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2004-09-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US-Iran relations continue to pose problems

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-01 2:07:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Okay, time to set up the board. We took out the holy shits main enemy, saddam. Would it have been better to take out saddams main enemy, Iran?

Both were/are freaking hostlie.

I think that; We hope that Iranians will do the deed as they are sick and tired of being part of Bielzabubs daily soap opera. That if the populace can't or won't rise up, ala Iraqies, that some sort of "new age" attack, that won't killl mass amounts of Iranians, the key, must happen.

Or do we play a holding action, stoping the developing of first strick weopons; for how long?

What will Bush do? What would Kerry do?

Posted by Lucky 2004-09-01 2:24:25 AM|| 2004-09-01 2:24:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's assume Bush wins the election. I think what he would LIKE to do is take down Iran. The question is can he? Do we have the military assets to do it (assuming we won't use nukes)? Could he justify such a war politically? Could he justify the expenditures it would require? This is a big problem, because the alternatives are pretty bleak. If we don't do something about Iran, that country will continue to be a sanctuary and a sponsor of jihad, and continue to send jihadis into Iraq to prolong the insurgency. It would also demonstrate to the world that rogue nations can get away with it, standing up to the US, bringing our interventions to nought. Even if we suppress the insurgency, there's still the problem of nukes. Iran having nukes would allow them to intimidate Iraq into submission after we leave. And the whole ME.

Posted by virginian 2004-09-01 7:41:28 AM|| 2004-09-01 7:41:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 No problem really, just need punch in some grids into the targeting computer.

Posted by 98zulu 2004-09-01 11:23:45 AM|| 2004-09-01 11:23:45 AM|| Front Page Top

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