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2005-10-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tu3031 2005-10-27 14:50|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nukes+Iran^overiranterritory=islamicglassgoodness

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-27 15:05|| 2005-10-27 15:05|| Front Page Top

#2
Guess those negotiations w/ the euroweenies showed Iran who's in control.

Posted by macofromoc 2005-10-27 15:21|| 2005-10-27 15:21|| Front Page Top

#3 The extreme quietude coming from the WH in recent months I attribute to intense preparations for war.

Essential preparations include laying the diplomatic groundwork, making treaty arrangements, creating endless domestic contingency plans, a hellacious amount of number crunching, and mustering domestic political support. Also, to try and anticipate other hostile powers taking advantage of the war for their own reasons.

Far more discreetly, the WH will probe the Pentagon for "secret weapons" that can end the war quickly, but no ace-in-the-hole weapons that must be preserved at all cost.

They will also try to arrange that Iran show first violence, putting them into the aggressor role, which is very important, and yet to neutralize this aggression when they have declared war. The Napoleonic principal is to allow your enemy no advantage.

At *that* point, only when we are comfortable in defending ourselves and vital targets from harm, does the WH concern itself with the Pentagon strategic and tactical contingencies, and logistics.

This WH, I also imagine, will spend considerable time planning the post-war strategy, too.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-27 15:48|| 2005-10-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 mustering domestic political support.

That we'd have heard about.

Posted by Thereting Spoter2055 2005-10-27 16:42|| 2005-10-27 16:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Amoose,

I would hope to see Bush make a statement that Iran's declaration was tantamount to a declaration of war against the US and Israel. And then ostentatiously say it was up to Congress to make the appropriate decisions.

Just because you have a war declaration doesn't mean that you have to start shooting, but, it does open up a whole lot of options.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-10-27 18:07|| 2005-10-27 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd look for Bush to get the foreigners on board publicly before the congress. Then they're in a box. Just like fall 2002. Hey, it's four years later and congressional elections are coming up again.

Posted by Phutle Glavith2246 2005-10-27 18:22|| 2005-10-27 18:22|| Front Page Top

#7 There's something to be said for throwing the first punch.

Posted by Captain America 2005-10-27 18:43|| 2005-10-27 18:43|| Front Page Top

#8 "...with the help of the Almighty, we shall soon experience a world without America and Zionism, notwithstanding those who doubt."

Hasn't been much mention of the threat against America in the MSM, just that against Isreal. After all these years of chest thumping and rabid threats, me thinks that the world does not take these lunatics seriously. Reminds me of the mindset prior to 9/11...

I hope that no one forgets that these guys are absolutely convinced that god is on their side. I know it's tempting to make fun of the morons but they can cause some serious damage. I only hope that if they manage to plant nukes in our cities, we have already made clear to muslim governments that there will be serious and lethal consequences to each of their countries. We too can deny that we have any idea how all of their major cities got nuked...

Posted by Phumble Threck4845 2005-10-27 21:27|| 2005-10-27 21:27|| Front Page Top

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