Karl
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Got a link for that?2) The 2 down payments were traced directly to the government of Iran.
Got a link for that?2) The 2 down payments were traced directly to the government of Iran.
This is breaking news, and Eric Holder will be holding a news conference shortly. Seems that the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington were about to be bombed.
Article is here.
If the plotters have direct ties to the Iranian Government then it should be considered an act of war and some retaliation should be in order....or at least mobilize some military assets to their border and see how they take responsibility for their actions and take it from there
Seriously. Tangling with Iran is a waste of our time. We've got more important problems to take care of.Not going to happen.If the plotters have direct ties to the Iranian Government then it should be considered an act of war and some retaliation should be in order....or at least mobilize some military assets to their border and see how they take responsibility for their actions and take it from there
Uh...no. We don't need anymore wars.If the plotters have direct ties to the Iranian Government then it should be considered an act of war and some retaliation should be in order....or at least mobilize some military assets to their border and see how they take responsibility for their actions and take it from there
Seriously. Tangling with Iran is a waste of our time. We've got more important problems to take care of.
Are you kidding? This would jump start the north east economy. Weapons manufacturing has been down a bit lately, which is why states like CT are getting down in the dumps, actually starting to FEEL the recession a little bit. Another war will result in calling back all the laid off high paid union workers, so they can start making money again, and spending it again.
(I am being HUGELY cynical about this, I don't actually think it would be a good thing)
Seriously. Tangling with Iran is a waste of our time. We've got more important problems to take care of.
Fox News is reporting that Achmadinajad (sp?) says the U.S. is good at coming up with "movie plots" (just as I was thinking that Tom Clancy couldn't even make this up) and that Holder said that Iran needs to be held responsible. I will switch over to aljazeera in a few minutes to see what they are saying...
It makes Alot of sense.Included in 250,000 documents being released by WikiLeaks this week was a secret diplomatic cable that indicated Saudi King Abdullah had urged the US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, to use force to stop Iran's nuclear program.
According to the document, Abdullah repeatedly requested that the US attack Iran. Other leaked documents also described how other Arab countries pushed for military action.
One cable said the Saudi king "frequently exhorted the US to attack Iran to put an end to its nuclear weapons program," the British newspaper Guardian reported.
The Saudi Ambassador to the US, Adel al-Jubeir, recalled in April 2008, "[Abdullah] told you [Americans] to Cut off the head of the Snake."
Al-Jubeir added "that working with the US to roll back Iranian influence in Iraq is a strategic priority for the King and his government."
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Funny, there was a just some journalist turned spy novel writer on CNN that said the same thing...the plot is too far-fetched. Regardless, did you expect Iran to admit it?
@ Ben K -- That guy is at large, back in Iran. The guy they have under arrest is a U.S. citizen.
Funny, there was a just some journalist turned spy novel writer on CNN that said the same thing...the plot is too far-fetched. Regardless, did you expect Iran to admit it?
why would Iran risk a US military strike?
it doesn't cost that much to drop a few bunker-busters.
Apparently you know next to nothing about war.
It wouldn't stop at a few bunker busters. First of all, we'd have to penetrate Iranian airspace with fighters. If they get in our way, we'd have to shoot them down. Then if the bombs are delivered successfully, expect an immediate full on invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan. We would be at full war within hours.
And I think you overestimate Irans ability to move troops from place to place. What good would invading Iraq and Afghanistan do if they have absolutely no air cover... they'd be absolutely ****ed and be scrambling to defend their own country rather then invading any other and facing the American army, militants not aligned to them and the Afghan and Iraqi National armies...
There's a slight flaw in your logic.
ImOnAJihad, will say this is the Great Satan lying to provoke a confrontation among OPEC members.in order to provoke an Israeli/American strike on Iranian nuclear facilities?
I'm curious what the official Iranian reaction to this will be.
the proof of iranian government involvement in this is as solid as the presence of WMDs in iraq
mossad false flag? probably too clumsy
saudi false flag. more likely. at least as likely as this actually being an iranian enterprise
Anyways, the Iranians are not this stupid or clumsy. There's probably something mroe to this that the media is either too unwilling/stupid to reveal
why would Iran risk a US military strike?
it doesn't cost that much to drop a few bunker-busters.
It's not "weak" to show restraint.Because they perceive Obama as being to weak to actually launch a strike on Iranian soil and they're probably right in their assessment.
And I think you overestimate Irans ability to move troops from place to place. What good would invading Iraq and Afghanistan do if they have absolutely no air cover... they'd be absolutely ****ed and be scrambling to defend their own country rather then invading any other and facing the American army, militants not aligned to them and the Afghan and Iraqi National armies...
There's a slight flaw in your logic.