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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Qadaffy warns 'arrogant' Iran of military humiliation
2008-08-06
Libyan leader Moamer Qadaffy on Tuesday warned "arrogant" Iran that it faces military humiliation on the scale of Iraq for its refusal to respond to western powers over a nuclear impasse. "What Iran is doing stems simply from arrogance," Qadaffy said during a visit to Tunisia after Tehran ignored another western deadline to accept an incentives package in exchange for full transparency on its nuclear drive.
That's why Muammar is still in business and Saddam is deader than Tut.
Negotiators from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States -- who suspect Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons capability -- have scheduled a conference call for Wednesday as the crisis deepens. "In the event of a decision against Iran, this country will suffer the same outcome as Iraq... Iran is not any stronger than Iraq and won't have the means to resist (a military attack) on its own," Qadaffy said. "The challenges are greater and exceed Iran's ability to reply," he added, speaking on the third day of his visit.
I may have mentioned a time or two before: Iran and Iraq fought a 10-year war to a draw. It took the U.S. military 100 hours to defeat the Iraqi military in round one, a week or so in round two.
Like Iran and Iraq before it, Libya was for years pressured by the west over its nuclear and chemical weapons ambitions and capabilities before finding common ground in 2003.
Iran's only hope of some sort of military "parity" with the U.S. is nuclear weapons. It's also the shortest route to hell.
Tehran has steadfastly refused to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, which it says are aimed only at producing fuel for nuclear power production. The United States and its allies fear the program is a cover for developing nuclear weapons.
Posted by:john frum

#21  Muammar Qaddafi warns 'arrogant' Iran of military humiliation

Smart Man, age before beauty.. >:)

FRESH INTEL:
Muammar Qaddafi drinks quite a bit more than he used to.

If we could discover hiz location in advance, I'd even sacrifice some of my precious Keggers of Ole Ripple... ..*Sincerely Wipes Tears*

Once the Colonel gets hooked on the divine elixir, we can get anything we want, as no one alive haz the quantities of Vintage Ripple like I do!!
Posted by: Red Dawg   2008-08-06 22:02  

#20  Every single one of them is supposedly lethally trained in close quarters combat. Armed and unarmed.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-08-06 21:53  

#19  Of course, those sluts have their hair and faces showing.
Oh, and they seem to be wearing makeup, which is haram as well.
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-08-06 20:34  

#18  Well,
those chicks scare the hell out of me.

Wonderful joke, Besoeker!
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-08-06 20:34  

#17  

Its good to be the President....
Posted by: john frum   2008-08-06 20:33  

#16  always gave Mo that: he has good taste in personal security....
Posted by: Frank G   2008-08-06 20:27  

#15  
Posted by: john frum   2008-08-06 20:14  

#14  You mean batgirl
Posted by: john frum   2008-08-06 20:12  

#13  I think his batman attends to those details.

Also, if you're a dictator you can decide which order they go in.
Posted by: Fred   2008-08-06 19:56  

#12  #6 It never ceases to amaze me how he knows the proper arrangement for all those doodads.
Posted by gorb

easy: symmetrically weight-balanced and Feng Shui
Posted by: Frank G   2008-08-06 19:47  

#11  ....Yet he still can't make it past full Colonel.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2008-08-06 19:37  

#10  "W" planning WWIII:

President Bush decides to take a break and go out to sit in a local bar. A guy walks in and asks the barman, 'Isn't that President Bush sitting at the end of the bar?'

The bartender says , 'Yep, that's him.' So the guy walks over and says, 'Wow, this is a real honor!What are you doing in here?'

Bush says, ' I'm planning WW III.'

Then the guy says, 'Really? What's going to happen?'

Bush says, 'Well, I'm going to kill 140 million Muslims and one blonde with big hooters.

The guy exclaimed, 'A blonde with big hooters?

Why kill a blonde with big hooters?'

Bush turns to the bartender and says, 'See, I told you, no one gives a shit about the 140 million Muslims.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-08-06 17:51  

#9  The US should spread word, unofficially, to all embassies to ensure their personal are out of Qom (actually tell the Russians a different city altogether) on a certain day, best if they are out of Iran altogether.

Start a stockpile of geiger counters and nuclear cleanup gear in nearby Iraq. Supply those iodine (I think) pills that help a bit with radiation poisoning to every foreign embassy in Iran.

Basically play the wild Gajin. The world thinks Bush is crazy, he should use that in his last year. Scare the crap out of them.

The word would of course get to the Iranians. It would be fun to see what the Iranians did and see which allies spread info to the Iranians. We might even see Ahmedjian replaced and the nuke program ended.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2008-08-06 17:24  

#8  This statement is one of the reasons that Khaddafi will die a rich content old dictator in his bed, surrounded by family members. He pointed the US with several sharp sticks until we bombed the hell out of his palace; then he saw what happened to Saddam and Iraq during GWII and voluntarily compiled with a full NBC disclosure including handing over plans, names, files, and actual enriched uranium to us. If he positions himself as the North African reasonable dictator, he can retire into wealth and security, and his son will take over as President for Life.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2008-08-06 17:21  

#7  Time for an Iranian pucker factor check. August 6, 1945 was the bombing of Hiroshima. We bombed a truculent, hostile, belligerent foe. They said they would never surrender. The Japanese were militaristic and knew something about war. They were also fanatical in their beliefs much like the current crop of terrorists and terrorist supporting countries.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-08-06 16:27  

#6  It never ceases to amaze me how he knows the proper arrangement for all those doodads.
Posted by: gorb   2008-08-06 16:00  

#5  Still the all time King of Sashes and Sprockets...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-08-06 15:34  

#4  Is it just my imagination or does it seem like he's laying down some political cover for the forthcoming airstrikes?
Posted by: AzCat   2008-08-06 15:34  

#3  You might excuse Nutjob and the Mad Mullahs for taking encouragement from the limp wristed responses they've seen so far. Either that or they think their bunkers are deep enough to keep their daughters safe. My question is whether they'll have enough warning after the $h!t starts flying to get into their bunkers.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2008-08-06 15:26  

#2  Kadahfi should know. He lost a daughter to air strikes.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-08-06 14:48  

#1  The United States and its allies fearknow the program is a cover for developing nuclear weapons.

There, fixed it for ya. Dinnerjacket needs a good come-uppance. Somebody needs to send a Tomahawk missile into his bedroom window.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-08-06 14:25  

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