'If attacked, Israel might nuke Iraq'

Etherzone.com | August 15, 2002 | Ze'ev Schiff

[1bigdictator]

No chicken littles need respond to this article. It would be a positive event... not the loss of non-combatant lives in Iraq... but the hundreds of millions of lives it would preserve by finally detering the support that has spread militant Islam like a cancer across the globe.

[CWRWinger]

Israel is the only country which knows how to eradicate terrorists. They have the will to do it. Nuke 'em, Israel.

[bluester]

In what way would it be a positive event?

[Steely Tom]

This grave assessment, from American intelligence, was presented last week to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Grave assesment? Grave for whom?

Puh-leeze.

(steely)

[HELLRAISER II]

That's a pretty scary thought, but one that is oh so real. What lies ahead for the age of man, WW III?

[1bigdictator]

No need to repeat my earlier post.

[Havoc]

I have a better idea for them. Instead of nuking them, we should export our liberal media to Iraq. They'd be right at home selling their propaganda and make Sadam shoot himself so he wouldn't have to listen to their tripe any more. See - two birds with one stone.

[Paradox]

The fact that Israel has a nuke or two targetted on the Aswan Dam (Lake Nasser in Egypt), has kept the Egyptians from being too belicose against them. (If the Aswan dam were to break down/be destroyed, millions of people downstream would be killed, and a vital amount of workable land would be lost.)

[Mr. Mojo]

In what way would it be a positive event?

Hey bluester, what is it about the phrase "the hundreds of millions of lives it would preserve by finally detering the support that has spread militant Islam like a cancer across the globe" (in post #2) don't you comprehend?

[Hacksaw]

I'd still like to read of the famous bombing raid they did on the Iraq nuke plant.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

"Your duty is not to die for your country. It's to make the other sonofabitch die for his." - Gen. George S. Patton

[TheDon]

Unfortunately, I don't think the threat of nuclear retaliation will stop Saddam, as he knows he will be facing Allah within a year, if not by the end of this year. And, he doesn't care a whit about his people.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

What lies ahead for the age of man, WW III?

Uh, technically, this is WW IV, if you haven't been paying attention.
WW III being the brinksmanship between the US and USSR. Admittedly, not a lot of big battles, but battles nonetheless.
We're now in a war between civilization and Islam. I draw the distinction because Islam lacks a lot of the elements of civilization (defined city-state, legal/political process, unified presence, common language, citizen's rights, etc.)
Effectively, Islam is no better off than when Mohammed founded it.
Since they're bent on killing all non-Muslims, and they're not proving they can co-exist (how many Muslims have pitched in and helped at the WTC? What Muslim countries have sent funds or offered support to victims families? Zero.)
They're really not leaving much room to bargain.
Just because someone didn't call it WWIII or WWIV doesn't mean it's not the case.

[1bigdictator]

I agree. Saddam will seek to use biological and chemical weapons against Israel once the U.S. strikes. Israel will respond accordingly-- depending on the severity of the Iraqi strike. Israel's arab neighbors will sit on their hands for fear of recieving tactical nukes too.

[makoman]

No Nukes!

[mhking]

No Nukes!

Too late.

I think we've passed the "if" point, and are now looking at the "when" and "who."

[Mr. Mojo]

Unfortunately, I don't think the threat of nuclear retaliation will stop Saddam, as he knows he will be facing Allah within a year,

You're exactly right. Saddam knows he's a goner, so of course he's going to kill as many Israelis as he can before he goes. Nuclear deterrence means absolutely nothing.

[crystalk]

I do think that WW III is in effect already going on, and I do expect nuclear weapons to be used before it is over. It may be episodic, "dying down" to some extent after a given country is reconfigured.

It is not certain that rogue nukes might not arrive in the USA.