Posted on 01/23/2006 1:05:01 PM PST by Dark Skies
El Baradei should take due process and put it where it hurts.
I think some folks worry that Iran may not wait to develop nuclear weapons, but instead has been able to purchase and take delivery of warheads from the plentiful supply of left-over (and unaccounted for) Soviet nukes.
If there is a "revolution" at this point, it is of the stealth variety.
He got a Nobel prize last year for helping Iran avoid any showdown and delaying things with endless talk instead. Comes with cash.
The "revolution" at this point is small, although savvy. They haven't been without help these few years. However, there's not a big outcry or enough drive right now to raise any kind of opposition to a hard-line regime with a lunatic with his finger on the button.
A good portion of the Iranian youth population has been, until lately, controlled through lax drug regulations and just enough freedom to not notice they're being controlled.
With the ban of Western music and a return to hard-line rule, maybe the democratic movement will have some motivated volunteers.
Of course, there's always the possibility that the surrounding countries will feel threatened and rebuff Iran. Iran's mullahs are Shiite and have meddled in their predominantly Sunni neigbors' business for a long time. Maybe they'll decide Iran shouldn't be allowed to meddle anymore.
I think the bunkerbusters, by their design, do little damage on the surface. They devistate anywhere from 20 to 100+ feet down, depending on soil and fortification. I guess he'll have to blow up a bunch of kids himself, then spread the body parts and call in the media. The American MSM will be welcomed with open arms by the Iranian "government" as will Cindy Shehan and Congressman Murtha.
I think some folks worry that Iran may not wait to develop nuclear weapons, but instead has been able to purchase and take delivery of warheads from the plentiful supply of left-over (and unaccouted for) Soviet nukes............
Great point! Either that, or some help from the opera composer in N. Korea.
Maybe that explains the smirk on his face.
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