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2007-05-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq

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Posted by mrp 2007-05-22 10:31|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 This was in the Guardian?!? Did a seniour managing editor have a mini-stroke in the Cognitive Dissonance part of the brain?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-22 12:59|| 2007-05-22 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran recognizes the lack of will of America, as demonstrated by both polls and Congress. Therefor they have little fear of being counter-attacked at home as they push forward in both Iraq and Afghanistan (and in their nuclear weapons program.) This is pretty much the same situation bin Laden saw during the Clinton administration - and thought existed on 9/11. Turns out he was probably right, but with a brief speedbump in the road.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-05-22 13:01|| 2007-05-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Pi$$ on Iran. Close the border. Kill anything that has an IR signature within 10 miles. Send in teams to blow up a gasoline terminal or refinery, or two. Send millions to fund Kurdish insurrection in the north. strangle their finances and trade.

Pi$$ on the blackhats...and their little dog, Toto.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-05-22 14:07|| 2007-05-22 14:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Predictable. Wimps get kicked around.

Posted by ed 2007-05-22 14:09|| 2007-05-22 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd like to see Bush develop a pair, and completely devastate the MME - nuking Iran (Qom, Isfahan, Natanz, Busaher, Bandar Abbas, etc), Soddy aRabida (Riyadh, Jedda, Mecca Medina, Dahran), Syria (Damascus, Homs, Latakia, etc.), and pakiwakiland. It may not stop the jihad, but it will set it back 40 years or more, and give the West some breathing room. Getting rid of the house of ~~sh$$~~saud will reduce the wahabbi threat. Getting rid of Qom and its mullahs will reduce the Iranian threat. Just to keep things even, I'd also recommend flattening Brussels, to eliminate the unelected ~~rulers~~bureaucrats of EUrope.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-05-22 15:28|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-05-22 15:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Secret?

Only secret to the American public, kept secret by the American MSM who, as always, are happy to openly print info on American secrets.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-22 15:39|| 2007-05-22 15:39|| Front Page Top

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