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2012-04-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli air force unable to destroy Iran nuclear plants, says report
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Posted by tipper 2012-04-09 10:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 And WHO wtote rhis 'Teport"?
Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-04-09 10:39||   2012-04-09 10:39|| Front Page Top

#2 How about bioweapon that will turn Iranian males into females?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-04-09 10:42||   2012-04-09 10:42|| Front Page Top

#3 I must be missing something. If you bust up the entryways--which must have moving parts--so that they don't work for, say, a week, haven't you solved the problem?
Can't put a thousand-pounder with a penetrating fuze near an elevator shaft? Sure they can.
Posted by Richard Aubrey  2012-04-09 13:25||   2012-04-09 13:25|| Front Page Top

#4 The Israelis may not be able to 'destroy' the nuclear plants but they sure can damage them. Turn some to rubble, some to semi-rubble, some to slightly damaged, and miss a few, and you have still managed to slow them down significantly.

Wait until the Iranians have repaired all the damage and hit them again.

This isn't a one-time affair.
Posted by Steve White 2012-04-09 16:39||   2012-04-09 16:39|| Front Page Top

#5 This isn't a one-time affair.

The phrase "mowing the grass" has been used.
Posted by SteveS 2012-04-09 18:44||   2012-04-09 18:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Its not the original strikeop that is a prob for the US-Israel, etal. as Iran's post-attack response - the Mullahs are prepared to fight what can be best described as a "SUPER/NUCLEAR-VIETNAM" WID ALL THE INTERNAT BRINKMANSHIP; + NONE OF THE MULTI-COUNTRY SOVEREIGN BORDERS OR DMZS. THEY ARE WILLING TO LOSE MUCH OR ALL OF IRAN PROPER + WAGE REGIONAL OR TRANS-REGIONAL "PEOPLE'S WAR", WID WHATEVER NUKES-WMDS ARE READILY AVAILABLE.

The Mullahs first said or inferred this back during the late Clinton-era - AFAIK nothing has changed.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-04-09 22:25||   2012-04-09 22:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Its not the original strikeop that is a prob for the US-Israel, etal. as Iran's post-attack response Joe does have a point. How many supertankers will Iran have to hit in the Strait of Hormuz before the rest of the world suffers hugely? However, what kinds of problems will Israel &/or the US have if Iran doesn't go post-attack, i.e., is just allowed to keep on keeping on with whatever the Mullahs are hatching?
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-04-09 23:17||   2012-04-09 23:17|| Front Page Top

#8 If you bust up the entryways--which must have moving parts--so that they don't work for, say, a week, haven't you solved the problem?
Many years ago Iran bought subway boring machines & has been using them. Have all the entryways been accounted for? Including the ones which have not yet penetrated the surface?
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-04-09 23:19||   2012-04-09 23:19|| Front Page Top

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