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2007-10-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Bolton: Attack Iran, 'remove' its leader

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 In due time, Bolton, as both Moud + Dubya are in escalation mode. *Russia, China, Israel and assorted Euros are all in rough agreement that at 3000 centrifuges and counting, Iran will have "the Bomb" wid in a year [or less], a prospect that not even Russia-China, etal. US opponents is in favor of. FEW IFF ANY IN THE GOP-DEMS WANT A US-IRAN WAR [including insurgency] GOING INTO 2008 ELEX. ANY WAR in 2008 WILL HAVE TO BE A QUICKIE WITH NO CHANCE OF LONG-PERIOD INSURGENCY, FOREIGN INTERVENTION, OR PARALLEL WAR ala NK-TAIWAN, NOT IFF DUBYA-GOP WANT DEM SUPPORT. IMO, short of new 9-11's or worse Terror events inside the USA, the only way the Dems will suppor a Summer-Fall 2008 Iran conflict is iff the GOP agrees to "lose" the 2008 POTUS elex and give the Dems the WH. ELSE, the ideal time is now thru EOY 2007 [EOM Jan 2008?], and all camps including Moud-Iran know it.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 00:38|| 2007-10-01 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 TOPIX NEWS > PACIFIC > TAIWAN - Local Govt. calling to renew issue of TAIWANESE INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY from CHINA, this time backed up by referendum. Lest we fergit, 900 Chicom missles are still pointed at Taiwan. SINGAPORE + HONGKONG also have issues wid BEIJING.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 01:06|| 2007-10-01 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 ANY WAR in 2008 WILL HAVE TO BE A QUICKIE

Exactly. No nation building for Iran. Just bomb the hell of them and then leave them to their own devices. Let the Ruskies and/or Chicoms try to pick up the pieces if they are foolish enough. If troops are used at all it should be to verify the nuke sites are disabled and, if necessary, chase IRG back across Iran-Iraq border and punish them for any incursions they make.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-10-01 12:22|| 2007-10-01 12:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone else wondering if Russia and China would like us to attack so they could see exactly what sorts of bunker busting we can do?

Forewarned is forearmed and all that.

Posted by AlanC 2007-10-01 17:45|| 2007-10-01 17:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't believe an attack can be a quickie. At a minimum Iran must be broken up and the Persians denied any coastline and oil fields. That means a minimum of 3 new countries and we would have to guarantee their independence from the Persians.

Posted by ed 2007-10-01 18:27|| 2007-10-01 18:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Bolton must be reading Rantburg.

Posted by TomAnon 2007-10-01 19:55|| 2007-10-01 19:55|| Front Page Top

#7 You just never can tell who's reading, TomAnon. True German Ally told Secretary Rumsfeld about us years and years ago.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-01 20:48|| 2007-10-01 20:48|| Front Page Top

#8 BOLTON 2008

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-01 21:16|| 2007-10-01 21:16|| Front Page Top

#9 I miss TGA, tw. I hope he's OK.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-01 21:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2007-10-01 21:26|| Front Page Top

#10 I strongly disagree with the statement on Iran, "Remove its leader." It should read: "Kill its leader."

Posted by McZoid 2007-10-01 21:47|| 2007-10-01 21:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Ahmadinejad isn't Iran's leader. He's like their hood ornament.If he gets whacked maybe the mullahs will install someone with a name that is easier to spell.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-10-01 22:31|| 2007-10-01 22:31|| Front Page Top

#12 IRANIAN.WS > US STRIKE ON IRAN article > IRAQ is now a STRATEGIC/DECISIVE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF ME BWTN IRAN AND USA; + THE BACK DOOR TO TEHRAN artiiikle.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 22:48|| 2007-10-01 22:48|| Front Page Top

#13 IRANIAN.WS > HIZB AL TAHRIR GETTING STRONGER. Milyuhns and Zilyuhns of angry young Muslims, espec tweeny youths, DEMAND THE CALIPHATE AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY/CAPITALISM, i.e. "TRUE ISLAM".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-01 22:51|| 2007-10-01 22:51|| Front Page Top

#14 I miss him, too, Barbara. I hope it's because he's too busy consulting with the German government and having the occasional visit with his old friend the pope.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-01 22:52|| 2007-10-01 22:52|| Front Page Top

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