"What Will The Morrow Bring?" (Is Tuesday Doomsday?)

Iran's leaders are far too serious and dedicated to promise something big and then not follow up with it. Whatever it is, it has to be something substantial enough to merit the very value they have placed on it.

a. Doomsday- Multiple Warhead Missile/Cruise Missile Attack on the US, Israel, the UK and Salman Rushdie Western Intelligence is weak but it is hard to see how they could field nuclear weapons without first testing them. Unless of course they just bought them from Pakistan, or the fissile material from Pakistan and mounted the material on Pakistani based bomb platforms they purchased from the A.Q. Khan nuclear ring.

b. Doomsday Lite- Suitcase Bomb Attack- Soviet accounting was never very good and there is very little in the New Russia that cannot be bought. The bombs have been smuggled into a couple of target cities and let's just say rush hour will never be the same.

c. Hi! We Have Nukes- Nuclear Test- Nothing speaks louder than a loud boom. Iran thinks the west are bunch of punks and will wilt in the face of a nuclear armed enemy.

d. Our Friends Have Nukes Too- Joint Nuclear Test or Simultaneous Test With North Korea If you are going to make a big boom, why not share the fun with a friend?

e. Do We Or Don't We?- Announcing They Have The Bomb This is less telling and harder to prove but it certainly makes the west make a gut check on whether they are willing to confront a potential nuclear enemy.

f. We Want The Bomb- Announcing Decision to Develop the Bomb Iran has said they will give their answer to the international community on 8/22; what could be more joyous than telling the whole world to shove it where the sun never shines?

g. Dirty Bomb Attack- Islamic Gottdammerung Iran and it agents have smuggled in some dirty bombs and will be letting them go tomorrow.

Analysis- US nuclear intelligence has "ballparked" Iran at early enrichment. They are believed to be using the Pakistani cascading centrifuge system of enrichment. Most analysts believe they have not yet got the big one through their own efforts. While money can buy anything, my feeling is that Iran's leaders would have long ago exploded a test bomb if they could lay their hands on it, if only to discourage western interference in their overall program.

The x factor is Iran had already acquired suitcase nukes and when Ahmadinejad and his fellow cultists came in to power they immediately dialed up their Islamic calendar and ordered the attacks for 8/22 for its double significance: Mohammeds Midnight Voyage and Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem.

Other reports need to be factored in: the British Airliner Plot and US satellite intelligence of North Korea possibly preparing for a nuke test. We know that the British plot was caught just before the dry run preceding the actual attack. The "martyrdom" tapes had been done, so the attacks was imminent. Al Qaeda and Iran are closely allied. So two questions follow: 1) if Iran was involved, did Iran plan similar attacks from other airports? 3) Were the attacks to happen today? It is now 8-22 somewhere!

While we cannot rule out the bigger doomsday scenarios, their likelihood, in comparison to the last four possibilities, is thankfully low. But not completely out of the picture. I expect a lot of people will not be showing up for work in DC and New York tomorrow, buildings we can replace. The dirty bomb attack would result in the very same nuclear retaliation as the other attacks listed above. I do not believe the Iranians would do something certain to result in their destruction if they don't completely destroy the US and Israel. They want to die for a reason.

Hey. I'm skeptical. I'm also busy watching the Cowboys and Saints live from Shreveport....

2 posted on 08/21/2006 5:28:16 PM PDT by mhking ("Lotion -- apply directly to your skin; Lotion -- apply directly to your skin...")

Hiya Mike.
It's already Tuesday for him. Maybe he means our Tuesday.

3 posted on 08/21/2006 5:28:50 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)

It's already Tuesday for him. Maybe he means our Tuesday.

I figure you're right - the last few times he's made an "announcement," it was much later in the day. I figure we'll find out somewhere between breakfast and lunch.

4 posted on 08/21/2006 5:30:12 PM PDT by mhking ("Lotion -- apply directly to your skin; Lotion -- apply directly to your skin...")

LOL -- in that case, I'll make certain I cook some BACON.

5 posted on 08/21/2006 5:32:00 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)

I always get concerned with announcements of a coming Apocalypse. In which time zone does an Apocalypse occur? There needs to be a government over site group that demands that certain events like this happen in GMT or EST or PST, or whatever, so that we can plan for these.

The devil is in the details.....

Now to figure out what to wear. I'm cleaning my classroom--do I dress for cleaning or for Doomsday?

I'm also busy watching the Cowboys and Saints live from Shreveport....

Is it "retro" day, or have the Cowboys changed their uniforms?

Isn't it already tomorrow over there?

These people just like to bluster and nothing is going to happen.

8 posted on 08/21/2006 5:34:56 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)

I am also watching the 'boys

I am worried that something will happen, possibly a large string of smaller attacks. I am hopeful the US has been able to get a hold of what the enemies of civilization are doing-especially in this country.

9 posted on 08/21/2006 5:39:00 PM PDT by GeronL (flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)

I don't think there will be any attack tomorrow.
But extra caution should be used for the next several weeks.

11 posted on 08/21/2006 5:39:29 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])

I can only get Free Republic and Mark Levin. Google, Fox News, every news source I know -- all inaccessible. Nothing is working. But at least the important sites are still functioning. Besides that, my beeber is seriously stuned. Still, if Iran is ending the world at this point, would they really leave Free Republic? It should be KOS. But I haven't tried KOS. Maybe it still works. Whatever it is, this is hugh.

12 posted on 08/21/2006 5:39:53 PM PDT by jwalburg (It wasn't the Executive that Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the Despotic Branch.")

13 posted on 08/21/2006 5:41:11 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])

I am also watching the 'boys

To slightly change the subject -- am I the only one who wants to throttle the powers that be at ESPN with that damn gigantic score bug in the middle of the screen!?!?!??!?

14 posted on 08/21/2006 5:41:24 PM PDT by mhking ("Lotion -- apply directly to your skin; Lotion -- apply directly to your skin...")

How can you be washing your truck when the Cowboys are playing?? and how can you FReep while washing your truck? =o)

15 posted on 08/21/2006 5:41:58 PM PDT by GeronL (flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)

"Hey. I'm skeptical."

Me too. I don't think anything will happen on 08/22/06.

16 posted on 08/21/2006 5:42:06 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))

I think I'll get a manicure and pedicure...

Cheers - Dinah

17 posted on 08/21/2006 5:42:20 PM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamic Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

18 posted on 08/21/2006 5:42:33 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)

Thanks for that info; I couldn't remember how many hours ahead of us they were.

19 posted on 08/21/2006 5:42:49 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)

That thing is huge.

are they gonna do that during MNF??

20 posted on 08/21/2006 5:43:11 PM PDT by GeronL (flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)

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