Tehran's Tricks: Plays Rope-A-Dope On Nukes

NYPost ^ | August 1, 2008 | Amir Taheri

[mkjessup]

Well, don't expect anything more than talk out of THIS Administration, they're pinning their hopes on 'diplomacy':

[nuconvert]

We’ll see ........

[Truth29]

So are we now down to talking about talks? If Israel doesn't do something, no one else will. The EU and the US won't be able to muster the fortitude to actually strike Iran or impose severe sanctions IMO.

[sionnsar]

I kind of agree with mkjessup; I'm not expecting anything either.

Always willing to be pleasantly surprised, though..

[mkjessup]

I sincerely hope and pray that I am proven wrong, that the final act of this Administration will be to undertake the largest terraforming project of all time, the “Creation of the New Persian Sea”. :)

[TChris]

Iran is dragging these feebs around by their noses. They should be embarrassed.

[allmendream]

[sobieski]

This seems like Europe’s problem; let them deal with it. There’s no reason for us to stick our noses into someone else’s fight. Iran is not a threat to the USA.

[usurper]

Iran is not a threat to the USA.

So you don’t consider their open support for worldwide terrorism and repeated calls for the end of the great satin to be anything to worry about then?

[2001convSVT]

I doubt it. The only way the U.S. (President BUSH ok’s an attack) will use military force is if a majority of the American people and a majority of congress agree to a massive use of American force (tactical nuclear strikes) and in todays political climate it AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN! Bottom line Iran gets the bomb.

[sobieski]

Not really. Name one attack against the USA from Shia. WTC I; WTC II; the Cole; the Pentagon; the CIA; all Sunni (Queda). I think the price from inflaming and uniting the Muslim world against us will outweigh the cost from Iran’s attempt to keep up w/ Israel in the nuclear arms race, especially since Iran’s nukes are a threat to Europe and Israel, not the USA.

[what's up]

How about the kidnapping of the hostages?

Many say the current President was involved in that one.

[sobieski]

The best you could come up with was 1979?

[what's up]

I guess you missed the point about one of the kidnappers now running the show over there?

[Free Bee]

“Iran’s nukes are a threat to Europe and Israel, not the USA.”

I don't agree. Could they not simply ship a special package to an American harbor and detonate it? No real need for long range missiles.

Am I wrong?

[sobieski]

A) Never been done.

B) The scenario appears to be more of a fantasy used by Iran’s enemies to try to entice the USA to bomb Iran

If Europe’s not concerned, there’s important information there. That argues for us to go slowly; after all, if it’s such a threat then those countries with actual militant Islamic minorities in them logically should be more concerned. Yet they aren’t...

[sobieski]

A bit of a leap from taking hostages in Tehran to actually being a risk to the USA.

[what's up]

On the contrary, a few nukes lead to a bigger and better nuke industry which becomes an increasing threat to US security.

Oh, did you forget the Shiite attack on our men in the Beirut barracks?

[tet68]

after all, if it’s such a threat then those countries with actual militant Islamic minorities in them logically should be more concerned. Yet they aren’t...

And you believe this why?