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1 posted on 10/03/2007 1:46:50 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

It’s called VISA.


2 posted on 10/03/2007 1:49:06 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: decimon
He could be right.

But he is wrong. The mullahs are trying to ease their fear by deceiving themselves.

3 posted on 10/03/2007 1:49:15 PM PDT by SolidWood ("I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.")
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To: decimon

IMHO the accrual has already been made for the cost...it was baked into the Defense Budget the last couple of FYs, I bet.

Though it would be cheaper if Iran, unlike, Iraq...be destroyed not rebuilt.


4 posted on 10/03/2007 1:50:00 PM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
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To: decimon

Shoosh, a war with Iran only needs to last fifteen minutes if done properly. OBTW, the bombs are already paid for. If we use bombers instead of missiles there would be some incremental overhead costs (i.e., fuel, combat pay, and wear tear on the planes) but other than that I think we could do it very quick and very cheap. I hope the raghead didn’t think we were going to try and civilize them - that is expensive. Rodent control is cheap and effective - if you don’t believe ask the Germans and Japanese.


6 posted on 10/03/2007 1:51:59 PM PDT by Jigajog
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“Our analysis is clear,” he said. “U.S. is not in a position to impose another war in our region against their taxpayers.”

Did he plagiarize it from the Rats, or vice versa?

9 posted on 10/03/2007 1:53:35 PM PDT by dighton
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To: decimon

He may be right and that’s what’s scary. If Iran knows we don’t have the financial resources to attack them, then it is an incentive for them to attack us.

But we could muster them if needed. It’s called sacrifice. Cut entitlement programs like medicare and social security temporatily to pay for war efforts.

Otherwise, it will be a lot more costly if Iran sets off something big in the U.S.


10 posted on 10/03/2007 1:53:53 PM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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That should make them very nervous. Remember what happened the last time we didn’t want to send troops into another country.
12 posted on 10/03/2007 1:54:33 PM PDT by DejaJude
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Official: U.S. Taxpayers Cannot Afford War With Iran (Iranian official)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Just try us, raghead!

14 posted on 10/03/2007 1:57:52 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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After the Israelis bombed Syria with impunity the Iranians now fear their Russian-made air defense system may be just as vulnerable.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905130/posts

18 posted on 10/03/2007 2:00:18 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: decimon

Sure we can.....we have a *rainy day fund*.

Raining down on your ass!


19 posted on 10/03/2007 2:00:25 PM PDT by wolfcreek (The Status Quo Sucks!)
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Oh, you'd be surprised what we can afford when we really want something badly enough.

To avoid a nuclear Jihad, I'd bet the country would willingly go into quite a bit of debt, in fact.

20 posted on 10/03/2007 2:00:28 PM PDT by TChris (Governments don't RAISE money; they TAKE it.)
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If he makes it so that we cannot afford NOT to all of his calculations aren’t worth a popcorn fart. That’s what they need to look to. Because every war the U.S. has ever made has ended up on credit.


24 posted on 10/03/2007 2:01:11 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: decimon

I’m of the mind that Iran’s been on the list all along...Afghanistan on the right, Iraq on the left. U.S. all around....


25 posted on 10/03/2007 2:01:25 PM PDT by Slapshot68
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Iran’s Foreign Minsiter doesn’t understand the concept of a 13 Trillion economy.

The cost is just petty cash.


28 posted on 10/03/2007 2:04:54 PM PDT by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
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WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT...

John Paul Jones

Setting sail at the head of this small squadron on Aug. 14, 1779, he captured 17 merchantmen off the British coast and, on September 23, fell in with a convoy of British merchant vessels escorted by H.M.S. Serapis and Countess of Scarborough. Challenging Serapis, Jones deftly maneuvered Bonhomme Richard alongside the larger British vessel and lashed the two ships together. With the muzzles of their guns touching, the two warships fired into each other's insides. Although his smaller vessel was on fire and sinking, Jones rejected the British demand for surrender; "I have not yet begun to fight," he replied. More than three hours after the bloody battle began, Serapis surrendered, and Jones took command of it.

In 1788, Russian Empress Catherine II (The Great) appointed him rear admiral in the Russian navy. He took a leading part in the Black Sea campaign against the Ottoman Turks

30 posted on 10/03/2007 2:06:17 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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With the Federal debt at $10 trillion, what’s another trillion?


32 posted on 10/03/2007 2:07:19 PM PDT by RightWhale (25 degrees today. Phase state change accomplished.)
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To: decimon

what do you expect him to say when cnn, katie, the bbc and mslsd are his main news sources.


35 posted on 10/03/2007 2:11:23 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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*NEWS FLASH*

The Tomahawks and bunker busters are already paid for.


37 posted on 10/03/2007 2:13:06 PM PDT by rottndog (This Tagline currently closed for maintenance and rehabilitation.)
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Blah, blah, blah, blah.

This would be an in and out operation. No policing, No politics, No PC war!

44 posted on 10/03/2007 2:26:42 PM PDT by rocksblues (Just enforce the law!)
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I recall Saddam’s gross miscalculation...


45 posted on 10/03/2007 2:27:36 PM PDT by ryan71
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