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2012-01-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The case for using force against Iran grows

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Posted by ryuge 2012-01-10 05:33|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 And furthermore:

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2012-01-10 08:32|| 2012-01-10 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Hold on stop the presses!.

Ron and Leon are on the same page now.

Posted by Dale 2012-01-10 10:13|| 2012-01-10 10:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Let me get this straight, Leon, now that his boss has proposed gutting our national defense, has suddenly done a U-turn and decided Iran is NOT developing nuclear weapons?

I guess that means if he says that, it is another reason to support killing our military.

AND I am tired of this freaking semantic game playing nonsense the Dems play...what the hell is the difference between pursuing a nuclear weapons capabilty and pursuing nuclear weapons. It seems to be on in the same to me...I guess the difference is that capability means you don't drop one whereas having nuclear weapons means you use them.

So I guess when we had the A-bomb, we had a nuclear weapons program and during the cold war we had a nuclear weapons capability...

Posted by Bill Clinton 2012-01-10 10:30|| 2012-01-10 10:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Can you spot which one is leon(he should have listened to that mangy Scot):

Posted by Dale 2012-01-10 11:07|| 2012-01-10 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 ....and the fuse is lit.....:

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2012-01-10 12:00|| 2012-01-10 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > {DebkaFile] IRAN PLANS ONE-KILOTON NUCLEAR TEST IN 2012.

ARTIC > Israeli INSS Think-Tank = believe that neither the US nor Israel will use military force agz Iran's NucProgs even iff Iran proceeds wid INSS-perceived potential nuke test in January 2013.

IIUC, US TO OFFFER DEFENCE/SECURITY PACT ONLY TO ISRAEL IN LIEU OF UNDERTAKING ANY MILACTION AGZ IRAN???

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* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN URANIUM ENRICHMENT [Fordo] A NUCLEAR "ESCALATION":US.

* TOPIX > US ASKS IRAN TO STOP NEW/FORDO ENRICHMENT.

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > US CAN [unilaterally] DESTROY [all] OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM - GENERAL DEMPSEY.

Iff the US rly rely Really RRREEELLLYYY wanted to strike or attack Iran.

ARTIC > RUSSIAN ANALYST AZHDAR KURTOV = US-Iran standoff in Strait of Hormuz shows IRAN IS NOW READY-N-WILLING TO ENGGAE IN MILPOL CONFRONTATION WID THE US, ETC. OVER ITS RIGHT TO A PEACEFUL NUCPROG.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > UK's [troubled] HMS "DARING": A MOVING TARGET FOR IRAN.

Seems the Techy DARING has a histoire' of major engine + maneuvering problems, UK ROYAL NAVY HARD-PRESSED DUE TO BUDGET CUTS TO CONDUCT ANY EFFECTIVE OVERSEAS OR LONG-RANGE NAVOPS, ANY DEDICATED ATTACK BY IRAN AGZ HMS DARING WHICH INVOLVES IRAN FIRING THREE-PLUS ANTI-NAVAL BMS OR TLCMS STANDS A GOOD CHANCE OF HITTING THE SHIP.

* TOPIX > EXPERTS: IRAN [likely] TO HAVE [effective = reliable] NUKES/NUKE ARSENAL BY 2015.

Year 2012-2013 = Simple or "Dirty" Tactical-level NucBombs/Devices, enough for sufficient or minimal deterrence agz foreign conventional attack???

* SAME > [Video = "Iran Plot Briefing"] FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO US HOMELAND: THE IRANIAN QODS FORCE GROWING AMBITIONS.

More correctly read, REGIONAL + GLOBAL AUDACITIES + BELLICOSITIES = ANTI-US IDEO, MILPOL ARROGANCE.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > FORDO PROTECTED [under] 90 METERS OF ROCK, + defended by copious ADS + armed IRGC ground troops.

versus

* TOPIX > OBAMA READY TO STRIKE IRAN TO STOP NUCPROG:EX-ADVISOR.

Every tick-tick-tick of the clock = IRAN GETS STRONGER OR BETTER = HARDER-N-HARDER FOR THE US-ALLIES TO ATTACK.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-10 22:02|| 2012-01-10 22:02|| Front Page Top

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