Posted on 03/07/2012 6:34:57 AM PST by COBOL2Java
Former President Jimmy Carter expressed concerns Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be too willing to go to war with Iran.
“I don’t think that’s his first preference, but I think he’s much more eager to go to war with Iran than President Obama [is]. And I was glad to see President Obama discourage that immediate resumption of hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that the Israelis seem to be inclined to do,” the former president said in an interview with The Washington Times-affiliated “America’s Morning News” radio broadcast.
Mr. Netanyahu is in Washington this week to meet with Mr. Obama and other American leaders about the Iranian nuclear program, and Mr. Carter said “my hope is that President Obama will prevail and we can avoid war with Iran.”
“I think the economic sanctions would be adequate,” Mr. Carter added. “War with Iran can and should be avoided.”
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Carter: Netanyahu too eager for war with Iran as he arose from his knees after his meeting with a terrorist leader.
One bunker buster, even if of the larger variety, may not work to destroy a given facility.
So what.
We have lots of planes and lots of bunker busters. Drop one, wait about 10 seconds, and drop another in the rather large hole it just made. Rinse, wash and repeat as necessary until the target is destroyed, and then move to the next, and the next, etc., until you’ve accomplished your goal. You can dig a VERY deep hole that way. This only requires air superiority to ensure that our planes can hang around for a while; given our capabilities vs. those of the ayatollohs, I don’t think that this presents much of a problem.
Alternatively, just seal off the entrance/exit holes from the bunkers. We’ve got excellent satellite intelligence, we probably know where at least 90% of them are at this point. You don’t have to destroy the equipment in its entirety, you just have to deny them they use of it. With a bunch of dead scientists and technicians, and with the months to years it’d take them to dig out the various sites and begin the enrichment process again, I’d say that the goal will be attained.
As General George S. Patton, Jr. said, “Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of Man.”
Have some faith in the smarts and abilities of our military, will you?
The irony is just dripping...
If there’s one thing you’d think even Jimmuh would know enough to keep his damfool mouth shut about, it would be Iran.
But Jimmuh’s so far gone he doesn’t even have enough self-awareness to do that.
BINGO
Ha!
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Carter was too cowardly not to.
For 444 days Carter did but one failed mission. 1. That’s it. That’s only 1 more than I did and I wasn’t even President.
It took Reagan’s inauguration to get our people back.
Carter is 100% at fault for the current situation in the ME due to his betrayal of the Shah of Iran.
Often evil is a preservative.
Carter and all of the other politicians serving the elite few.
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