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2010-05-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran faces fresh sanctions as Russia and China support UN resolution

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Posted by Steve White 2010-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 ION VARIOUS > TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL: IRAN HAS ALWAYS DESIRED NUCLEAR WEAPONS, since the Days of the Shah, Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam War, now Ahmadinejad] | IRAN NUKE BOMB A MATTER OF NATIONAL PRIDE.

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BHARAT RAKSHAK > Let GULF ARM [includ SIMI Group Cadres] FUNDED 26/11 [Mumbai], BANGALORE BLASTS; + LeT RECRUITING INDIAN MUSLIM YOUTHS FOR PAK-TRAINED TERROR ATTACKS AGZ INDIA.

* ALso from BHARAT RAKSHAK > MILITANTS REGROUPING IN PAK TO CROSS OVER INTO INDIA
[Indian side of HIMALAYAS = NEELUM VALLEY along LOC].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-19 00:53|| 2010-05-19 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 ION RUSS WAFF > STRATEGYPAGE - RED GENERALS DEMAND REVIVAL OF RED ARMY. Criticize and lament post-Cold War Russia's lack of mil wares + probs in comparison to Soviet past.

ARTIC > RUSS cannot be S de facto Superpower again as long as it doesn't have, nor can econ support, the VITAL NON-NUCLEAR = CONVENTIONAL FORCES REQUIRED TO UNILATER THROW ITS WEIGHT AROUND. "MUTUALLY DESTRUCTION" NUCLEAR MISSLES, BOMBS + WARHEADS, ARE GREAT FOR DEFENSIVE RETALIATION, BUT NOT FOR ROUTINE OR HAPHAZARD INTIMIDATON OF VARIOUS MAJOR, MINOR WORLD STATES, + MILTERR GROUPS VIA GROUND, CONVENTIONAL MIL ACTIONS IN SUPPOR OF GOVT DECISIONS OR POLICIES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-19 01:10|| 2010-05-19 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 WMF > US EXPERTS: OBAMA STRATEGIC PLAN FOR USDOD WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LARGE-SCALE PROXY WARS TO CONTAIN OR DESTROY CHINA AND RUSSIA

ARTIC > US success in FUTURE WARS will depend on its milpol success in AFPAK + general GWOT in current.

* US GOVT must be potent enough to effectively fight and prevail in TWO-FRONT WAR, espec as per AFPAK; + agz Any and All other possible Threats; + be able to keep and maintain its position as GLOBAL SOLE LEADER = SOLE SUPERPOWER despite ANY LINGERING DEBILITATING US-GLOBAL DEBT CRISES, UNEMPLOYMENT CRISES, OTHER DOMESTIC TROUBLES. OBAMA + US RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA ANDOR CHINA AS ITS ONLY RIVAL(S) FOR GLOBAL SOLE HEGEMONY OR DOMINANCE.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA "NUCLEAR FUSION" MAY UPSET THE NUCLEAR, GEOPOL BALANCE IN NORTHEAST ASIA.

* SAME > HAN CHINESE/KOREAN READERS IN CHINA: WILL "CHEONAN" INCIDNET LEAD TO NEW DRPK-ROK KOREAN WAR + ULTIMATELY WORLD WAR? REGARDLESS OF WHOM STARTED CHINA + PLA WILL BECOME MIL INVOLVED IN THE END.

* SAME > CHINA'S OFFICIAL STANCE: BEIJING DETERMINED TO STOP KIM JONG-IL'S THIRD NUCLEAR TEST.

* SAME > HUNGRY/STARVING ANGRY TIGER ON NUCLEAR HUNT: INTENT OF NORTH KOREA AND KIM JONG-IL TO TEST NORTH KOREA'S CAPACITY FROM URANIUM TOWARDS DEV OF HYDROGEN AND PLUTONIUM NUCLEAR BOMBS. HOW FAR CAN CHINA TOLERATE A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA?

* SAME > CHINA NERVOUS: NORTH KOREA'S LACK OF HIGH-TECH SUPERCOMPUTERS, EQUIPMENT FOR PROPER RADIOACTIVE ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT MAY FORCE IT TO CONDUCT PROBLEMATIC OR UNWIELDY HIGH-YIELD GROUND EXPLOSIONS IN ORDER TO TEST DESIGNS FOR ADVANCED FUSION-BASED BOMBS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-19 01:46|| 2010-05-19 01:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Lest we fergit, NORTH KOREA like IRAN also got R-27 LR "DUAL-USE" BALLISTIC MISSLES.

"Dual Use" = NHE, NUCLEAR, BIOWAR + CHEMWAR.

IOW, RISING CHINA > has NUCLEAR WANNABE IRAN on its WESTERN FLANK, AGNI-HAPPY NUCLEAR INDJUH on its SOUTHERN FLANK, + now NUCLEAR WANNABE? NORTH KOREA on its EAST FLANK. And lets not fergit JAPAN + NUCENERGY WANNABE [NucWeaps?] SOUTH KOREA, + Other.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-19 01:55|| 2010-05-19 01:55|| Front Page Top

#5 OOOOPSIES, forgot WMF > MASSIVE PURCHASES OF CHINESE ARMS BY SADDAM HUSSEIN BEFORE, DURNG AND AFTER THE 1980's IRAN-IRAQ WAR SAVED THE PLA AND ECONOMICALLY IMPOVERISHED CHINA [State Industries].

* ALANIS MORISSETTE + song "IRONIC" > ADOLF HITLER for a time stood agz JAPAN'S WAR in CHINA, whilst STALIN simul suppor JAPAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-19 02:08|| 2010-05-19 02:08|| Front Page Top

#6 And how many concessions given to Russia and China for this on the sly ?..

An unreasonable disposition i feel

Over the years one thing I have learned is that a security council resolution does nothing over and over again . Why not rename the UN back to League of Nations , both are/were toothless tigers, ineffective and unaffordable

I cant beleive Im still groaning about the UN , I should be used to their ineptness by now

Posted by Oscar 2010-05-19 05:00|| 2010-05-19 05:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Double secret probation for you, Mister!

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-05-19 09:42|| 2010-05-19 09:42|| Front Page Top

#8 The imposition of sanctions may help delay Israel's long-threatened air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

Posted by lex 2010-05-19 12:28|| 2010-05-19 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 You could blockade the country entirely and I doubt it would make a difference. It's too late. And whatever the case, the Russians and the Chinese will probably trade with them under the table. Or with Syria, which is their puppet. Venezuela would be more than happy to give Iran whatever they feel it needs.

Posted by gorb 2010-05-19 17:09|| 2010-05-19 17:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe a new 'oil for food' program. that worked out pretty good last time.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-05-19 21:29|| 2010-05-19 21:29|| Front Page Top

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