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Repairing the world through the righteous use of nuclear weapons
2013-11-09
Michael Savage opinion piece by David E. Sarfatti. The punchline is
"An atomic bomb must be dropped outside of Tehran on a moonless night, and an ultimatum delivered to Iran. 'Deliver up Khamenei and the mullah leadership for trial within 3 days.' This is the only way out for the world from the nuclear dilemma posed by Iran. Any alternate history will be infinitely more tragic."
This ignores the existence of international politix, power blocs, alliances, and probably the intricacies of making cheese. It assumes a nation can do anything it pleases, without consequences. Had this sort of thing actually happened in the past, say in 1961, the nation and much of the rest of the world would probably still be digging out of the radioactive rubble.
Posted by:Bernie

#11  Redneck Jim's stutter finger fixed. No need to waste storage space on Fred's new server for something unintentional.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-11-09 20:49  

#10  RJ really doesn't want anyone to give Bambi ideas. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2013-11-09 20:17  

#9  Don't give Obama ideas.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-11-09 19:51  

#8  Not to forget a lot of help from the weak kneed 47%.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-11-09 13:39  

#7  Realistically, what could the Russians and/or Chinese do about it? What would they be willing to do in defense of the ayatollah? It's not an existential problem for them so would they really be willing to get into it? I'd go even further. I'd tell the Chinese that any kind of attack by their little cat's paw in North Korea will be treated as if it came from China.

But you're right about the Champ. He's gotten us into a state of financial ruin and moral decay that makes any effective action extremely difficult if not impossible. But he didn't do it without a lot of help from weak kneed RINOs.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2013-11-09 13:00  

#6  Wrong Woodrow. I fear Champ all the time. 8^(
Posted by: AlanC   2013-11-09 11:44  

#5  Rattling your saber is an effective measure with a long history, but what really matters is the man doing the rattling. No one fears Champ.
Posted by: Woodrow Guelph8541   2013-11-09 10:53  

#4  My current fear is "custom gov't Website plagues'.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-11-09 08:26  

#3  Nukes are so 20th Century. Now, designer (custom DNA) plagues, that's 21st Century. The wannabees are so focused on physics and engineering, they forget the biggest killers in history were and are disease based.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-11-09 08:10  

#2  Iran is hardly alone. Not surprisingly, western 19th and 20th Century border and nation making interventions as well as current-day diplomacies, generally have lucrative financial reward hidden somewhere in their motivations. I'm very surprised Israel has exercise the level of restraint that it has. One of the added benefits of the BO regime's on-going row with Israel will be the convenient disassociation and handy condemnation when the IDF finally unleashes it's nuclear hell. The ultimate diversion and call for measure of extreme defense of the motherland.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-11-09 01:49  

#1  The irony is that Iran wouldn't exist in it's present form if the USA hadn't forced the Soviets to leave the northern third of Iran using the threat of nuclear attack, in the days prior to the Soviets getting the A-bomb.
Posted by: phil_b   2013-11-09 00:27  

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