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| Expert: Bush Cannot Attack Iran |
| 2006-11-23 |
| Security expert tells forum: US president has no credibility, unable to initiate Iran attack Yaakov Lappin - Published: 11.22.06, 22:56 US President George Bush does not have sufficient credit to initiate a military strike on Iran , Giora Romm, senior researcher for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, told a forum attended by members of the Foreign Ministry and delegates from the American Jewish community in Jerusalem Tuesday. Romm was a former Air Force pilot, Assistant Director of IDF operations, defense attache to Washington and a former head of the Jewish Agency. He recently returned from Washington, and described how senior American officials were completely preoccupied with the war in Iraq. "Iraq is sitting very heavily on them," Romm said, adding that the problems of the Iraq war have robbed President Bush of any credibility. Quoting a senior American official, Romm told the forum, "If Bush does something physical to Iran, he will be impeached." "Bush has no military credit. Don't delude yourself by thinking that Bush has a military option (regarding Iran). I don't think the average American is convinced that his country is in danger (from Iran), and isn't moved by dangers in the Middle East. After 3.5 years in Iraq, he won't be convinced by wishy washy intelligence," Romm said. He added that the same source, from the Democratic Party, said, "If there isn't a change in Iraq within six months, I'm told, people will take to the streets like in Vietnam." Speaking to Ynetnews, Romm said he "could see a situation where we would attack Iran and the United States won't, but I can't estimate that now." Romm added that the American-Israeli alliance has not been endangered following the Democratic upswing in the US elections. 'Aspects of Lebanon war disturbing' Romm launched into a detailed analysis of the Lebanon war, and said that "several operational aspects of the war disturbed me," citing a lack of clear political and military directives. "If you're setting out objectives, go through with then," Romm said, adding that a change in the land fighting approach was also needed. "If we know Hizbullah is planning to kidnap our soldiers, we should set out, publicly, on the front page, 20 targets in Lebanon, and say 10 of them will be destroyed, no matter who is there, if the kidnapping takes place. And we should transmit this directive to the Lebanese government, with no secrecy," Romm said. |
| Posted by:Flavilet Ulilet1918 |
| #11 DICK MORRIS/KRAUTHAMMER > both in agreement yesterday that 2006 generally about CHANGE OF TACTICS, NOT PULL-OUT OR RETREAT. Morris strongly doubts the incoming Dems, as contrary to their own elex rhetoric, post-Jan 2007 will genuinely call for US milfors to leave IRAQ. * In any case, IMO Dubya has the cajones to take mil action despite any and all risks of "Amer Hiroshimas" taking place agz his life + Washington NPE. He knows Radical Iran must not be allowed to dominate the entire ME and then use it as a springboard for further global attacks/ambitions. EVEN ANTI-US, PRO-CHICOM/ASIA BLOGGERS DOUBT MOUD = IRAN WILL STOP AT ONLY THE ME. They defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan, they appear to had stopped America-Allies in IRAQ, they're NOT gonna stop dev nucweapons nor nuc-energy progs, Western/Global MSM > USA-West appears to be more concerned about appeasing Radical Islam than obeying their laws or protecting their own societies, etal SO WHY STOP AT THE DESTRUCTION OF TINY ISRAEL???. LUCIANE.com > US COMMUNISTS DECLARE [2006] ELECTION VICTORY = from Radical Islam's view, its becoming a race between them + Secular Communism as to whom will destroy the USA-West first. WORKERS WORLD > CAN SOCIALIST AMERICA BE ACCEPTED. WOT > its about Islam, d ***ng it. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-23 21:15 |
| #10 I thought he had a red button on his desk . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-23 17:40 |
| #9 No, it actually works like this: GW: Hello Pentagon, take out Iran. Pentagon: Yes sir! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-11-23 17:24 |
| #8 "I'm told" - izzat like one of those "sources said" thingys? An idjit's Get Out of Stupidity Free card. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-23 12:46 |
| #7 ...the same source, from the Democratic Party, said, "If there isn't a change in Iraq within six months, I'm told, people will take to the streets like in Vietnam." Bats. We need baseball bats. Lots of 'em... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-11-23 12:43 |
| #6 Said the HS drop-out. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-23 12:42 |
| #5 Of course he can't attack Iran, he doesn't even know where it is... |
| Posted by: Jas 2006-11-23 12:42 |
| #4 What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much. Malcolm S. Forbes |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2006-11-23 11:33 |
| #3 He must be carefull with his statements. We Americans are a funny lot. Don't misunderstand all our infighting with a lack of will. We fight, spout at each other and now it looks as if we will increase our troop strength, not cut and run. Assmanjonnie better pray we never get hit in the US again. His country will pay in spades if it does happen. Dem leaders or not, Americans will demand retaliation and Teheran will pay. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-23 11:22 |
| #2 I would like to see Qom carpet bombed, for operating as a terror center. I would like to see Qom carpet bombed as a matter of general principles. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2006-11-23 09:54 |
| #1 Professor Pipes says, withdraw US troops from the cities and let them guard oil infrastructure, while joining Iraqi troops in special operations as well as air missions. Most of the killing is Shiite-Sunni. No amount of US troops could prevent it. As for Iran, US goals are against nuclear proliferation. It wouldn't be that costly to deliver the Ayatollahs a huge setback. I would like to see Qom carpet bombed, for operating as a terror center. |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-23 06:00 |