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2008-08-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: Iran warns against surprise attack

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Iran is a multiplicity of ethnicities, most of which are resentful of the top twelve Ayatollahs and the billions pilfered through sweetheart deals with the government they control. Hypocrisy is so pervasive that religious leaders use nominal devout supporters (Basij) to break strikes. I think its a stack of cards that can be toppled. However, it would the annihilation of Qom to start the downfall.

Posted by McZoid 2008-08-14 03:31|| 2008-08-14 03:31|| Front Page Top

#2 He was also quoted as saying, "Blah, blah, blah, I'm a big knot head, blah, blah, blah, my turban is too tight, blah, blah, blah".

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-14 08:32|| 2008-08-14 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Ok, so it's ixnay on the Surprise Attack. How about the Long Awaited Attack?

Posted by SteveS 2008-08-14 09:30|| 2008-08-14 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I feel I've been waiting a long time for that attack. Will that do, SteveS?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-14 09:53|| 2008-08-14 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 For some reason unknown to us, I think the Bush Administration has concluded that it doesn't *need* to attack Iran. An "ace in the hole" so definitive that they don't even want Israel to attack Iran.

As a pure thought problem, it boggles the mind as to what could possibly be so definite, so undeniable, that it could give such confidence. So much more so that they don't even want Israel to waste its resources.

Even a science fiction super weapon couldn't give this much confidence. Maybe two or three independent such weapons might, but so uniquely powerful that even the other major powers couldn't stop them.

Even back when the US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons we didn't have this much confidence. So what could possibly give it to us now?

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-08-14 10:44|| 2008-08-14 10:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Ooh, a "crushing response"! My bowels are all 'aquiver now.

Does Iran have a Baloon Corp? They have enough hot air to power it. And it would probably be more effective than the rest of their trash (Photoshop excluded).

I'm about tired of their willful ignorance, and they can be EXTREMELY glad I'm not the Prez. It's time for the bunker busters to do a series of surgical strikes, and bugger waiting on Israel. I guess I'd still wait for after the November elections, but there'd be no question about going in, and I'd tell Israel to sit this one out.

I forget who said it but the truth remains that "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' while reaching for a stick".

Posted by DLR 2008-08-14 10:52|| http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html]">[http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html] 2008-08-14 10:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Make no mistake. Iran will get nukes, if they don't already have them. This administration is hoping for internal rebellion, but that's not going to happen. A dictatorship with a strong police element is very stable as long as it can pay it's attack dogs. And the ayatollahs pump money out of the ground.

Posted by ed 2008-08-14 11:30|| 2008-08-14 11:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Is it a coincidence that there is a Meet Persian Women ad on this page and Meet Russian brides on some of the Russian pages?

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-08-14 17:39|| 2008-08-14 17:39|| Front Page Top

#9 How about informing them 5 minutes beforehand? It won't be a surprise attack then.

On the second thought... 3 minutes ought to do.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-14 18:52|| 2008-08-14 18:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Me! Me! Don't forget about Me!

Posted by KBK 2008-08-14 23:45|| 2008-08-14 23:45|| Front Page Top

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