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2011-11-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Time Has Come' to Act on Iran, Says Barak. Ehud, not Obama.

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 As said times before, Iran will stay or prefer to stay on the strategic = Diplomatic, Media defensive AMAP ALAP - in its mind, the burden is on the US + Israel, etc. to unilaterally strike or attack Iran where Iran will then be able to blame them for inter-state war, to includ proxy/surrogate terrorism, breaking out.

EVEN GIVEN THE "OBAMA DOCTRINE", THE US IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO GET A UNSC MANDATE FOR MILSTRIKE + WAR AGZ IRAN FOR A LONG L-O-N-G TIME TO COME YET.

In sum, it comes down to

> IRAN OR THE USA DOING SOMETHING XTREMELY STUPID ACT = REAX.
> DOMESTIC "REGIME CHANGE" [anti-Govt revolution] IN TEHRAN.
> The US engages in some kind of so-called "FALSE FLAG" OPERATION where Iran + only Iran gets the blame.

Moud + Mullahs are willing to tippy-toe in high heels on a thin tightrope iff it means the success of Iran's NucProgs + LT agendum.

ISRAEL CAN CERTAINLY ATTACK IRAN, BUT ONLY THE US = US-NATO OR UN COALITION CAN ATTACK AS WELL AS INVADE, OCCUPY IRAN.

Pragmatically, iff Israel has now decided absolutely that "time is of the essence" agz Iran, IMO means Tel Aviv must induce POTUS Bammer to do an Option #3 = "False Flag" ASAP AMAP within 6-8 months or less [Dec 2011 < = Aug 2012], AS I DON'T THINK ISRAEL DESIRES TO WAIT UNTIL THE BAMMER WINS OR LOSES HIS RE-ELECTION.

Israel is not just fighting agz time agz any de facto, physically real Iran NucBomb, BUT ALSO THE KNOWLEDGE + LEARNING CURVE(S) THAT IRAN WILL ACQUIRE + USE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THOSE NUC ASSETS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED VEE LR AIR, MISSLE [Commando?]MILSTRIKE.

Knowledge gained = rarely lost save in the most extreme or difficult circumstances. IOW, ONCE IRAN "HAS THE BOMB", IT "HAS THE BOMB" EVEN IFF THE US, ISRAEL PHYSICALLY DESTROY WHAT ONE OR FEW IT ORIGINALLY HAD.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-21 00:55|| 2011-11-21 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I still wish that Israel could have stage managed a nuclear disaster in Iran, to convince the average Iranian on the street that nuclear anything is not right for them. Ideally, that they would as a people be as repulsed by nuclear weapons as were the Japanese after the war.

It would exchange a few thousand lives for tens of thousands of lives.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-21 09:17|| 2011-11-21 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 IIRC FREEREPUBLIC this AM > REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS DARE ISRAEL TO ATTACK IRAN.

versus

* WAFF > "GREY WOLVES" [Pan-Turkic Union = Regional Ethno-Nationalists] ARE AWAKENING IN IRAN.

Neo-OTOMANISM.

versus

* SAME > CHECHEN MILITANT LEADER [Zombie aka Doku Umarov] THREATENS TURKEY AFTER KILLINGS, or repor Chechen Activists-Rebels on Turkish soil by Russian agents, ostensib wid Ankara's knowledge + approval.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-21 21:52|| 2011-11-21 21:52|| Front Page Top

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