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2007-05-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

North Korea tests long-range missile in Iran

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Posted by mrp 2007-05-16 18:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Covers Oslo and St. Petersburg and points south quite nicely. The 1300 centrifuges already operating will produce enough HEU for a bomb in 18 months. The 50,000 planned centrifuges a bomb every two weeks. The Iranians should have learned much from Pakistan's and NKor's nuclear fizzles since they all three use the same Chinese design.

Expect the US to be chased out of the ME, the jizya to freely flow from the Sauds, Iraqi vassals and Euro dhimmis and the Novo Soviet borders to heat up quite nicely. Gonna be Bush's legacy and a fun time had by all.

Posted by ed 2007-05-16 19:15|| 2007-05-16 19:15|| Front Page Top

#2 One teensy nagging question: How did these big ole' missile components get all the way from far off North Korea to Iran. Wasn't there a plane we could have shot down or a boat to be sunk? This shit's gotta end. Each North Korean or Iranian missile test needs to be treated like a live fire exercise for our airborne laser platform.

The only upside is that Europe's pucker factor should have increased by an order of magnitude. Sadly, the EU has such a case of numbnuts that it's going to take threat levels at or near "Incoming!" to make them pull their sox up.

Meanwhile, Iran gains even more prestige. It is disgusting that our strategic planners simply do not comprehend how persuasive this sort of sabre rattling is among high context cultures. We may as well be allowing Iran to spray paint anti-American graffiti on the prows of our carrier groups. As previously mentioned, imagine the loss of face if Iran's missile tests consistently exploded a few kilometers about the launch pad. Their military credibility would be zilch and we'd have an impressive set of test data besides. Talk about a win-win.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-16 19:49|| 2007-05-16 19:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Iff true, this new missle's PACOA arc covers all of JAPAN + PARTS OF ALASKA [ read, GMD Bases] + VIETNAM + NORTHERN PHILIPPINES [read, Subic-Manila Bay-Aerodome-Clark AFB], i.e. the Motherly Commie Airborne = PLA's strategic direction of offense/attack into WESTPAC + NORPAC. SCARE THE OWG-HAPPY, SURRENDER/ISOLATIONISM-HAPPY USG-NPE INTO PULLING OUT FROM WESTPAC IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING HAWAII-US WEST COAST , THEN LATER DO THE SAME AGZ EASTPAC I.E. HAWAIIIAN ISLANDS, US WEST COAST, NORAMO [North American Operating areas], .........etal. Meanwhile, anti-Amer American Politicos will demand that the future NORTH AMER GOVT + OWG [read, Russia-China dominated] MilPol protect the USA from international belligerence.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-16 20:07|| 2007-05-16 20:07|| Front Page Top

#4 RUSSIA > this alleged new missle also SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH covers the areas of heavy = pervasive Chinese-NK emigration into the Russian Far East.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-16 20:10|| 2007-05-16 20:10|| Front Page Top

#5 On this, as with so many other issues, there is no final word until the ALL CAPS come out.

A consoling factor for me in the midst of all this geo-political turmoil is that Iran has yet to deal with an all caps UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Joseph isn't heavy, he's my my ALL CAPS brother. I don't pretend to understand what he says. But I know the meaning. The Mad Mullah mother f*ckers should live in mortal fear that the ALL CAPS US of A has had enough of their bullsh*t and had decided to do something about it.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2007-05-16 23:58|| 2007-05-16 23:58|| Front Page Top

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