Posted on 05/07/2008 8:42:51 AM PDT by Hillary'sMoralVoid
There is no one who can solve the problems of the Middle East as effectively as its own group of nations. Iran's sabre-rattling against Israel and its concurrent development of nuclear weapons should be of particular concern to the Middle East nations.
Iran seems intent on developing and using weapons and delivery systems to destroy Israel, but what would be the result?
A Pyrrhic victory at best, in other words, one as costly to the victor as to the victim. This is true even if Israel never fired a return volley. Why?
It would be impossible to obliterate Isreal in a nuclear attack without inflicting serious, direct collateral damage to some of the holiest sites in Islam. But we've only begun to address the results of nuclear detonations.
Not only would there be direct damage to Islam's holy places, the fallout would remain for years, making these places untenable for a very long time.
But that's not all. Detonations would create a large electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) that would render communications in the area unusable. Syria, Iraq, Lebonan and Jordan could all be adversely affected. Communications hubs linking the Middle East to Europe and North America would be at risk, huge quantities of data would be lost, the financial losses would be staggering.
But we haven't even addressed the nuclear fallout issue that would result in those some countries being blanketed with potentially deadly fallout. Prevailing westerly winds could blow this dust into Saudi Arabia and even into Iran itself.
Essentially, Iran's ambitions in destroying Israel could be devastating to the entire region and to Islam itself. Can the US and Israel thwart Iran's nuclear program? Certainly. Is it in our best interest to do so when those with the real stake in Iran's intentions sit by and do nothing. Perhaps not. The burning question is whether we can mobilize those nations by making them aware of the imminent thrat to their self-interest and religious heritage.
It would be impossible to destroy
What are we doing? We're nominating a little conman Jew hater to be our leader. One who is definitely not on the side of God's People if you take at face value the preachings of his spiritual leader - and I do.
Maybe it's a good time to dig a bomb shelter...
Nothing personal, but unless the Big One has spoken directly to you (and you can prove it), I consider Christian, Jewish or muslim nut jobs equally; So let's keep the discussion in our common real world, not in the many worlds created by human and flawed interpretations of the Word.
Spare me the threats; those carry even less weight with me.
Why? Who are you, oh Worthy One??
Nothing personal... but it has clearly been written for all to see. No personal revelation here. And the proof is in the pudding, as it is said. If you decide to remain blind, that’s your decision. But when it happens, will you believe it then? Probably not. All the pieces are falling into place and if you care to delve into it, you will be quite amazed. I guess the fact that Israel became a nation after 2,000 years is just coincidence, too, and not a part of ‘our common real world’. I think Ezekiel wrote quite poetically about that event also.
/proud to be a ‘nut job’ off
Iran is not an arab country.
Israel might go for a global economic hit to ensure that the rest of the world responds to a nuke hit from Iran.
All the oil fields and oil infrastructures in all the Arab States & Iran should be targets to be wiped out permanently. This would get the entire world involved in the crisis without initially affecting that many civilians. Ofcourse it would be a plus if the destruction could be blamed on Iran. The world economic crisis that would follow would force the world to finally react or face ruin.
Yes. Scratch the word “other”.
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