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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on April 15, 2010, 02:27:36 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/weekinreview/28sangerintro.html
No surprises really, it's everything I and others here have surmised but they're always "fun" to read about.
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That was fun :tongue:
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The Brookings Institute also advised against killing vampires and zombies didn't they?
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One can certainly quibble with many of the details and starting assumptions, but overall given the course of play the results seem quite sound.
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One can certainly quibble with many of the details and starting assumptions, but overall given the course of play the results seem quite sound.
Yeah, towards the end when Iran closes the Straits of Hormuz and zots Saudi processing stations I couldn't see Obambi really worrying about the price of oil. I figure he might--at most--use ABM assets defensively against missile strikes against the Arabs but unless congress threatens impeachment he doesn't give a shit if Israel gets gassed into oblivion and/or the world pays $20/gallon and the economic chaos that would ensue. Jews and oil are evil to his worldview.
If Israel threatened nuclear retaliation for a bio or chem response from Iran it would be a toss-up as to whether Obama A) reluctantly enters the war to finish off Iran before they hit Israel and unleash nuclear Armageddon on themselves or B) orders US assets to intercept Israeli nuclear armed aircraft or ballistic missiles.
I also think Iran would be reluctant to drag the EU into what would already be a regional war if they even for a minute saw Obambi as pliant enough to come down against Israel. Can't say they don't have reason to think this. In fact, I would say Obambi's acceptance of the fraudulently elected and overtly repressive regime coupled with the back door treatment of Netanyahu all but guarantees Iranian intransigience because Israel is being treated as the bad guy.
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The Israelis have a missile capability of their own which they have never used, I would guess if things ever got too impossible for them to get an airstrike through, and it appeared to be a survival issue, they would not be taking the option of delivering a special package by subspace airmail to deal with Iran off the table.
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The Israelis have a missile capability of their own which they have never used, I would guess if things ever got too impossible for them to get an airstrike through, and it appeared to be a survival issue, they would not be taking the option of delivering a special package by subspace airmail to deal with Iran off the table.
I would think as soon as the Mosad got wind of the Iranians getting close to delivering anything close to a nuclear weapon, Israel would send them a pre-emptive "present"!
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Israel might go for it just before the site goes active. Like in Iraq in the 80's.
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Israel might go for it just before the site goes active. Like in Iraq in the 80's.
I think they had a lot better intelligence about what was going on in Osirak than they do about the Iranian program. The Iraqis had everything in one spot and it was all being built by a French contractor (Which you can imagine was probably thoroughly infiltrated by Israeli intelligence). Iran has their operations much more diffuse and has much more secretive partners.