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Tough new Iran cabinet signals end of road for reform
The Australian ^ | August 16, 2005

Posted on 08/16/2005 6:06:50 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

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To: F14 Pilot
The new hard line is sowing the seeds for the mullah's own downfall. Many Iranians are fed up with the Islamic theocracy and further crackdowns by the Muslim fundamentalists will make a revolution to oust the mullahs very likely.

The US should be doing anything it can to help the dissidents even to sending arms.

21 posted on 08/16/2005 7:08:57 AM PDT by The Great RJ (q)
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To: coconutt2000

Dunno, look at his other posts.


22 posted on 08/16/2005 7:11:32 AM PDT by BJClinton (Billy Jack: One tin moonbat rides away)
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To: BJClinton

You're right... Maybe he was just being sarcastic.


23 posted on 08/16/2005 7:17:37 AM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: SwankyC

a cultural event. a crackdown. a riot. a massacre. a leader. a new beginning of an old nation.


24 posted on 08/16/2005 7:26:13 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: King Prout

I'll have one eye on them/there.


25 posted on 08/16/2005 7:37:11 AM PDT by SwankyC (1st Bn 11th Marines Semper Fi)
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To: SwankyC

bear in mind: I'm sick as a DOG, running a good fever, so all this could easily be fever-delusions

even if I were completely hale, I would never advise anyone to pay too much mind to the vague whispers in the back of my head.


26 posted on 08/16/2005 7:46:19 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: bigjelmapro

Now I don't see Bush as having a choice whether to invade Iran, since he invaded Iraq on 'assumed' WMD, rather than concrete as is the case now with Iran.
The question now is when and how?"

I think that it has to coincide with a couple of things:

1) Receiving oil from Iraq. Contracts are being formed now on a broad scale to buy the oil 'legally'. When we are shut off from Tehran, we need a major supplyer. I am not an expert, but based on what I see on the ground, we are six months away.

2) The Euroweenies are failing negotiations with Iran (what a surprise). It is raising the ire of the EU but at the same time they also are highly reliant on Iran for oil. It would make an invasion a lot easier if we can have the support of Europe instead of opposing us so hand in hand we both have to impose harsh sanctions on Iran, including a naval blockade if necessary and have oil from Iraq.

I am guessing a 12 months before we could do the above mentioned and 18 months to have enough troop deployment to get the job done if we have to go in.


27 posted on 08/16/2005 8:01:17 AM PDT by quantfive
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To: King Prout

Gotcha. Grain of salt added.


28 posted on 08/16/2005 8:54:48 AM PDT by SwankyC (1st Bn 11th Marines Semper Fi)
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To: coconutt2000

I'm too good looking to be a troll....

I think you have a fetish with trolls....wonder what's on your car's keychain...


29 posted on 08/16/2005 12:56:35 PM PDT by bigjelmapro
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2) The Euroweenies are failing negotiations with Iran (what a surprise)....

I'm Dutch, and Holland is filled with quasi-hippies who want peace and tranquility.....if it works well now they would rather keep the peace, although, they could look down the road a bit and see that the sh*t is going to hit the fan soon. But the road seems a bit hazy.....wonder why ;-)

It's about time to start a nice little crusade against the koran and therefore Islam, since we would be paying quite a bit less if it weren't for OPEC. We are non-muslims, therefore we are forced to pay more.
This is going to be a bloody crusade, I tell you, but could be decided a bit quicker since we've improved our ability (Americans and Europeans, once the Euros step up to the plate) to over-saturate the target with uranium-depleted bullets. Time to blow off the dust of those mini-nukes. Could be used in North Korea, but sure as hell can now. :)

Finally have to stop targeting 'evildoers' and finally put an actual face on the target.


30 posted on 08/16/2005 1:08:45 PM PDT by bigjelmapro (check out if you can--> www.islamundressed.com)
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To: bigjelmapro

I'm Dutch, and Holland is filled with quasi-hippies who want peace and tranquility.....if it works well now they would rather keep the peace, although, they could look down the road a bit and see that the sh*t is going to hit the fan soon. But the road seems a bit hazy.....wonder why ;-)

It's about time to start a nice little crusade against the koran and therefore Islam, since we would be paying quite a bit less if it weren't for OPEC. We are non-muslims, therefore we are forced to pay more.
This is going to be a bloody crusade, I tell you, but could be decided a bit quicker since we've improved our ability (Americans and Europeans, once the Euros step up to the plate) to over-saturate the target with uranium-depleted bullets. Time to blow off the dust of those mini-nukes. Could be used in North Korea, but sure as hell can now. :)

Finally have to stop targeting 'evildoers' and finally put an actual face on the target."

Good points. It gets cloudy and hazy over here too some times in America, especially those basements we have :^)
I think that crushing the belief of Islam is not a feasible goal in our lifetimes. That being said, the best we can probably hope for is to annihalate the regimes that support the radical strains.


31 posted on 08/16/2005 1:35:26 PM PDT by quantfive
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"Tough new Iran cabinet signals end of road for reform...."

The question begs to be asked: When did it ever begin?
32 posted on 08/16/2005 1:37:41 PM PDT by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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To: PigRigger

the mullahs regime is not reformable


33 posted on 08/16/2005 4:41:46 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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