Posted on 09/07/2013 3:54:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
Sean Hannity and Col. Allen West were in agreement last night that an isolated military strike on Syria is not the best course of action, fearing, among other outcomes, that the attack could spark an Iranian retaliation against our ally Israel. Hannity voiced his distrust of Iran and why he thinks a strike on the nation would be a better option.
Their ideology is - they are the modern day Nazis. They want a modern-day Holocaust. So if you agree with me that they are the proxy here, wouldn’t it make sense that if we really wanted to have an impact, rather than lob a few cruise missiles into Syria, which I don’t think would be very effective, based on days, not weeks, and no boots on the ground, why don’t we do what we should do and that’s take out Iran’s nuclear sites?”
Col. Allen West shared Hannity’s concern about Iran, as well as his solution.
Fox News contributor Juan Williams, however, disagreed with Hannity and West on the grounds that Iran "has not directly attacked us or our allies." Williams may be right, but Iran's support of anti-Western terrorism and its history of anti-Israel rhetoric raises more than a few red flags if the nation ever gains possession of nuclear weapons.“Iran is really the center, the nerve center and sometimes you have to go after the head and I think that if you want to do the right thing strategically, you maybe want to focus against Iran so that you don’t give them the initiative.”
Hannity also criticized President Obama’s plan to strike Syria as ineffective, suggesting a few days old, no-boots-on-the-ground attack would not accomplish much.
“All this symbolic pinprick stuff is just silly to me.”
The video, from Fox News:
The only thing that keeps us from doing what needs to be done is the will and backbone to admit that WAR is the ugliest and most evil side of man... and VICTORY is defined by defeating an enemy so completely that when our troops roll in to take control of said country and complete mop up operations and deliver water, food and medicine... that the enemy falls to their knees with thanks.
We beat Germany by killing Germans until the Germans could stand no more. We destroyed their ability to sustain their war effort and then we destroyed their abilities that allowed them to operate as a society. Japan was the same. We lack the will and strength to win wars... we have the finest warriors in the world and they will do whatever is asked of them... they have and they win their battles and are noble and honorable... but the political will no longer exists to implement War as War.
You are absolutely correct... when calculating the pre-programmed limited and focused overseas military contingency ROE's that are America's operational norm. Now if we mobilized for War with one goal... all out Victory... as Reagan said... "We win, they lose"... then the answer and outcome would be different. No chance of that ever happening.
The US government, has loss all credibility for me because it is rotten from the top and to its core. Sure, 0-Bama is an anti-American commie, and no one should expect such a man to fight for American interests in any war against this nation. But setting the POS aside, the Federal bureaucratic/institutional culture is out of control because it seeks to dominate the people at all levels. IRS, NSA, EPA, need I go further? In fact, a war would only give the Federal even more reason to consolidate power; not such a good idea, especially now.
Before we can consider any foreign war, we must radically reform and replace our Federal institutions. The real enemy, the real threat to our everyday freedoms, is the Federal government.
Thanks Kaslin.
Well, I didn’t check the thread, I’m sure the dogpiling on West started right away.
An EMP burst over Teheran would scramble telecommunications and just might destroy the mullahs’ ability to command & control Iranian society.
Degrading their power to rule would almost certainly result in revolution. That is probably scarier to the ayatollahs than an attack on their nukes.
Of course, we cowardly “infidels” don’t have the stomach for that.
That is why it makes more sense that IF we are going to waste resources and break things it makes more sense to take out the root problems; Iran, Saudiland and Syria.
As soon as Iran has a nuclear weapon, they will indiscriminately use it on Israel, Europe and America..... and not necessarily in that order.
Actually, it was Rep. Duncan Hunter (the son), who said it first, to bomb Iran, rather than Syria, because Iran is the one behind it.
Rep. Hunter did four tours in the Middle East, including Fallujah.
Start by taking out the Saudi Royal Family.
Israel struck before the reactor was fueled in both cases. That opportunity is lost.
The war with Iran will be next year. All this is just the prelude. The US will be be involved in a support role but probably Israel will have to go hard like we haven’t seen in decades. Might spill over to some of their neighbors also. Nothing will be the same after this next go around.
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