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Iran Readying for Conflict with US (must read)
Benador Associates Via Arab News ^ | September 17, 2005 | Amir Taheri

Posted on 09/17/2005 5:19:33 PM PDT by F14 Pilot

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To: tet68
they will cross the line, then it will be time.

They'll pull a North Korean-style "defensive posturing" to provoke conflict. Typical strategy: claim the other guy shot first while you were executing an attack--oops--I mean, trying to defend yourself.
41 posted on 09/17/2005 6:17:05 PM PDT by Das Outsider (In the time it took you to read this, one illegal crossed over from Mexico.)
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To: F14 Pilot

Don't forget this:

North Korea puts it's nuclear missiles on high alert

US takes out one of NK's nuclear facilities, and is showen on TV as a "US Pre-Emptive Nuclear attack"

North Korea then launches artellery barrage across the DMZ, destroying Saigan and other border towns.


42 posted on 09/17/2005 6:18:36 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: ThermoNuclearWarrior

good question. I am sure the military planners have already thought of that and since I trust and respect them more than the policy wonks, let's leave it in their hands.


43 posted on 09/17/2005 6:19:30 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: Alas Babylon!

We could also use tactical nuclear weapons on these bases.


44 posted on 09/17/2005 6:19:56 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: F14 Pilot

If they don't follow the path of Bulgaria.


45 posted on 09/17/2005 6:20:26 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: bethtopaz
Looks like they're being fooled by the MSM, too.

That's why th MSM are biggest war mongers: by making iberal democracies and especially the United States look weaker than they are they invite further armed conflict.

Any threatening concentration of Iranian forces will be annihilated. The real danger is an attempted Sadrist revolt inside Iraq combined with a renewed Baath offensive in the Sunni triangle supported by Syria.

46 posted on 09/17/2005 6:21:26 PM PDT by pierrem15
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To: F14 Pilot

Nonsense. Fiction.

Why would Iran want to enter into a conflict with the most powerful nation?

The source is also not credible.


47 posted on 09/17/2005 6:23:36 PM PDT by mjtobias
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To: F14 Pilot

They could start it, but they wouldn't finish it.


48 posted on 09/17/2005 6:23:45 PM PDT by dr_who_2
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To: ThermoNuclearWarrior
What do you guys think the reaction would be by the majority of Iraqi Shiites if we invaded Shiite Iran?

Same reaction as from 1980 to 1988.  And then, it probably depends upon whether you're talking about Arab Shiites or Persian Shiites.

49 posted on 09/17/2005 6:24:39 PM PDT by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: McGavin999; freedom44; nuconvert; sionnsar; AdmSmith; parisa; onyx; Pro-Bush; Valin; ...

ping!


50 posted on 09/17/2005 6:26:36 PM PDT by F14 Pilot (Democracy is a process not a product)
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To: F14 Pilot

They are more likely preparing for a revolution.


51 posted on 09/17/2005 6:26:49 PM PDT by bert (K.E. ; N.P . I smell a dead rat in Baton Rouge!)
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To: pierrem15

"That's why th MSM are biggest war mongers: by making iberal democracies and especially the United States look weaker than they are they invite further armed conflict."

You got that right! Remember right after 911, all the media was asking about IRAQ.."What were we gonna do"....."Iraq has chemical weapons".."Iraq is planning on striking the USA".."US should take out Iraq"..blahblahblah...I remember them screaming over at the NYT that Bush was stupid not to invade Iraq instead of Afghanistan for crying out loud. (rolling eyes)


52 posted on 09/17/2005 6:27:14 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: bethtopaz
Looks like they're being fooled by the MSM, too.

This article illustrates one of the more serious problems with a media so partisan...and ignorant.

In trying to undermine the Bush administration, they give thugocracies the world over the impression that the President is politically crippled and has no domestic support. Thus, they encourage adventurism and paint a bull's eye on all Americans.

The problem is not unique to the American MSM, either. The BBC, AFP and other international media are busy creating an atmosphere full of misconception that has an opportunity to explode on all of us.

I'm tempted to cite "Lord forgive them, for they know not what they do". But, sometimes, I sense they are literally asking for it!

53 posted on 09/17/2005 6:32:21 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: bill1952

was just thinking same thing...wasnt that a 10 year war?

YEARS! What did it take us? days?

Previous posters carpet bombing would be only the beginning of mullah's nightmare. Maybe we can get Jihadi Jane to go see what they are up to.....


54 posted on 09/17/2005 6:49:05 PM PDT by halfright (3 Days post Hanoi (Jihadi) Jane... 2200hrs meeting to urinate on her grave...Semper Fi !)
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To: F14 Pilot
Whoa...I am shaking in my boots right now, thinking what Iran can do to us. Lord have mercy!

BTW how is our stock pile of 1945 "blind" bombs at the present time?
Are we up to specs usage wise?

Persians as well as Mesopotamians were great warriors serving great Empires. Not today...Two Great Empires have been taken over by Arabs who display only disdain for the human race and history and cowardly killing innocent people in the name of some self made God (which in turns proved to be a murderer of the first grade also).

55 posted on 09/17/2005 6:49:46 PM PDT by danmar ("No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person." Karl Hess)
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To: Certain_Doom

56 posted on 09/17/2005 6:50:57 PM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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To: F14 Pilot

If Iran wants nuclear weapons ~ we have something for moonbat a$$es ~ Bump!


57 posted on 09/17/2005 6:51:02 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: F14 Pilot
FulL steam ahead - Operation Mullah.


58 posted on 09/17/2005 6:51:24 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: ItsForTheChildren

The U.S. World Freedom Tour is getting ready to announce two more terrorist rouge régimes as "FREE" (Iran & Syria). Coming this winter!


59 posted on 09/17/2005 6:58:34 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: F14 Pilot
Incredible though it may sound there are signs that Tehran may be preparing for a military confrontation with the United States, and has convinced itself that it could win.

It's incredible that they think they could win? NOT The level of deception that exists in that mind set is almost beyond comprehension. Just like all those Afghanis at the start of the conflict there; armed to the teeth with swords and clubs, gleefully anticipating beating the snot out of us, when we can put a missle through the grill of a jeep or window on a house.
60 posted on 09/17/2005 6:58:59 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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