Posted on 01/23/2006 2:29:17 PM PST by HonduGOP
Today in the John Gibson show, Lt. Col Thomas McAnenery gave a chilling account of a possible attack on Iran by a Coalition of Arab countries (Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia from the West, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait from the South-along with an attack from Diego Garcia- Afghanistan from the East and Turkey from the North) with U.S. support and help from the EU-3 (France, Germany and Britain). It is conceivable that in 2 to 3 days the attack would be completed demolishing at least 12 known sites of nuclear reactors in Iran. He also said that it would be much more difficult for Israel to do it alone, although not impossible. Furthermore, he said that we should be working (and probably are) on cementing the Arab-US-EU alliance against Iran. It seems almost inevitable that a military option will be needed because the Iranian regime has backed itself into a corner with their obstinate behavior.
Iran, of course, is not arab.
yep. They are Persians....
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No Arab Sunni wants a Shiite Persian nuclear armed empire dominating the Middle East. Israel has shown itself to be reasonable with nukes. The Iranians won't be.
This is not about airforces, either. Rather about very serious rocketry, with glowing aftereffects. Control of the place in perpetuity is cost-prohibitive, while rendering it uninhabitable is not.
Now, some experts say that a strike attempting to render Iran uninhabitable would lead to an all out World War. Mainly due to agreements and back deals made by Iran, Russia, and China, with a few other countries thrown in for good measure.
There is one theory that says this would, in a way, look like WWI with its treaties and agreements drawing countries in to fight, albeit with some shift in who fights who. No matter who strikes Iran, Iran strikes Israel, which (if we aren't involved already) brings the US and most EU nations in. Russia and China defend Iran, which unleashes Japan against China. The Middle East becomes a big ball of secterian fighting. Syria attacks Lebanon in the frenzy. North Korea invades South Korea in the commotion as well. In essence, everything goes to hell fast.
Of course, this is just one theory. I think it was mentioned in one of the foreign affairs magazines. I thought it was interesting.
As if those others don't have anything else to do. Thus I would discount these "some experts".
IV
Just something I read a while ago. The point to the article was to put forward a worst-case scenario theory that showed how the situation could escalate.
I don't think it's a matter of whether a country's schedule is just too booked to participate in war. For example, aside from starving its people and trying to build nukes, really what does North Korea have on its agenda?
That's pretty good.
Is that original, or are you quoting?
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Thanks.
That guy was something, wasn't he?
So would I. And Iraq just doesn't have the resources right now. They have enough of their own problems at home.
Here...I'll try to simplify this. Civilian contractors in certain capaicities interact with mililtary and Iraqis alike on a daily basis. While we don't sit in on strategy planning or Assembly meetings, we definitely get different perspective of the goings-on here than what the news portrays.
A more realistic one.
I know a lot of people think we just hang out in the Green Zone all day or on the coalition bases, but that's not the case at all.
So Mike does have an insight as to what's going on here that you cannot get from being at home and watching the news.
The news distorts the truth about what's happening here to the point where it's sometimes almost unrecognizable to us here.
Isn't that Muktadda Al Sadyr dude in Iraq a big Shiaite fan of Iran's Ayatollah Hummaini?
If we get into it with Iran, I think that the fat little Iraqui Mullah with the black turban might bear close watching.
And he would not be a good one to turn our back to in the midst of the melee, either.
That is a sad fact of life and one of the reasons for FR is to get the view from all around to get a true perspective on what is going on...
Here in the states we are hampered by the liberal media, so the insights from those in Iraq give us a truth we cannot get else where... And that includes FNC.
In Iraq, those there get a distorted view as it comes mainly from the liberal point of view.
I know I can get an armchair generally as the next guy, but I hope my opinions are informed ones. If not and I get off the beam, I expect my fellow FReepers to let me know!
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