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2006-04-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2006-04-14 10:56|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

Iran's diverse population should be fertile ground for a covert operation. Iran is only 51 percent Persian. Azerbaijanis and Kurds comprise nearly 35 percent of the population. Seventy percent are under 30, and the jobless rate hovers near 20 percent.

Fertile ground for producing terrorists & other kinds of "insurgents" a la Iraq, but I really doubt they like the US at all. The mullocracy has already eliminated most of their potential domestic opposition. A great many Iranians support the mullocracy, a great many Iranians (even those who hate the mullahs) support Iranian nuclear weapons production, just as many/most Germans and Japanese supported their governments in WW II until their support became meaningless as Nazi and Imperial Japanese military power was destroyed.

Any country involved in the attack would be subject to retaliation by Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al Qaeda, the Iranians have claimed. If nothing else, this threat demonstrates how closely tied Iran is to terrorist groups.

How right this is, but you can already imagine the MSM saying Iran had nothing to do with 9/11 or with WMD, can't you?
---- In a related article, William Kristol asks the rhetorical question "Is the America of 2006 more willing to thwart the unacceptable than the France of 1936?" A few of us are willing, a big chunk of our electorate is still on a holiday from history, and the MSM is only interested in spreading mental agitation, fear and confusion. Things are a bit better today on this front than they were on 9/10/2001, though.
No mention is made a relationship between a military strike against Iranian nuclear weapons research and the world oil supply, which is already strained. Keep your shoes well-heeled and your bicycles in good running condition, everyone. The road ahead is twisted and full of potholes.

Posted by Snuns Thromp1484 2006-04-14 12:18|| 2006-04-14 12:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran's leaders have threatened to unleash a firestorm of terrorism in the event military action is taken against them. Any country involved in the attack would be subject to retaliation by Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al Qaeda, the Iranians have claimed. If nothing else, this threat demonstrates how closely tied Iran is to terrorist groups.

Sort of says it all. Iran is a festering boil that needs to be lanced before blood poisoning and gangrene sets in.

Posted by Zenster 2006-04-14 12:52|| 2006-04-14 12:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Zenster - as long as it's their blood poisoning and their gangrene (which I think have already set in), I don't give a shit.

Unfortunately, they're trying to pass their ~~derangement~~ disease on to us. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut"> Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-14 15:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-04-14 15:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Still comes down to either Americans fight and win, or surrender to the Global Caliphate/
Jihadist/Islamist State, and then hope to God they don't decide to kill you 'for Honor/Allah" after you surrender. POST-SHAH IRAN FOR MANY YEARS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED TO NOT SUPPORT TERROR, ERGO IS WHY THEY THREATEN TO UNLEASH SAME AGAINST AMERICA - OOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPSSSSS.

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

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