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2015-08-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-08-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The question is: would Obama order US forces to defend Iran? Or, more precisely---since we know Obama, would they obey?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-08 05:02|| 2015-08-08 05:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Ref #1, The 'defense of Iran' is already in the works. Lifting of sanctions and delivery of gold bullion from SA should allow the sale of Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran to proceed. Other steps, such as prohibiting U.S. Navy carriers from operating in the Persian Gulf will also assist the 'Iran protect' effort.

'Smart diplomacy' and all of that.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-08 05:15|| 2015-08-08 05:15|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Keep in mind too that for all the Iranian bellowing about Israel being a 'one-bomb country' - in the sense that it is so small that one good-sized bomb would take it out - PM Netanyahu knows that Iran, like ALL dictatorships, is also a 'one-bomb country." Whack Tehran, and Iran ceases to exist as a functioning entity. What's left would be several loosely connected regions each led by a local strongman who will be sure that Allah has specifically chosen him to lead after the ayatollahs are gone. They'll still be screaming 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America' - hell, at that point they'd be screaming, 'Death to the Universe', but they'd be going after the mullah next door first.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-08-08 07:11|| 2015-08-08 07:11|| Front Page Top

#4 If the jooooooos are hit I can guarantee more than one on Tehran, the Medes & Persians will have been found wanting again. They will cease to exist along with much of Afghanistan

Posted by Shipman 2015-08-08 12:35|| 2015-08-08 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 @#4: And the downside of the conditional part of that statement is?

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-08-08 15:35|| 2015-08-08 15:35|| Front Page Top

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