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2004-04-13 Iraq-Jordan

General Abizaid: Iran and Syria Meddling

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Posted by Man Bites Dog 2004-04-13 2:51:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Right now there are concerns on both sides that the US and Iran will fight each other. Isn't it nice that Iran is sending the worst of its rats into Iraq for us to kill, so that we don't have to cross their border to do it?
As small a minority as the Iran mullahs are in their own country, with so few stormtroopers to support them that they have to import Palestinian thugs to attack their own people, you would think that they would use them more judiciously.
I look forward to the day when Tehran is illuminated by streetlights--from each of which dangles a mullah.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-04-13 11:25:02 AM|| 2004-04-13 11:25:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If GWB and his minions have a plan with regard to Iran and Syria, now is the time to put it into play. They better have one, as no one in their right mind would think that Assad and the Mad Mullahs would stand idly by while we carry out our Iraq plans.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-13 12:22:02 PM|| 2004-04-13 12:22:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Isn't it nice that Iran is sending the worst of its rats into Iraq for us to kill, so that we don't have to cross their border to do it? "

This isn't chess, where there are a finite amount of "rats", of pawns to kill, each one very valuable for the game's result.

This game seems more like Go. The players have an infinite supply of pawns to put into the game -- and the way to win is not by killing enemy pawns but by taking hold of territory. Overextend, waste time to take territory that can't be actually used, or even use an inordinate amount of power for little gains, and your many pawns are actually a liability as the opponent takes hold of the territory even as you kill off his pawns by the dozens.

"They better have one"

If I thought they had one, then my opinion of their intelligence would be higher than it currently is.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-04-13 1:46:51 PM|| 2004-04-13 1:46:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I would love to see regime change in Iran, but the US doesn't have the troops to invade and deal with the occupation afterwards, and crossing our fingers and hoping the student unrest will topple the government hasn't panned out. Anyone have a third option?

Posted by ruprecht 2004-04-13 2:56:23 PM|| 2004-04-13 2:56:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If I thought they had one, then my opinion of their intelligence would be higher than it currently is.

Well the fact of the matter is that neither you nor I know for sure, although I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. They are either going to run a scripted play, improvise, or be tackled for a loss.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-13 3:05:08 PM|| 2004-04-13 3:05:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Aris:
What he said. Actually, it is pretty much impossible that there are NO contingency plan for Iran and Syria. There are well-funded departments within the U.S. government that do nothing but get plans ready for pretty much every conceivable foreign policy problem. Now, how good those plans actually are is another mattter.

Posted by Secret Master 2004-04-13 4:27:38 PM|| [www.budgetwarrior.com] 2004-04-13 4:27:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Here is an interesting plan for Iran: a rapid cross-border incursion that temporarily neutralizes their AAA, then anything and everything to do with nuclear is blown to smithereens. Then we leave. Right now, even little Israel is considering the same option.

I can just see the Mullahs trying to order the Iranian army to invade Iraq to get back at the Americans. "You want us to attack four battle hardened American Divisions? Are you out of your ******* mind?"

Posted by Anonymous4156 2004-04-13 11:38:18 PM|| 2004-04-13 11:38:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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