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Posted on 04/06/2005 8:40:27 AM PDT by Interesting Times
Isreal won't let Iran nuke them, will they? Isreal is already hated worldwide, and I think our wimpy politicians are counting on that, so why not let Isreal take care of the problem before it becomes too late?
This whole situation is out of control. EVERYBODY knows Iran is going for nukes, and no one will do anything about it. Maybe it's time to thin out the human race, who knows?
The Iranian people are cool.
There isn't any guarantee that the mullahs will decide to hit Tel Aviv first, instead of New York...
Dr. Corsi's speech at the Heritage Foundation will be broadcast on C-SPAN2 this Sunday night, April 10, at 7:00PM Eastern.
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Kudos! Thanks for the ping!
" What is the theory, that with the Mullahs gone Iran will abandon nukes?"
A friendly gov't with nukes isn't a problem.
But here's my theory.....When the regime collapses, the people will busy putting their gov't and country and lives back together and nukes won't be at the top of the list. The country's infrastructure has suffered greatly over the past 25 yrs, so there's a lot of work to do and that will take lots of money. They'll put the nukes on the back burner, so to speak.
Walked into a Barnes & Noble last week and "Atomic Iran" was on the first table facing the door as you walked in. Couldn't miss it!
That cover does kind of jump out at you.
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The US would have to gamble that the new government will be friendly, stable, and not have Islamic wild cards. The number of 70% against the Mullahs bodes well for regime change. The 30% Islamist does not bode well for nukes in "friendly" hands. I think the "friendly" prediction is wildly optimistic, and nukes are not a good subject to view with rose colored glasses.
The polls I have seen show popular support for nukes. There is a window here. Once they have a nuke we will be in the same position as we are with NK. And that is dire.
How wonderful would it be to wake up one morning soon, turn on your television and see they've ousted the mullahs and changed the name of the country back to Persia?
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Dr. Corsi's speech at the Heritage Foundation will be broadcast on C-SPAN2 this Sunday night, April 10, at 7:00PM Eastern.
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But the 70% would be running the country, not the 30%. And I don't think the "friendly" prediction is "widly optimistic". The 70% are friendly now.
I don't think the polls can be trusted, and as I said, I don't think the issue is really on the minds of average Iranians. They have so many other problems there. From what I've read, most have said that they don't trust nukes in the hands of the mullahs, and I don't think most of the polls we've seen have really differentiated between nuclear power, and nuclear weapons. The regime has people convinced that they need nuclear power because the oil will run out. They'll find out the truth. And with Saddam gone, I don't think most Iranians feel the threat to necessitate nuclear weapons. (It's the mullahs who view Israel as a problem, not the average person.) That's why I think it will be pushed to the side, and more immediate issues will be put on the front burners.
Time has stood still in Iran since 1979. (with a few exceptions) And the people know they have a lot a catching-up to do to get their country on the road to modernization, again.
Getting rid of the regime now, before the mullahs get closer to having a bomb, is the answer to this situation.
These mullahs in an eight-year war with Iraq sent their own children, wave after wave of children into battlefields and minefields, many times with no weapons, saying, “Well, there will be troops ahead of you who will be dead; pick up the weapons if you get there.” …and with little keys around their necks reminding the children that today they were going to be in heaven because they were about to be martyred. That's not sane thinking to have your own children to go into that kind of a suicidal action.
"It's the mullahs who view Israel as a problem, not the average person."
I think this is wholly untrue. Whether it is slowly reversible if and when the indocritinized demonization of Israel, and Jews, ends, remains to be seen. But that is a lengthy process. Iraq has a similar problem.
Thanks for the ping, IT.
I have to say, I do agree with some of the sceptics here that the situation in Iran is a little more complex than just "bad mullahs, friendly populace", especially when it comes to the country's stance on nuclear power and weapons. Yes, the majority of the people are sick of the mullahs and want democratic freedoms, but they are also patriotic Iranians who are proud of their country's nuclear programme and see it as a symbol of Iran's technological advancement and burgeoning modernity. The problem with airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities is that instead of being seen as a blow against the mullahs' grip on power, it could have the opposite effect of driving moderates into the arms of the mullahs against a 'common enemy' - the US and Israel.
Any thoughts?
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