Here we go.......................
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3277626maddezmom (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:48 PM
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Gates calls Iran 'hell bent' on getting nuclear arms
Source: AP
WASHINGTON --Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of the consequences of going to war over that.
"Another war in the Middle East is the last thing we need and, in fact, I believe it would be disastrous on a number of levels," he said in a speech he was delivering Monday evening at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
A copy of his prepared remarks was provided in advance by the Pentagon.
He said he favors keeping the military option against Iran on the table, "given the destabilizing policies of the regime and the risks inherent in a future Iranian nuclear threat - either directly or through proliferation."
Gates also said that if the war in Iraq is not finished on favorable terms the consequences could be dire.
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics/story/338907...
Just keep those bolded remarks in mind as I give the rest of the comments....................especially the first bolded statement.
LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:50 PM
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1. And here we go with the saber rattling .... How long before we attack Iran? n/t
Sometime in June...............well at least that's what I keep hearing from the primitives at Skins Island for the past few years
NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:50 PM
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2. and we are hell bent on starting another illegal war
I truly feel sorry for the citizens of Iran. They have no idea the levels of crazy we have here.
can we question who they are pulling for yet??
gateley (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:51 PM
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3. Whatever happened to that NIE? nt
babylonsister (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:55 PM
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4. I was just going to ask the same thing, the one they refuse to release? I
imagine that tells a different story.
You mean the one the rest of the world has said was false??? IDJITS
gateley (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 08:25 PM
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7. Oh yeah -- THAT one, too!
I was thinking about the initial one that discounted this particular lie.
I heard what I wanted to hear with that one and will not consider the ones released since or what the rest of the world believes.
Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:56 PM
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5. 'hell bent' on getting weapons like ours... nt
rcsl1998 (307 posts) Mon Apr-21-08 07:58 PM
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6. Bushco 'Hell Bent' On Starting A War With Iran...
I have no love-loss for Iran's leaders, but this is insane!
Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 08:25 PM
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8. If only Bush hadn't destroyed the nuclear doctrine of preemption.
But even if he hadn't. They are no where near a point where that would apply. Which is basically preparing to launch.
yeah better to wait for them to be ready to launch................while they had already given a couple nukes to the terrorist
DUMBASS IDJITS.
Sec. Gates said "Attacking Iran is bad"