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2011-12-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Stratfor: The Covert Intelligence War Against Iran

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Posted by Durnham Freebody 2011-12-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Right now the optimal operation against Iran is to both attack nuclear targets, but even more importantly, to unnerve the population.

Fear that this will turn them in the favor of their government is overstated. They need to have an increasing, and downright painful fear of war at the street level.

As I have suggested before, likewise their nuclear hopes and dreams have to be darkened, to turn them against nuclear anything. And this can now only happen with a major and terrible nuclear accident that kills thousands. Hopefully IRGC or military, or in a region that strongly supports the regime.

The alternative, rapidly approaching, is a conventional war that kills hundreds of thousands, and can possibly devastate the region.

These are not pleasant alternatives, but they have become the only alternatives, because of the endless procrastination and bloviating by those who should have acted earlier.

There are times when the cowboy way, dealing with problems as soon as they come to light, is the right way. If you are diagnosed with cancer, procrastination never helps, even if it involves a hundred dull committee meetings and position papers.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-09 10:11|| 2011-12-09 10:11|| Front Page Top

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