Posted on 10/28/2007 3:59:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Diplomacy is doing nothing to stop the Iranian nuclear threat; a show of force is the only answer. WE MUST bomb Iran.
It has been four years since that country's secret nuclear program was brought to light, and the path of diplomacy and sanctions has led nowhere.
First, we agreed to our allies' requests that we offer Tehran a string of concessions, which it spurned. Then, Britain, France and Germany wanted to impose a batch of extremely weak sanctions. For instance, Iranians known to be involved in nuclear activities would have been barred from foreign travel — except for humanitarian or religious reasons — and outside countries would have been required to refrain from aiding some, but not all, Iranian nuclear projects.
But even this was too much for the U.N. Security Council. Russia promptly announced that these sanctions were much too strong. "We cannot support measures … aimed at isolating Iran," declared Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov.
It is now clear that neither Moscow nor Beijing will ever agree to tough sanctions. What's more, even if they were to do so, it would not stop Iran, which is a country on a mission. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put it: "Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen…. The era of oppression, hegemonic regimes and tyranny and injustice has reached its end…. The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world." There is simply no possibility that Iran's clerical rulers will trade this ecstatic vision for a mess of Western pottage in the form of economic bribes or penalties.
So if sanctions won't work, what's left?(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Murachvik is a self-identified Neocon, but I am surprised that the LATimes, which is feverishly liberal and usually pro-terrorist is carrying an article by Murachvik.
Useless talk forever and ever. Thats the RATS plan.
And Putin’s.
Removing the mad mullahs with nukes ping.
No problem, but not with Israel. Let Israel bomb Syria at the same time US bombs Iran.
We should tell Putin that if he helps Iran get nukes, we help Poland do the same.
Great article-from the LA Slimes no less.Agree with the author 100 percent.Time for talk is over.Thanx for the post.
Bomb Iran.
American foreign policy stupidity let this drag on. We should have gone in there long ago before the rest of the world had time to line up. A policy such as Israel’s where “if we find out, we will bomb without hessitation or getting world permission” is the only one to be followed. We’ve had an open account with an Iran for thirty years...
If we can deal with those facts, then maybe it would make sense at some point. Hopefully some really smart people will be in charge then.
Yes, I know, I posted it.
Reading the comments from the article iself (looks like most were posted from UK), just reinforces the perception (and likely, the reality) that Europe is finished. A country or a people that will not fight to save itself does not deserve to be saved. Europe, for the most part, has opted to die.
I was referring to the link in post #4.
Correction:
The mullahs are not going to rest.....assuming we allow some of them to survive and to continue to control Iran.
Right answer:
Kill the mullahs. All of them. Get them all. And kill all the Pasdaran leadership, and as many of the Pasdaran and Quds Force cadres as possible, and as many ex-Pasdaran who are in responsible positions in the regular armed forces, as possible. In one night. In one hour.
Decapitate the regime -- hard. And while you're at it, identify their recruiting demographic and go after them, too.
Gut them.
Then let other groups take over.
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