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2006-05-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-17 00:08|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 HAARETZ.com has an article whereby former Israeli INTEL boss Aharon Zeevi alleges MadMoud was "overheard" as casually saying that there will be "an end of history in 2-3 years", which Aharon took to mean that Moud is hell-bent to achieve Muslim empire and that possession of nuke-capable missles is Moud's path to get empire. Aharon is also quoted as believing that Israel may eventually or potentially face a conventional war wid militants, to infer even inside Israel itself, and that ME war may start first against SYRIA or areas north of Israel. IN SHORT, THE WEST IS TOAST BY 2008 OR 2009 - however true or not, will say again that RUNNING AWAY TO AMERICA OR FROM AMERICA, TO OR FROM PARTS UNKNOWN, ISN'T GOING TO SAVE ANYONE AS THE WOT, OTHER THAN VV THE DEFEAT, CONTROL, ADNOR DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA-WEST, IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT WHO GETS TO CONTROL THE WORLD AND FUTURE OWG AND WHAT -ISMS WILL DOMINATE SAID WORLD AND OWG!? Americans either stand and fight, or we will be destroyed, sooner or later, voluntarily or forcibly, nicely or violently, etc.
MadMoud has rejected the EU's incentives for peaceful energy, which basically means it does [anti-US]RUSSIA-CHINA no good to be against Dubya or the UNO, becuz MadMoud is coming to destroy them also once hyperpower America is finis'.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-17 02:19|| 2006-05-17 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Wishful thinking. Might as well say that North Korea has no choice but to change because they're dirt-poor and can't even feed their own population.

Posted by gromky 2006-05-17 05:42|| 2006-05-17 05:42|| Front Page Top

#3 It is in the best interest of the US if Iran starts the war. It just makes it so much easier. So the trick is to get them to start it in an obvious and ineffectual way, that results in no casualties on our side.

This would almost have to be a missile launch, so that the other nuclear powers would confirm it via satellite. Hopefully shot down over Iraq, with bits and pieces of the missile as evidence. Just the missile itself is enough, but if it contained any nuclear material, the US would have carte blanche to respond.

Now, the way to achieve this would be to snatch a few of their launchers in NW Iran, load them with incriminating evidence, and launch them right at our anti-missile defenses. With a theoretical sort of trajectory towards Israel.

And of course, done when our missile defenses are on full alert, so that if the Iranians say what the hell and launch everything else, we could blast several salvos down, too. Of course, we would have all sorts of cruise missiles targeting their launch sites and other targets, so by the time all was said and done, Iran would be more "done" than anything they might say.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-17 10:28|| 2006-05-17 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 To the leaders of Iranian its not an issue of national economics. They are on top only because of their Islamic policies. So I suppose as well their personal economics are better in the current situation.

Posted by Bernardz 2006-05-17 11:31|| 2006-05-17 11:31|| Front Page Top

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