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Iran: America Goes on the Offensive
Strategy Page ^ | 1/17/07 | staff

Posted on 01/17/2007 6:04:55 AM PST by pissant

January 17, 2007: In the last month, Iran has become aware that the U.S. is deliberately hunting down Iranian agents inside Iraq. For most of the last year, Iran believed that it's high ranking contacts in the Iraqi government gave its men immunity. Certainly the Iraqi police would not touch them (the head of the national police, and Interior Ministry, was a pro-Iranian Iraqi Shia). But the Americans simply brush aside any Iraqi troops or police who get in the way, and grab Iranians. This is being done without much publicity at all. It's as if the Americans were just collecting evidence and building a case. A case for what?

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Bush legacy will be the Taliban dead, Saddam dead, and the Iranian mullahs DEAD.
1 posted on 01/17/2007 6:04:56 AM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
Building a case ...

To whom would the US present this case? The feckless UN? The MSM? Judge Judy?
2 posted on 01/17/2007 6:11:39 AM PST by sono (There are only two exit strategies - One is victory, the other defeat - Joe Lieberman)
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To: sono

The American public.


3 posted on 01/17/2007 6:17:53 AM PST by Dog
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To: pissant

And 20 million illegals and a permanent Democrat majority.


4 posted on 01/17/2007 6:18:24 AM PST by Little Ray
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To: Little Ray
"And 20 million illegals and a permanent Democrat majority."

It is hard to escape the feeling we have a permanent Democrat majority regardless which party is in power.

5 posted on 01/17/2007 6:20:39 AM PST by joebuck
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To: joebuck

Weeeeell, we did get some temporary tax cuts from the 'Pubbies...


6 posted on 01/17/2007 6:21:38 AM PST by Little Ray
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To: Little Ray

Yeah, right. That is a shared legacy with Clinton and GHWB and Reagan and Ford and Carter and Nixon and the American people for being so lazy about this. GWB at least has started to close down the border. More than I can say about his predecessors.


7 posted on 01/17/2007 6:25:55 AM PST by pissant
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To: Dog

The American public are more concerned about the Paris Hilton or real estate values in South Beach than about the Middle East. Talk about short attention spans.


8 posted on 01/17/2007 6:26:27 AM PST by sono (There are only two exit strategies - One is victory, the other defeat - Joe Lieberman)
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To: pissant

In case we need it, which we don't, we have a case.


9 posted on 01/17/2007 6:27:11 AM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: pissant
“Stracci... Tataglia... Brazini... guasto.”
10 posted on 01/17/2007 6:27:14 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: pissant

As far as I can tell, he's preventing anything being done about the border. Might offend his friends.


11 posted on 01/17/2007 6:30:00 AM PST by Little Ray
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To: Little Ray

As far as I can tell, you haven't been paying very close attention.


12 posted on 01/17/2007 6:32:13 AM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

Well this is good news. Now, how long before Chuck Hagel, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and the rest of the usual suspects start howling in protest?


13 posted on 01/17/2007 6:37:07 AM PST by Obadiah
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Not THIS part of the American public, friend. I say hunt the bastards all the way to Teheran!


14 posted on 01/17/2007 6:39:53 AM PST by 95 Bravo ("Freedom is not free.")
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To: Obadiah

Soon. real soon.


15 posted on 01/17/2007 6:43:18 AM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

I guess I haven't been paying close attention either. Why don't you enlighten us? You might start by explaining how putting two border guards in prison fits in to the protection plan.


16 posted on 01/17/2007 6:51:05 AM PST by nygoose
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To: Dog

Yeah, I'm so sure that this "case" will convince the kneejerk Bush bashers that we are actually at war with a threat to our civilization and lifestyle.


17 posted on 01/17/2007 6:53:05 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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"Today I settled all family business..."

Still one of my fav movies!
18 posted on 01/17/2007 6:59:22 AM PST by LIConFem
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Sure, right after you give me a blow by blow of all that the previous 6 presidents did, I'll fill you in.


19 posted on 01/17/2007 6:59:52 AM PST by pissant
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This was a great line from the article:
"But the Americans simply brush aside any Iraqi troops or police who get in the way, and grab Iranians."
20 posted on 01/17/2007 7:02:25 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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