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If Israel Wants To Attack, It Better Do It This Summer
Iran Times ^
| May 16, 2014
Posted on 05/17/2014 4:14:09 AM PDT by Strategy
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To: Strategy
Iran will present on September 1 a new radar station capable to detect aircraft invisible to radars.
Iranian Chief of Staff of Air Defense General Farzad Ismaili said on May 17.
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posted on
05/17/2014 8:22:52 AM PDT
by
Fennie
To: vetvetdoug
I know, they will have to spend at least ~$100 billion on military equipment alone within the next decade and much more on infrastructure, technology etc. I still believe Iraqi war was not a bad idea, post-war stabilization was screwed up on mid political level (no clue how to handle all those ethnic/religious divisions over there etc.) that's why it was so long and painful. Iraqis are civilized people (by Muslim standards) they have universities, thousands miles of paved roads, international airports etc. Afghanistan is a real shithole where majority of people can't even read and any attempts to build there anything resembling modern statehood are doomed to fail. No idea why US/NATO went for full scale occupation of that strange place.
To: Finalmente
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posted on
05/17/2014 12:35:18 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("I don't like Islam and I don't trust Muslims.")
To: Finalmente
“If Israel attacks Iran all hell will break loose, world markets will collapse and the United States will morph from our current contained depression into a real and protracted depression. Iran is not Iraq.”
I believe what you say to be true. There will be enormous cost that could bring down our dollar.
Also if Israel ever attacks, it is they who need to bear the full costs in their lives of their youth and in their standard of living, and leave the USA out of it. We’ve already frittered away about 5 trillion too much, and way too many young lives on the worthless ME and that so-called Cheney cake walk.
I have yet to see an entangling alliances that is in our benefit.
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posted on
05/17/2014 12:50:20 PM PDT
by
apoliticalone
(Global corporatism is not a conservative's friend. It wants your politicians and sovereignty)
To: Finalmente
world markets will collapse Good, I'll try to short them.
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posted on
05/17/2014 12:52:51 PM PDT
by
steve86
To: Zenjitsuman
Jordan and Saudi Arabia will publicly condemn the attack. Privately they will thank Israel. Hell, the Saudis might even underwrite the cost of the attack.
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posted on
05/17/2014 12:52:52 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
To: Kakaze
“By the fall of 2017, Iraq will have received 36 F-16 fighters, said Mark Johnson, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the F-16”
I guess the Chinese oil wells need protecting.
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posted on
05/17/2014 1:43:13 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: varon
I went to college with a guy who ended-up as an instructor-pilot trying to teach Iranians to fly, back when the Shah still ran things.
Said he had to learn to speak Farsi to even have a faint chance of getting anywhere.
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posted on
05/17/2014 5:42:14 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: varon
I doubt the Iraqis will do any better.
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05/17/2014 5:43:56 PM PDT
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DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Finalmente
If Israel attacks Iran all hell will break loose, world markets will collapse and the United States will morph from our current contained depression into a real and protracted depression. Well, this would almost certainly be the case on the actual day of the attack; and for several days thereafter.
But what makes you suppose that it would be a protracted conflict, thereby leading (inevitably) to a protracted market correction--either in the US or worldwide?
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05/17/2014 6:09:34 PM PDT
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Amongst the many challenges confronting Israel (and perhaps an Arab ally or two, not America) in terminating Iran's nuclear program, I have a feeling that newly delivered F16s is way down the list. Unless Obama plans on delivering American pilots.
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posted on
05/17/2014 6:39:12 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(the Democrats take back control, we donÂ’t make (this) kind of naked power grab, J Biden)
To: saganite; All
The F-16 is pretty limited when it comes to air to air combat.![](http://i.imgur.com/vZwg83a.jpg)
Uh, ok.
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05/18/2014 11:22:53 AM PDT
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: saganite
.......even then they would haul ass for Iran if they saw Israeli War Planes armed for battle heading at them. We’ve seen it before.
Frankly, I don’t think Israel worries much about an Iraq Air Force in combat.
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posted on
05/18/2014 5:43:06 PM PDT
by
Cen-Tejas
(it's the debt bomb stupid!)
To: b4its2late
They will when they are ready,watch.
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posted on
05/18/2014 10:47:25 PM PDT
by
primrose
(w)
To: saganite
It ain't gonna happen the same way it did in 1981 at Osirak, Iraq. Everybody thinks this will be a replay of that most daring of raids. Nope. It's gonna be different as the Israelis think outside of the box...just wait.
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05/18/2014 10:54:33 PM PDT
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Netz
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