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2006-01-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-16 00:43|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Given that its Shahab-3 ballistic missile system has the range to hit southern Europe

Isn't France southern europe?

Posted by Skidmark 2006-01-16 05:12|| 2006-01-16 05:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, but the French Missle Negoitiating Teams are planning to talk any launched nukes into to Med. Kind of a verbal "Missle Command".

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2006-01-16 07:13|| 2006-01-16 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 don't forgits, cheese breath can be deadly.

Posted by Red Dog 2006-01-16 08:35|| 2006-01-16 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Last week it was ten years.
That's a productive weekend...

Posted by tu3031 2006-01-16 09:43|| 2006-01-16 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Due to the simple fact that Iran has continuously concealed nearly every aspect of their nuclear program, ALL ESTIMATES OF WHERE THEY STAND ON AN ATOMIC WEAPONS BUILDUP TIMELINE ARE MEANINGLESS.

It is far better to go in and cripple them now than to find out we all were spectacularly wrong in another few months or years.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-16 14:29|| 2006-01-16 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 They already have dirty bomb capacity. And they have a leader who believes that angels are guiding him to final jihad against Western Civilization. And we are sandbagged by alien, suicidal "values" concerning respect for sham Muslim "democracy."

Folks: Approximately 100,000,000 people died in the two World Wars. Most were civilians. Prior to Hiroshima, millions of Germans were slaughtered in the Allied bombings. In the magnesium bombing of Tokyo, 200,000 people were burned to death in one night. Annihilation of adversaries is the rule; peaceful co-existence is the exception. The Rainbow Coalition (Bush43) use of limited war in Afghanistan, Iraq and whatever monstrosity comes next, against a mortal enemy, is pure folly. Future generations will hold pilgrimages to spit on GWB's grave, if he doesn't terminate the Iran threat, by any means necessary. Ergo: let's nuke Iran, and place Sunni Iraq, Syria and the Saud terrorist entity under nuclear blackmail, without giving a second thought to either the numbers of dead or sovereignty claims of those worthless primitives.

Fred: When did we forget that enemy life is cheap?

Posted by CaziFarkus">CaziFarkus 2006-01-16 16:37|| deleted]">[deleted] 2006-01-16 16:37|| Front Page Top

#7 When we took a look at what those actions in WWII cost us, as well as what it gained us.

Posted by lotp 2006-01-16 17:27|| 2006-01-16 17:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Ergo: let's nuke Iran, and place Sunni Iraq, Syria and the Saud terrorist entity under nuclear blackmail, without giving a second thought to either the numbers of dead or sovereignty claims of those worthless primitives.

For how disgusted I am with Muslims in general, I'm almost amazed that I have to do this but, you're still smoking waaaaay too much rope, CF. I try to remain unconcerned about making more enemies, especially in the Islamic world, yet your plan guarantees making the worst sort of foes. Namely, ones we didn't need to make. Iran's people are pretty well fed up with thier tyrannical government. While they may not all be pro-West, they are certainly sick of the Mullahcracy.

WERE WE TO ATTACK IRAN WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WE WOULD RIGHTLY MAKE INCONTROVERTIBLE ENEMIES OUT OF NOT JUST ISLAMIC NATIONS, BUT MANY ALLIES AS WELL.

You just don't seem to get this with all your "nuke 'em now" spewing. Your logic is on a par with the terrorists who want to attack America with nuclear weapons. More then anything, first use of nuclear weapons by America would justify nuclear terrorism against our nation. WHAT PART OF THAT EQUATION DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?

Fred: When did we forget that enemy life is cheap?

While enemy life may be cheap, certainly cheaper than that of our own soldiers, making MILLIONS of new and utterly polarized enemies ALL AT ONCE is worse than stupid. It represents the most shortsighted and hateful thinking possible and places you on a par with Iran's own holocaust-denying president.

I certainly hope that Fred has the time to respond to your lunacy as well.

While I fully support placing all terrorist sponsors and proliferators on notice that a single nuclear attack on America will get ALL OF THEM glassed over like a museum display case, what you promote is sheer depravity and plays into the terrorists hands better than any other strategy.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-16 17:37|| 2006-01-16 17:37|| Front Page Top

#9 It's a simple message. Any attack on the US or it's allies with Nuclear Devices or other WMD will be met with instant and total retaliation. The Norks and Iran are first on the list.

Preemption isn't a realistic option at this point.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2006-01-16 21:17|| 2006-01-16 21:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Zenster:
Your Muslim pals do not crave your friendship. PEW polls prove that at every instance.

Posted by CaziFarkus">CaziFarkus 2006-01-16 23:01|| deleted]">[deleted] 2006-01-16 23:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Crazi: No worries--Zenster used to sound EXACTLY like you, and now he's apparently done a 180. I don't believe it, but it would be great to hear his conversion process toward political sanity. How 'bout it Zen?

Posted by ex-lib 2006-01-16 23:40|| 2006-01-16 23:40|| Front Page Top

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