Posted on 02/13/2010 11:04:17 PM PST by BlackVeil
"Go ahead hit me.
Thats what the Iranian regime is saying to the United States.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims his scientists have enriched a batch of uranium to 20% radioactivity, well past the level needed for electricity production, but closer to the 90% level required for warheads. He boasted that his country should now be considered a nuclear state.
Nations bent on nuclear breakout do not usually issue progress reports. They move stealthily, until they are ready to detonate a finished weapon. Thats what India did in the 1970s, ... By contrast, the Iran nuclear program issues press releases like a second-place political campaign. Why? Two possible answers:
The Iranian nuclear program is not going very well. Lacking an actual completed weapon, the Iranian mullahs may seek to gain some of the political benefits of weaponizing by boasting ...
Might the regime be deliberately provoking a foreign strike? ... The regime may hope that a foreign air raid will rally a disaffected population.
Whatever the reason, the regimes blatant goading does suggest that military caution is warranted.
Here are some of the questions that military planners would have to consider: Do we know the location of all Iranian nuclear facilities? How much bombing will it require to destroy all important sites? If sites are underground and hardened by concrete, will the bombers have to keep pounding for two, three or more days? What kind of civilian casualties should we expect? ...But maybe the most important question to consider is: What effect would air strikes have upon Iranian public opinion? The ideal outcome for Iran is a regime change brought about by the Iranian people themselves. Many Iran experts claim that the Iranian population is the most pro-Western in the Muslim world. Would an air war alienate them? ...
(Excerpt) Read more at network.nationalpost.com ...
Imperialism is such a dirty word these days (after hearing leftists sneer it at us for decades). But leaving Iran to its own tribal devices is more trouble than it’s worth. A nice, orderly takeover seems in order - let’s just not bungle it this time, please?
They would certainly rally behind.
Iran is the most pro-western country in the middle east, by far.
And if Iran had nukes and was dumb enough to use them, it is way more likely that they would use them against Saudi Arabia or Iraq than any other country over there.
Any other countries whining and moaning to the contrary.
He omitted the likely reason for the boasting......fear.
They fear the IAF. They fear the Saudi Air Force and the Qatari Air Force and perhaps even the US Navy. All their neighbors are in agreement.....the mullahs must go. No nukes for the Mullahs
frum licks the bottoms of chemical toilets.
LLS
I hope Iran is lting about wanting to destroy Israel too.
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