't want to undermine the Iranians, though - there's far too much to be gained for their strategy by propping them up as a thorn in our sides. The fact that an Iran that's a threat to us is also a threat to them seems to either escape them entirely or come under the heading of, "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-10-12 17:13||   2011-10-12 17:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Mike Kozlowsk Thank you for your post. In my opinion the cat is out of the bag. The Russian youth want nothing to do with the old days. The Russian leadership is playing a game of chess with this part of the world. Cold and calculated. They may dream of the old days of power but the country has changed. Prosperity and stability is what the people want. That is the true carrot to win over others and the glue that will hold their country together. Iran is a problem for them. I agree "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
Posted by Dale 2011-10-12 20:20||   2011-10-12 20:20|| Front Page Top

#15 D *** NG IT, I've asked this question before - why does Iran wanna nuke JUICE NEWTON???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-12 20:46||   2011-10-12 20:46|| Front Page Top

#16 The Russians seem to have many of the problems we are having. Drugs, poverty, and crime. The teenagers and young adults hope for a better future. The Siberian underground has been strong for years. The contemporary music is loaded with their stories of hope and despair.

Posted by Dale 2011-10-12 21:20||   2011-10-12 21:20|| Front Page Top

#17 ION NOT-IRAN-WAR, CHINA DAILY FORUM > MITT ROMNEY CALLS FOR CENTURY OF US DOMINANCE | US NEED WORLD'S STRONGEST MILITARY FORCE FOR THE "AMERICAN CENTURY", i.e. the 21st Century.

ARTIC > ROMNEY = Fergit the UNO + Multilateralism.

and

* SAME > ROMNEY: US DESTINED TO NOT BE EQUAL WITH WORLD NATIONS.

versus

* SAME > SANTORUM: I WANT TO GO TO [Trade]WAR WID CHINA.

Not unlike Patton or MacArthur, the US must settle for nothing less than TOTAL VICTORY = UNCONDITIONAL CHINESE SURRENDER in any trade war wid Rising China.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-12 23:36||   2011-10-12 23:36|| Front Page Top

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