Iran poised to strike? Observers report Ahmadinejad sending secret signals of intent

JerusalemNewsWire.com ^ | 5/14/2006 | Stan Goodenough

[Loyal Buckeye]

Bottom line: Iran would have to take their best shot, because they will not get a second one.

[tomnbeverly]

I don't agree... Iran will supply the material to a terrorist group who will carry out the mission.. bottom line Israel is gone any retaliation on Iran will be met with the same liberal backlash as no WMD.. in other words we will have to PROVE IRAN did it first...

It is the end of times....any jewish person that votes Democrat is just plain nuts.

[Doogle]

"When they wear this scarf they told me it means: I am ready, I am purified, I am militarily trained, I am Islamically pure to commit a suicide attack right now…

..and if they wear a cap with a spinner on it, it means "I'm,a bigger idiot than the guy next to me, for I know better but wanna go faster"

Doogle

[LSUfan]

Why are we all so certain that this letter was a provacation?

I fear that we are dismissing out of hand a sincere and important appeal for peace, understanding and dialogue.

I think Ahmenejad's invitation to Bush to join Islam was touching. What could be more friendly and genuine than asking someone to join you in peaceful worship? And he even said sweet things about Jesus Christ! Doesn't this show that Islam is a religion of tolerance?

If President Bush truly wanted peace and not just to grab more oil, he would designate Jimmy Carter as a special envoy and send him to meet with Ahmenejad and the Ayatollah Khameini.

Who in the US has more experience in getting hosed in the rump by Jihadists?

[Paladin2]

Won't they (Iranians and Clintoons) be surprised when Bush turns out to be the 12th Imam and brings peace to the joint.

[Jacquerie]

I like to think that Israel has let other terror states know that it will not go quietly, that in addition to Iran it will take out Syria, Egypt, Jordan and maybe others that have supported terrorism.

[CBart95]

Of all the possible "bottom lines" you choose this?

Disqualify yourself as a "seer". Your deductive reasoning would have us snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory.

Your first erroneous assumption has the rest of the world playing spectators watching Iran play a game.

That notion is silly and ultimately fatal. Wake up Bozo!

[Paladin2]

Substitute SA for Jordan.

[Dark Skies]

...he would designate Jimmy Carter as a special envoy and send him to meet with Ahmenejad and the Ayatollah Khameini.

lol...that's the ticket! Maybe they'll hold Carter for ransom.

[Williams]

"teach the American Army a lesson they will never forget," which will eclipse anything they experienced in Afghanistan or Iraq."

Iranians better work on their analogies, because the American military has kicked butt in both places.

[LSUfan]

Very possible. I agree that Iran's usual M.O. is to have terrorist proxies do their dirty work. So morons who say that Iran would never be so wreckless as to give WMD to terrorists have no clue.

[VRWC_PA]

"Indicators observed by independent Iran watchers during the past week are raising the question that nuclear-seeking Iran is not merely playing a serious game of brinkmanship, but is actually preparing to strike at Israel, European and US interests."
Thanks to late Jim Kelly...

[B.O. Plenty]

The really sad part about all this is that it is apparent that the first strike MUST be made by iran just to prove that the U.S. "is not like them". P.C. run amok.

I suppose a nuclear strike against "the West" killing hundreds of thousands or a million, more or less, of us would be enough "provication" to cause our leaders to finally wage a devistating war on radical islam.

I for one, however, am not going to hold my breath.

I would have thought that 3000 dead in one attack would have done the trick and this problem would have been totally solved by now.

So, it is now down to a waiting game to find out just how many Americans and Isralies must be vaproized before the U.S. does something to solve the problem.

We can only hope and pray that when the bomb goes off, it is not in our neighborhood.

[BadAndy]

I hope Israel has their nukes in separate and secure locations so they all can't be taken out by a single hit.

[B.O. Plenty]

You, my friend, have a wry sense of humor, I like it.

[gotribe]

Thomas also reported that 52,000 people are believed to have joined a new Iranian organization called the "Lovers of Martyrdom" whose goal is to place a "suicide" bomber unit into every division of the Iranian army.

When the iranian troops begin amassing on the Iraqi border, it will be popcorn time for us who watch. I just wonder what massive and interesting mix of weaponry the U.S., Brits, and Iraqis will brings against that wall of iranian suicidists pozed to enter the Iraqi nation.

[G.Mason]

"I like to think that Israel has let other terror states know that it will not go quietly, that in addition to Iran it will take out Syria, Egypt, Jordan and maybe others that have supported terrorism."

You think correctly.

Depending on the legnth of time before Israel is attacked, (rogue state nukes?) will determine how Israel responds.

Should the world sit around, biting their nails and asking for us all to just get along, and otherwise not be willing to confront the realities of the situation, Israel will do just what you have suggested. They will have no other choice.

If you have college aged children, suggest that they take graduate courses in enviromental purification. There will be a worldwide need for cleanup technicians.

[Thombo2]

The problem with a "nut"like Ahmadiejad is you never know if he's simply trying to whip up the faithfull or he really plans on a first strike against Israel.Israel has more than enough nukes to turn Iran into a wasteland.