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2006-04-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-22 04:51|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This isn't at all suprising, anyone with half a brain knows Simon and Clarke have an axe to grind.
The fact that they wrote the op-ed for the NY fishwrap/bird cage liner should clue you into that. I didn't notice this past week but I'm sure al-Rueters must have been all over this.

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-04-22 07:36|| 2006-04-22 07:36|| Front Page Top

#2 "Clarke explained that the threat posed by Iran... far greater than Saddam's Iraq."

Yep. But a direct attack on Iran was not possible logistically or politically. Iraq was a pragmatic stepping stone.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-04-22 10:11|| 2006-04-22 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran has not supported anti-American terrorism since the mid-1990s. Bull#&(t!!

Before we do anything to Iran we need to decide that we must go to total war with them. This measured approach has done nothing when it comes to eastern mindsets. Iraq, Palistine, Afghanistan, the PI, and the rest of the war are shining examples of how measured approached don't work. To defeat an enemy you must destroy their will to fight, as a nation, or destroy that nation and break it up into smaller states.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-04-22 11:40|| 2006-04-22 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Before we do anything to Iran we need to decide that we must go to total war with them.

Hear! Hear!
I don't think our kinsmen are anywhere near there.

Posted by 6 2006-04-22 13:34|| 2006-04-22 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 the IRAN war is going to be a mess, my prediction, but what choice do we have

Posted by Sholung Hupomoque1398 2006-04-22 14:14|| 2006-04-22 14:14|| Front Page Top

#6 "Iran has not supported anti-American terrorism since the mid-1990s."
They totally discredited themselves right there.

Posted by Darrell 2006-04-22 17:33|| 2006-04-22 17:33|| Front Page Top

#7 what choice do we have

Conventional or nuclear. Would you like fries with that?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-22 18:38|| 2006-04-22 18:38|| Front Page Top

#8 WORLDTRIBUNE.com has an article rtaken from Radio Liberty Europe where a US official claims Iran may already have accumulated enough gases and other materials for 10 bombs. WorldTribune also has an article from INTERFAX claiming that Russian T-160 heavy bombers had penetrated Canadian airspace.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-04-22 22:52|| 2006-04-22 22:52|| Front Page Top

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