[robertpaulsen]

"The world will rant and rave and then some judge will announce who he has decided is the father"

Were you around in 1973? Do you remember the Arab oil embargo? All we did back then was assist Israel in defending herself during the Yom Kippur War and we ended up with long gas lines and people freezing to death.

If we let Israeli bombers fly over Iraq and "allow the Jews to slaughter innocent Muslim women and children asleep in their beds" -- well, that will make 1973 look like a walk in the park. I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims.

[BuffaloJack]

I went through the muslim oil embargo of '73. Any Israeli strike will be very precision and hit only the 'N' facilities, just like they did with Iraq some years back when Saddam was in power. The USA does not hold any influence over Israeli determination. They will do what they want to do, with or without our blessing. They are a soverign nation and will do what is in their own interests. We can either get in their way or look the other way.

[Dog Gone]

If we let Israeli bombers fly over Iraq and "allow the Jews to slaughter innocent Muslim women and children asleep in their beds" -- well, that will make 1973 look like a walk in the park. I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims.

I don't know what causes your blatant disgust with Israel, but your analysis is wrong. All the Sunni countries would welcome a neutering of Iran because they fear a nuclear Iran as much as we do. Israel is only slightly more fearful than the Gulf states are.

Sure, some idiots arabs on the street will object to anything Israel does, but the leaders of those countries will be silently cheering Israel on.

[gcruse]

" I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims.'


Hey, nobody said there wouldn't be an upside.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

That's ridiculous. The Saudis don't want the Iranians to have nuclear weapons anymore that we do.

[plain talk]

Yep. Those that comment cavalierly about these matters are either young, don't know history or are stupid. An attack on Iran of the significance required to destroy their nuclear capabilities buried deep underground will trigger a chain of events likely to produce a worldwide depression.

[spokeshave]

""The world will rant and rave and then some judge will announce who he has decided is the father"

Were you around in 1973? Do you remember the Arab oil embargo? All we did back then was assist Israel in defending herself during the Yom Kippur War and we ended up with long gas lines and people freezing to death.

If we let Israeli bombers fly over Iraq and "allow the Jews to slaughter innocent Muslim women and children asleep in their beds" -- well, that will make 1973 look like a walk in the park. I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims

Bring it on...tick off a few lefties and drill in ANWAR and off the east and CA coasts.

Nothing like an Arab oil embargo to get those drill bits spudded in.

[Joan Kerrey]

I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims.

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They're already irrationally pi$$ed off. It's time we stopped being concerned about pi$$ing off Muslims. Keep in mind:
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt and others may scream and yell publicly while privately cheering on an Iranian crisis.

[ExSoldier]

I can't think of a better way to pi$$ off a billion Muslims.

I can't say that I care very much. Cutting OFF the nipple for oil is what we need to make us find our own oil resources in ANWR and in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere...Bunny huggers be damned.