[voletti]

I believe it was Andrei Gromyko who remarked that, if the students had pulled the same stunt at the Soviet embassy, Teheran would have been a crater by lunchtime. 'Nuff said. That buffoon Carter did lasting damage.

[lemura]

Hitler could have been stopped cold in 1936 when the Nazis reoccupied the Rhineland. That mistake will not be repeated - the Iranians will never have nukes under the current theocratic government.

[Peach]

Stupid of Straw to let the mullahs know that no military action is being calculated.

[Zechariah11]

What a mess! I understand that the USA is taking the go-easy line of the German. ("There's no need to talk about sanctions yet!")

Time is not on our side. It's on the side of Iran.

[A.Hun]

Why not tap into their excess energy right now? As the foreign terrorists have demonstrated in Iraq, you don't need a lot of local support to give the impression (at least to Tariq Ali and John Pilger) of a popular insurgency. Would it not be feasible to turn the tables and upgrade Iran's somewhat lethargic dissidents into something a little livelier? A Teheran preoccupied by internal suppression will find it harder to pull off its pretensions to regional superpower status.

Most coherent plan of attack yet....go Steyn!

[Gerfang]

It would be a lot easier to put pressure on Iran if not for the current situation in Iraq.

[FreedomPoster]

Ping.

[JoeSixPack1]

Why not tap into their excess energy right now?

Because every single time we do, it comes back to bite us in the butt!

[Travis McGee]

If the CIA hadn't been tramsformed into a bunch of cell phone chatting Valerie Plames, they would have been shipping sterile weapons to the Iranian students and others years ago.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

I think the world of terrorist need to know our power.

A dozen missles from subs should get the worlds attetion.

We have pussy footed around for too long, send the Rangers and Marines to secure the oil fields. Give warnings to Teharn, then level everything.Make a huge mirror to counteract global warming.

[decal]

"To neutralise them all would require a sustained bombing campaign lasting several weeks, and with the usual collateral damage at schools, hospitals, etc, plastered all over CNN and the BBC..."

If Iran ever uses The Bomb against Israel, this will happen on the morning of the first day, and nobody worthwhile will care.

Threatening the mullahs is useless; threaten Mohammed Six-Pack with this knowledge instead.

[Timm]

Can we possibly be preparing to live with a nuclear-armed Iran? I fear we are on the cusp of a new, grim time...

[PhilDragoo]

[Lejes Rimul]

Yay, let's give all of our support to Sunni fundamentalist terrorist groups; they're fighting an evil empire, they must be on our side! That'll turn out great! </ sarcasm>

[decal]

"Needless to say, the German deputy foreign minister, Gernot Erler, has already cautioned that this may be going too far, and that sanctions could well hurt us more than it hurts the Iranians..."

It wouldn't be too soon to start Following The Money a la the Oil-for-Fraud scandal.

[Oh Brother]

If China does not go along, we should help Taiwan build some nuclear reactors.

[konahawk]

I'm getting a strong feeling lately that all the diplomatic efforts will somehow all fail. They will stretch out in time for what...say a year or two, who knows. When that failure comes (it won't be from lack of trying) there will be a unilateral action by either Israel, Iran, America\Britain\Aust. It's as simple and scary as that. Can anybody out there envision a more peaceful scenario that's somewhat realistic?

[nopardons]

bttt

[Publius6961]

I believe it was Andrei Gromyko who remarked that, if the students had pulled the same stunt at the Soviet embassy, Teheran would have been a crater by lunchtime.

Ironically, in retrospect, a much more humane and effective response to primitive savages who respect only raw power.
Had we made a few craters in Teheran back then, with the threat promise of many more to follow if our people were not released immediately, would I be sorry or regretful today? Not a chance.

Would we be better off and safer today? In my opinion, definitely.

It's not rocket science. The killers cannot exist, train, travel and do their murdering without the constant support of countries. If these countries claim sovereignty in their choice of surrogate killers, they better be prepared to suffer the consequences.

Any country which does not approve, better be prepared to back it up.

[LasVegasMac]

As for the unilaterally inclined, the difficulty for the US and Israel is that there's really no Osirak-type resolution of the problem - a quick surgical strike, in and out. By most counts, there are upwards of a couple of hundred potential sites spread across a wide range of diverse terrain, from remote mountain fastnesses to residential suburbs.

I wonder what the world would think of a a not-so-subtle nuclear sabre rattle by the USA........

"Yo, bearded one, cheek kisser, A$$ahola, what ever you want to call yourself - you want to play poker? I raise you your mouth for your country. You F*** with Israel and your entire country will cease to exist. Instantly. Nothing but glass, oh bearded one. And we can make good on that threat - make your turbin head spin real fast, then cease to exist.

We can do that, Oh bearded mealy mouth, like no one else on this planet can. And there won't be shit you can do about it.

Not even Allah can save you.

Keep flapping your ignorant lips. Maybe we should have an "accidental" launch of some nuke tip'ed cruise missles -- "HEY, NOT OUR FAULT - ALLAH SPOKE TO US AND SAID WE SHOULD KILL THE NIPPLE HEADS!" just following orders, like you a$$holes.

Once again, the world is thankful that I don't have the finger on the button - otherwise you would have been glass by now.

Other than that, I got no problems with you, bearded dumb a$$.

LVM