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2007-12-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Misestimating Iran's Nuclear Strategies By Walid Phares

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Posted by 3dc 2007-12-09 00:20|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 And what did the NIE have to say a few years back about the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-12-09 03:39|| 2007-12-09 03:39|| Front Page Top

#2 If this is not a complete hoax or a blilliant piece of intentional misinformation to lull the senses of Ahmadinagad against a decapitation strike (and to be honest I dont believe it is), then I think that G W Bush will go down in history as the first american president to initiate a third world war or at least a wholsale war in the middle east by simply sitting and doing nothing.
It is clear to me that if the true picture known to the Israeli intelligence community points to the continuing clandestine Iranian nuclear program, Israel will be forced to strike first and strike hard.
What Bush (or maybe Condi ?) does not understand is that while the US and Europe may be able to recover from a limited Iranian nuclear strike, For Israel such a thing will be an existential threat which cannot to be allowed to happen even in theory.
In my mind, if the change in American policy on Iran is indeed a fact, an Israeli first strike is inevitable even if it means the total disruption of Israel/US relationship.
Remember - Bush or no Bush, we cannot and will not allow a second Holocust to happen through inaction.

Posted by Elder of Zion 2007-12-09 10:46|| 2007-12-09 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 then I think that G W Bush will go down in history as the first american president to initiate a third world war or at least a wholsale war in the middle east by simply sitting and doing nothing.

President Saddam Hussein, would you please comment on this statement?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-12-09 13:39|| 2007-12-09 13:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Yea, Saddam tell us what happened to your Ossarik reactor.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-09 15:40|| 2007-12-09 15:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Elder
(i) Debka plagiarized their article from Samson blinded", which also has much better insight into Bush's motivation.
(ii) Since the principal Iranian treat is to Saudia---which USA sees as a threat to its oil supply---there's no chance they'll remain unactive (much as they'd like Israel to do their dirty work and take the shit shower, again).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-09 15:46|| 2007-12-09 15:46|| Front Page Top

#6 By all means, expect the U.S. to handle Iran. I'm sure they'd never dream of nuking Israel.

Sleep well, dears. Uncle Sugar will escort the boogie man out from under your bed.

Sweet Dreams!

Posted by Mike N. 2007-12-09 15:53|| 2007-12-09 15:53|| Front Page Top

#7 g(r)omgoru, making friends and influencing people all around his house.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-12-09 16:23|| 2007-12-09 16:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Both the US and Israel have legitimate complaints about the behavior of the other over the years.

And we are also critically important to one another.

Please, folks - we can erode cooperation by our comments here or we can take the long view of what serves both our countries.

For my part, I support Israel. And to put that in perspective I live close to one of the largest conservative Jewish communities in the US. A community that continually votes as a bloc to support pandering Democratic politicians. including after 9/11.

I also live an hour's drive from the country's largest city - a city in which secular Jews have waged vicious, unrelenting lawfare against Christian observances across this nation of mine.

Doesn't matter. Israeli-US alliance has served to keep the Arabian barbarians and their clients somewhat in check for decades. This is not the time to erode that cooperation.

Posted by lotp 2007-12-09 16:51|| 2007-12-09 16:51|| Front Page Top

#9 So the Intelligence Estimate was based on public statements from Iranian officials. The Iranians have been denying infiltrations in Iraq, since the intervention, yet Iranian nationals have been captured in Iraq. And cash in the hands of Shiite terrorists has been traced back to the Ayatollahs. Never believe a liar.

Posted by McZoid 2007-12-09 17:49|| 2007-12-09 17:49|| Front Page Top

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Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-09 18:33|| 2007-12-09 18:33|| Front Page Top

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-09 21:09|| 2007-12-09 21:09|| Front Page Top

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