To: American in Israel
No one wants the regime to have nuclear weapons.
But saying that they're going "to show off their new nukes by firing some on American troops and Israel", isn't a likely scenario.
The crazy mullahs love to talk tough and threaten people. But they're not suicidal and they know they don't have a chance of survival if they immediately attack Israel.
14 posted on
09/25/2004 9:37:32 AM PDT by
nuconvert
(Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)
To: nuconvert
...The crazy mullahs love to talk tough and threaten people. But they're not suicidal and they know they don't have a chance of survival if they immediately attack Israel...
You are assuming that they they think like us.
What if they actually believe that Allah is on their side and will protect them?
Can we afford to assume that they lying about their publicly declared intention to destroy Israel even if it means the death of millions of Iranians, which is a price they have already declared they are willing to pay?
You also assume they fear retaliation, but what if they have first strike scenarios that permit them to wipe out Israel and at the same time threaten the US with attack before we can retaliate. They may believe that they can get us to hold off and negotiate before the US launches a retaliatory strike.
I wish we could predict the Iranian moves but if I can come up with a scenario that would work for the Mullah, I am sure they have developed many more scenarios that they believe will help them achieve their goals.
These are dangerous times and time is running out.
17 posted on
09/25/2004 10:09:04 AM PDT by
DoctorZIn
(Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
To: nuconvert
The crazy mullahs love to talk tough and threaten people. But they're not suicidal... I beg to differ, I think they have proven the opposite a long time ago.
21 posted on
09/25/2004 10:59:30 AM PDT by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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