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2004-07-18 Israel-Palestine
Report: Israel's 'first strike' plan against Iran ready
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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-18 7:37:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "Israel will on no account permit Iranian reactors - especially the one being built in Bushehr with Russian help - to go critical."

Good, while you're blowing up stuff in Iran the civilized and rational portion of the world would like to respectfully request you add some Mullahs to your target list.
Posted by JerseyMike 2004-07-18 8:01:40 PM||   2004-07-18 8:01:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd almost rather watch the mullahs collectively blow a gasket post-strike.
Posted by AzCat 2004-07-18 8:08:10 PM||   2004-07-18 8:08:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It would be pretty dangerous only to wound this beast and not kill it.
Posted by virginian 2004-07-18 8:23:58 PM||   2004-07-18 8:23:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 From the JPost article:

The paper also quoted from a classified document on the Iranian threat which was presented to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon earlier this year and which it claims to have seen.

The document, entitled "The Strategic Future of Israel," was reportedly written by four of Israel's senior defense experts and advocated military action against "countries which develop nuclear weapons."

It described Iran as a "suicide nation" and recommended "targeted killings" of members of the country's elite, including its leading nuclear scientists.

There might not be any mullahs left to blow gaskets. Or maybe they'll leave Khatami and kill all the others sort of like they've done to the Paleos. I'm indifferent.
Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-07-18 8:31:39 PM||   2004-07-18 8:31:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Personally I can't figure why the Iranian's have been allowed to get this far with their nuke ambitions. Of course the ever responsible and far sighted Russians being involved really shouldn't surprise I suppose. If Israel shows the moxie needed to end this nonsense I hope we (US) back them to the hilt!
Posted by RJB in JC MO 2004-07-18 8:46:51 PM||   2004-07-18 8:46:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Why the f-ck are the israelis announcing their intentions?
Posted by Damn_Proud_American  2004-07-18 9:14:25 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com]  2004-07-18 9:14:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 DPA

Everybody would love to see the mullahs gone by the hand of the Iranian people. Check out all the other posts today about Iran. There seems to be a full court psyops press on the mullahs. All this puts pressure on the mullahs to do something stupid and let's hope we are helping the Iranian people to do something smart, to the extent we can.

Besides, by telegraphing the punch, they precede the injury with insult. How humiliating.
Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-07-18 9:22:41 PM||   2004-07-18 9:22:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 DPA - this is a surprise?
Posted by Frank G  2004-07-18 9:46:00 PM||   2004-07-18 9:46:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Why the f-ck are the israelis announcing their intentions?

In addition to Mr. Davis' comments, it also serves notice to the usual suspects, who would loudly condemn such an action, to do something about the problem and quickly. Else they lose credibility.
Posted by Pappy 2004-07-18 10:01:48 PM||   2004-07-18 10:01:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Why wait til now? Easy -- let the Iranians sink every available hard currency dollar, man-hour and part into the reactors -- and then blow them to hell. If you blow them at the beginning, the loss is less and the Iranians just figure to start over.

Saddam never really recovered a nuclear option after Osirak -- we want the same thing here.
Posted by Steve White  2004-07-19 12:09:50 AM||   2004-07-19 12:09:50 AM|| Front Page Top

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