Posted on 05/20/2008 5:20:17 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
Even the “dimmest” of corners of yours (which I have yet to find) are illuminated by the glowing graphics you produce.
Thank you FARS! That is a lovely comment.
Informative post, thanks FARS
And I suppose there doubtless are many people in contact over there who could give expert directions on exactly where to put the JDAMs.
Where, oh where is our intelligence on this? Are they making any effort to liase with Iranians in exile or in country or are they all being ignored as being politically suspect or penetrated or compromised or just not part of the old boy network?
What would it take to find the guts to openly assemble a government-in-exile and raise an army of liberation? Those things that we did not do re Iraq?
Thanks for the ping!
Lol, I was too tired to hunt for gifs!!
Thanks FARS.
White House denies Iran attack report
Jerusalem Post | May 20, 2008 | not specified
Posted on 05/20/2008 6:40:47 PM PDT by RDTF
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018963/posts
LOL, I didn’t know they made them that tiny!!
Funny!
There is nothing uncivil in my post. Certainly, nothing offensive to you personally, regardless of whether you identify it as a joke or take it seriously.
Everything I hear, whether from Iranians in the US (naturalized or otherwise), Iranians who have *escaped* from Iran (I'm saying no further about that), or Iranians still there, says the government is not far from collapse if such is triggered.
Right, and everything we heard from the Iraqi exiles indicated that we would be welcomed in Baghdad as liberators...
I've been hearing these stories about how unpopular the regime in Iran is for quite a while. Yet, Ahmadinejad or some other thung du jour gets elected there by an overwhelming majority every time, the Qods seem to be staffed strong enough to export trouble in the entire region and FBI is warning of the Hezbollah danger in the homeland. So, call me old-fashioned, but I'll stick with the classical theory of a war that aims to destroy the enemy over the decapitation pipe dreams.
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"Why mess around and get more people killed? Unrepresentative governments end with the deaths of their leaders. Take out the political leadership and a handful of military leaders and the enemy loses the ability to act effectively against us."
That would not be enough to effect regime change in Iran."
Take the B2 fleet, one night, 320 MK-84 JDAMS; 160 from top down of Iranian mullahs and selected military. Prefaced by a days heads up similar to the ones given as psyops to Iraqi generals prior to the invasion. Supplemented by two weeks of Commmado Solo broadcasts/Internet assurances and arms drop to known locations special ops guys.
You'd have a helluva an overnight insurgency against the current regime.
On the other hand it may be orchestrated by the kooks in Tehran. Their economy is in bad shape, even with high oil prices. I have to believe they would welcome a strike to consolidate their power. Any strike by us would probably only set back their program a year or two and at the same time drive up oil prices to $200 a barrel while claiming they are a small innocent country attacked by the great satan - this could destabilize Iraq, Hezbollah would go on the war path against Israel. Unless our intel is air tight, which I doubt giving what we know about the CIA these days, I think it is highly unlikely we’ll strike Iran.
Direct answer to your question as to where our intel people are but not an accurate one. As shown by Alan’s comments.
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/05/iran-claims-it-busts-cia-network.html
The Iranian opposition continues to follow a Hillary/Obama type internal strife profile, trying to cut each other down so as to get ahead. Or put their ideas into the ascendent position instead of joining hands.
They are almost as much at odds with each other as with the Mullahs and insist politicis in Iran should be established their way or no way.
Gives you an idea of why a government in exile, as long suggested by anti-Mullah has not come about. All inclusive to cober various wings and splingters will not work as too cumbersome. Pragmatic selections leave ruffled feathers of those with exaggerated opinions of themselves.
Many of them are effective in a particular aspect of the needs of a future Iran INTERIM government but finding a half dozen leaders with another half dozen second in command, to “run the conpany” runs into too many egos and prevailing human frailties to be more than debating societies rather than executives..
I’m glad that you won’t ever be anywhere near the red button.
That's what I've heard from other sources. Keep repeating it. It would help if someone in the administration or right wing media would keep making this point also.
“Right, and everything we heard from the Iraqi exiles indicated that we would be welcomed in Baghdad as liberators... “
We were - though it was tough to find that side in the msm. But you can get the reports from people who were there at the time. Unfortunately, some of our decisions early on, combined with interference by Iran & Syria and the anti-American/anti-Bush msm, started causing a shift in sentiments for a while. Fortunately, Gen Patraeus’ “surge” has gotten things back on the right track.
“I’ve been hearing these stories about how unpopular the regime in Iran is for quite a while. Yet, Ahmadinejad or some other thung du jour gets elected there by an overwhelming majority every time,...”
This is like saying that Stalin or Castro got elected “by an overwhelming majority” in the Soviet Union or Cuba every time. There are no free elections in Iran, despite what the liberals, msm, and generally naive want to portray.
Thanks for the ping!
“What? GWB’s approval would drop to 10% I bet he is concerned about that...:)”
He would also not want the strikes to put Obama in office either; by affecting the 2008 election
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