[cripplecreek]

All I know is that we gave them the meeting they wanted and they repaid us by charging American citizens with spying.

[Salem]

  Bush, putting da' squeeze on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Mad Mullahs.

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AMERICA AT WAR
At Salem the Soldier's Homepage ~
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...  by backhoe
Translated Pre-War IRAQ Documents  by jveritas
Mohammed, The Mad Poet Quoted....  by PsyOp
"PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR"  by AnnaZ
The Clash of Ideologies - A Review

"...It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world." [FReeper Retief]

"...That the totalitarian force pitted against freedom wears a religious makes this civil war among mankind all the more difficult to engage. Loving freedom as we do, it seems reprehensible to deliberate against a religion. But this is no ordinary religion as it demands absolute obedience of all to their religion at the cost of freedom itself." [FReeper Backtothestreets]

[jveritas]

Excellent analysis Salem and I agree 100%.

[Enterprise]

Bump

[ParaVet93]

Salem, thanks for the good news. You have to dig deep in order to find out about these things. I am also heartened by Cindy Sheehan’s bitter resignation, the failure of the “massive spring offensive” by the Taliban to materialize, the recent capture and killings of many Iraqi insurgent leaders, protests against Chavez in Venezuela, etc.

Regarding Iran, a good first step I would like to see immediately is the bombing of some EFP mine production facilities or some insurgent training camps.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Good news

B U M P

[onedoug]

Hmmm.

[doug from upland]

My former son-in-law is on the Nimitz. Godspeed, Josh.

[doug from upland]

Love Pat Dollard’s work.

[yldstrk]

Go George Bush! You are one tough hombre! I love it!

[familyop]

"...and so therefor why would Iran give on anything?"

It hasn't.

"Why would they stop waging war against us in iraq if they have nothing to fear?"

They haven't. Someone made it up while writing propaganda for stalling until we run out of revenues for the big bluff. If we want anything really done about Iran, our politicians will have to get a clear messages from large numbers of pro-defense constituents instead of the appeasement demands they're getting from special interest groups (merchants who want to continue with cheap oil today, for one).

[familyop]

After missile tests a few days ago, we know that Iran has missiles that can reach London and the Vatican. That and Iran’s nuclear weapons development should give us some idea of what’s at stake.

S. Korea, U.S. verifying reports on test of new N.K. missile in Iran: source
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834307/posts
(4,000 kilometer range)

[knews_hound]

BTTT

[familyop]

Commander’s veto sank Gulf buildup (Admiral Fallon opposes military move against Iran?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834992/posts

Top US War Boss: We Can’t Ignore Iran [No other way but “arrangement” with Iran.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840806/posts

And here’s the kind of sentiment in our Government that’s preventing a real solution on Iran.

Does ‘the decider’ decide on war?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1841804/posts

[Recovering_Democrat]

bttt

[Alberta's Child]

I'm not so sure about the underlying premise of this article.

Let's just go back to 2002 and think about what Iran must have been thinking during the U.S. preparations for the invasion of Iraq. If someone had approached the Iranian government and suggested that within five years the following conditions would be in place . . .

1. Iraq's Ba'athist government overthrown
2. Saddam Hussein executed
3. A new Shi'ite-dominated government in place in Iraq
4. The U.S. utterly incapable of mounting a serious military campaign anywhere in the Middle East
5. The ruling party in the U.S. government thrown out of office
6. Iran's biggest export (oil) trading at historic high prices

. . . I suspect nobody in Iran's government would have believed you. They couldn't have done any better if they had placed their own agents in position of power in the U.S. government.

[jackv]

Wow! Thank you so much for this. Why in the world anyone has an ounce of confidence in what we’re hearing on the tv/news is unbelievable to me.

[Manic_Episode]

Almost makes me kinda giddy.

[Grampa Dave]

“For some reason, no one told you that just 5 days before Monday’s talks, an entire floating army, with nearly 20,000 men, comprising the world’s largest naval strike force, led by the USS Nimitz and the USS Stennis, and also comprising the largest U.S. Naval armada in the Persian Gulf since 2003, came floating up unnanounced through the Straight of Hormuz, and rested right on Iran’s back doorstep, guns pointed at them. The demonstration of leverage was clear. And it also came on the exact date of the expiration of the 60 day grace period the U.N. had granted Iran.”

“And it came just a few weeks after Vice President Dick Cheney had swept through the region and delivered a very clear and pointed message to the Saudi King Abdullah and others: George Bush has unequivocally decided to attack Iran’s nuclear, military and economic infrastructure if they do not abandon their drive for military nuclear capability. Plain and simple. Iran heard the message as well, and although a lack of leverage may seem clear to America’s retired military tv talking heads, it is not so clear to the government in Tehran.”

“The message to both Iran and Syria is that if the talks in Baghdad fail, the military option is ready to go.”

As a wag in the Cuban Crisis said, “Tell Fidel, the US Navy isn’t Avon calling on him!”

[SunkenCiv]

The demonstration of leverage was clear. And it also came on the exact date of the expiration of the 60 day grace period the U.N. had granted Iran. And it came just a few weeks after Vice President Dick Cheney had swept through the region and delivered a very clear and pointed message to the Saudi King Abdullah and others: George Bush has unequivocally decided to attack Iran’s nuclear, military and economic infrastructure if they do not abandon their drive for military nuclear capability. Plain and simple. Iran heard the message as well...

...but just to be on the safe side, I'd think that they'll hear it even more distinctly if smart bombs were involved. Thanks E.