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2011-10-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Intel chair says don't rule out military option against Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2011-10-17 09:45|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Free Arabistan

Posted by phil_b 2011-10-17 10:09|| 2011-10-17 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Drone zap the mad mullahs and dinnerjacket? We have banked lots of reasons for payback over the years.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-10-17 10:12|| 2011-10-17 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 "I don't think you should take it off the table," said Representative Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said on ABC's "This Week."

More jibberish gum flapping from the HPSCI. Obviously it should not be "taken off the table." That fact should not even have to be spoken.

Posted by Sofa-Soldier 2011-10-17 11:21|| 2011-10-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

#4 "Drone zap the mad mullahs and dinnerjacket?"

That would be fun. Does Turkey have drones? We could paint them with Turkish markings. ;-p

Posted by Barbara 2011-10-17 11:25|| 2011-10-17 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Turkey has some drones they bought from Israel, which they've grounded. They announced they were producing their own, which at the moment are not capable of making it to Teheran without crashing in embarassing ways.

Posted by lotp 2011-10-17 17:45|| 2011-10-17 17:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Way to look decisive, Mr. Commander-in-chief.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-10-17 19:35|| 2011-10-17 19:35|| Front Page Top

#7 You're no damn fun, lotp. Doesn't anyone in the area have drones that we could mimic? (Israel not included, obviously.)

Posted by Barbara 2011-10-17 20:04|| 2011-10-17 20:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Our troops are grateful they don't, Barbara.

And yeah, I'm not the life of the party of late. ;-) It's that whole, "life is real, life is earnest" bit.

Posted by lotp 2011-10-17 20:08|| 2011-10-17 20:08|| Front Page Top

#9 In Tehran's view, its the US-Israel-West that will be the ones to initiate any sort of milaction in the Persian Gulf - IRAN IS JUST A REACTIONARY TO WILY DASTARDLY ZIONIST-CRUSADER, ETC. MILITARY AGGRESSIONISM.

MAHA-RUSHIAN WORLD, MIL, ISLAMIC "HISTOIRE'" = says that to fight the scrappy Persians, now Iranians, FOREIGN POWERS HAVE TO GO ATTACK + FIGHT THEM IN THEIR REGION = BACKYARD.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-10-17 20:50|| 2011-10-17 20:50|| Front Page Top

#10 They announced they were producing their own, which at the moment are not capable of making it to Teheran without crashing in embarassing ways.

And yet the occasional inexplicablely unrepeatable technical miracle has bee

Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-17 23:20|| 2011-10-17 23:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Sorry. Jumpy trigger finger. To continue:

...has been known to occur. Send 'em off with Turkish colours and look innocent.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-17 23:23|| 2011-10-17 23:23|| Front Page Top

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