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| Iranian Threat Looms Large (for Israel) In War’s ’Day After’ Scenario |
| 2003-03-28 |
| Long article from The Forward. Money grafs: For the last several months, Israeli officials have been prodding Washington to carry its campaign against the "axis of evil" on to Iran immediately after the end of the Iraq war. Israel's national security adviser, former Mossad chief, Ephraim Halevy, as well as longtime Sharon adviser and former Cabinet minister Dan Meridor, have been warning Washington against "complacency" toward Iran. They, along with others, fear Tehran could emerge strengthened from the decimation of Iraq, its main rival, and thus emboldened in its belligerent attitude toward Israel. Israeli policy-makers maintain that Iran is still "a year or two" away from assembling a nuclear bomb. Still, they view Iran as a clear and present danger to Israel, more dangerous in some eyes than Iraq. In addition to sharing intelligence on Iran's new uranium-enrichment facility in Natanz, Israel has recently conveyed to American and British intelligence services reports of a dramatic increase in Iranian support and finance for anti-Israeli terrorism. The reports say Iranian support has spread beyond Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad to include Fatah cells in Gaza and the West Bank. Anyone see an Osirak in Natanz's future? |
| Posted by:jrosevear |
| #6 The people of Baghdad are our weapon of choice against the government of Iran. We want them alive. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-03-29 01:59:39 |
| #5 I believe that the discovery of chemical weapons apparatus in Iraq, has already served as sufficient pretext for nuking Baghdad. Unless Bush's "pre-emptive strike" doctrine, as stated last May at West Point, is hollow, it is time to put away the smart bomb and the pansy rules-of-engagement, and make Saddam's terror nest look like the dark side of the moon. And don't remind me that there are 5,000,000 nominal "people in Baghdad." They are Islamaniacs, whose human value is below that of a cockroach. Like Pink Floyd says, "DON'T GIVE ME THAT DO GOODY, GOOD BULLSHIT!" |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-28 23:01:40 |
| #4 I hope that we are giving the rational opposition lots of covert help. They are going to need it in order to topple this regime in time to avoid some very bad things. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-28 14:58:10 |
| #3 I actually see Iran, in the long run, as a beacon of hope for the region. The generation born since the Shah got bounced has grown to embrace free thinking and US ideals. They also tend to hate the humorless backwards clerics who rule them. Indeed, Iran is due for another revolution, and this one will bring them to democracy, without overt US intervention, and they will be a heroic and gallant populace for having done such. |
| Posted by: defscribe 2003-03-28 14:57:12 |
| #2 Revolt is a lot easier said than done. I get the sense that they're waiting for the US to come help. I also get the sense that Israel isn't going to wait indefinitely... |
| Posted by: jrosevear 2003-03-28 14:51:03 |
| #1 Nah. I think the Iranians will revolt, instigate regime change, then come clean with the IAEA the same way South Africa did when it disarmed. Nice litte demo on how Iraq SHOULD have disarmed, and how NKor SHOULD disarm in the future... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-28 14:47:24 |