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Raid Revelation Getting briefed on World War III.
NRO ^ | October 23, 2007 | Stanley Kurtz

Posted on 10/23/2007 5:08:02 AM PDT by AU72

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My take is that the Rice-Powell wing of the Administration is now pre-dominant, pushing for diplomacy with NK, Iran and pressuring Isreal to cave in to Pali demands.

It took evidence of a nuclear device to move Bush to allow the Isreali action against Syria but is downplaying it publicly to keep a fig-leaf on NK agreements.

We are living in very dangerous times.

1 posted on 10/23/2007 5:08:05 AM PDT by AU72
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It took evidence of a nuclear device to move Bush to allow the Isreali action against Syria...

It is way past time to unleash the Israelis.

They seem to be the only ones who actually take any of this seriously.

2 posted on 10/23/2007 5:15:52 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit ("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
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To: AU72
Yes we are indeed living in very dangerous times and it is unfortunate that the majority of Americans, especially, don't have a clue.

As far as I am concerned we have been in WWIII since 911. Only problem is "we" can't accept it - from the leadership down.

Have fun at the Mall today! /sarc

3 posted on 10/23/2007 5:17:04 AM PDT by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?" --Greg Adams--Brownsville, TX --On the other Front Line)
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“Yet the suggestion that North Korean personnel might not have been involved in the ongoing construction of the reactor contradicts a New York Times story of October 9, just a few days before, which said that within the administration “there appears to be little debate that North Koreans frequently visited a site in the Syrian Desert that Israeli jets attacked Sept. 6.” The story on October 9 was that the North Koreans were surely present at the Syrian installation, but that the nuclear nature of the site was less certain.”

Is it possible North Koreans were killed during this strike?


4 posted on 10/23/2007 5:20:34 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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Look: This is all our fault. Just get clear on that. WE are to blame.

If we were nice and had signed Kyoto and if we gave all our SUVs to third-world countries where they could be used as goat hutches, if we abandoned our military and political commitments around the world, if we gave gift cards to Fort Knox to every tin-pot Stalinist dictator around the world, if we found a way to combine the perverted sexual libertinism of the left, the NOW moral standard of "Does an ugly woman take offense?", with submission to Islam -- if we would only do all these things, then Syria would love us and the world would be filled with friends who truly wanted only what is best for us. We could lay down our arms and live in peace with all.

And I am the Queen of Romania.

5 posted on 10/23/2007 5:21:02 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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>> noting that the vast majority of foreign relations and intelligence committee members have been left in the dark on the details of the raid.

Maybe if Congress (and, while we’re on the subject, State) could keep their @#$%^&* MOUTHS SHUT, they could be brought a little more into the intelligence circle.


6 posted on 10/23/2007 5:24:18 AM PDT by Nervous Tick
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Is it possible North Koreans were killed during this strike?

If they were assisiting Syria in constructing a nuke, I hope so.

7 posted on 10/23/2007 5:25:18 AM PDT by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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>> As far as I am concerned we have been in WWIII since 911. Only problem is “we” can’t accept it - from the leadership down.

Good point.


8 posted on 10/23/2007 5:26:37 AM PDT by Nervous Tick
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To: Recovering Hermit
It is way past time to unleash the Israelis.

Exactly. But the Bush Administration does not want to jeopardize that sacred cow of his: "the Palestinian State".

9 posted on 10/23/2007 5:29:03 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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They seem to be the only ones who actually take any of this seriously.

They are the only ones that have the Sword of Damocles hanging over their head.....

10 posted on 10/23/2007 5:30:45 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
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We need a cute little low-order burst in or near an Iranian nuc plant.

Shows how bad their handling techniques are, proof of what they were building, etc.

Use some of the old Pu we bought from the former USSR states so if can/would be traced back to the USSWas (Former USSAre)

Does CCCP stand for Can’t Control Critical Plutonium?

11 posted on 10/23/2007 5:31:11 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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I agree with the demands that every member of Congress be immediately briefed and given copies of every Top Secret document that we’ve got. That includes Shelia Jackson Lee, Dennis Kucinich and the whole rest of the looney lot. No treason within the halls of Congress, no siree. Why, they are the only ones in Washington looking out for our interests. How do I know this, you ask. Why they tell me so, and this have been confirmed by the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Who needs the Syrians, Iranians, and North Koreans when you have the Democrat Congressional Delegation


12 posted on 10/23/2007 5:32:55 AM PDT by centurion316 (Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
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To: Slapshot68
"Is it possible North Koreans were killed during this strike?"

Most likely IMO.

13 posted on 10/23/2007 5:33:32 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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“Exactly. But the Bush Administration does not want to jeopardize that sacred cow of his: “the Palestinian State”.”

If I was Israel, I’d want to have the Palestinian State set up. It would reduce costs of occupation and when Palestinians launch their attacks, now it will be an act of war where Israel can go in and clean their clocks. It won’t be something that Arabs can call “Jewish Oppressors”


14 posted on 10/23/2007 5:33:39 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: blam

“”Is it possible North Koreans were killed during this strike?”

Most likely IMO.”

And since Syria and NK haven’t really raised any sort of real stink about it, I’d say they were definitely caught with their pants down.


15 posted on 10/23/2007 5:34:35 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Recovering Hermit

Agree, but I am wondering if it was this action that brought Sarkozy to speak of French involvement in Mideast. Perfect place for them would be Lebonon. My personal disappoint with the Iraq campaign is we didn’t continue through to Damascus. Had we done that Iran would now be totally cut off from allies and Lebonon would have a functioning democracy. Too bad.


16 posted on 10/23/2007 5:34:59 AM PDT by Jigajog
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To: AU72
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cuts short visit to Armenia ("Unexpected developments in Iran")
17 posted on 10/23/2007 5:36:57 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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Syria gets UN apology
18 posted on 10/23/2007 5:40:32 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Uncle Chip

19 posted on 10/23/2007 5:58:36 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit ("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
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To: MindBender26
Hey Achmed, I can see your house from here!

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20 posted on 10/23/2007 6:24:11 AM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=-
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