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	<title>Comments on: Administration Gearing Up for Regime Change in Iran?</title>
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		<title>By: Global Geopolitics News &#187; Western Europe - TRAVELERS&#8217; CHECKS</title>
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		<dc:creator>Global Geopolitics News &#187; Western Europe - TRAVELERS&#8217; CHECKS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Administration Gearing Up for Regime Change in Iran?Outside Beltway - Sy Hersh claims in a long New Yorker piece that the United States is on the path to war with Iran to stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons. The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Administration Gearing Up for Regime Change in Iran?Outside Beltway - Sy Hersh claims in a long New Yorker piece that the United States is on the path to war with Iran to stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons. The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear [...]</p>
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		<title>By: AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil &#187; Hersh Strikes Again</title>
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		<dc:creator>AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil &#187; Hersh Strikes Again</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Others are concerned about the possible consequences of attacking Iran: (1) The Moderate Voice (&quot;If administration policy makers are serious and skillful, they would consider various aspects such as: The regional impact of an American preemptive strike on Iran using tactical nuclear weapons. Since the U.S. hasn&#039;t used nuclear weapons since Japan, whether this would virtually invite terrorist groups to seek to use some kind of nuclear attack on a U.S. city. The impact on the Muslim world if it is a preemptive strike using tactical nuclear weapons. The reaction of other countries to a U.S. strike using tactical nuclear weapons . . .&quot;), (2) DisarmamentActivist.org (&quot;U.S. use of nuclear weapons against Iran would be an atrocious act violating the existing near taboo that has held since U.S. devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That would in turn make it far more likely that the weapons will be used elsewhere as well &#8211; including against American cities . . . an attack on Iran would be an act of aggression, barred by the UN Charter and prosecuted at Nuremberg. That is, it would be aggression unless authorized by the Security Council or in response to an Iranian attack . . . a U.S. nuclear attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would violate international law requirements of necessity, proportionality, and discrimination acknowledged by the United States and affirmed by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion on nuclear weapons . . . A use of nuclear weapons indeed would be a criminal act, violating among other law the war crimes provisions and possibly the crimes against humanity provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . . .&quot;), and (3) Outside the Beltway (&quot;Regime change would certainly be required&#8211;and desirable if troops are put on the ground &#8212; but it might make the War on Iraq look like the Grenada operation by comparison . . . &quot;). For instance, Professor Barry Posen of MIT, whose article (&quot;We Can Live with a Nuclear Iran&quot;) makes no mention of Islam. [back]  This entry is filed under Iran, United States. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.           Leave a Reply [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Others are concerned about the possible consequences of attacking Iran: (1) The Moderate Voice ("If administration policy makers are serious and skillful, they would consider various aspects such as: The regional impact of an American preemptive strike on Iran using tactical nuclear weapons. Since the U.S. hasn't used nuclear weapons since Japan, whether this would virtually invite terrorist groups to seek to use some kind of nuclear attack on a U.S. city. The impact on the Muslim world if it is a preemptive strike using tactical nuclear weapons. The reaction of other countries to a U.S. strike using tactical nuclear weapons . . ."), (2) DisarmamentActivist.org ("U.S. use of nuclear weapons against Iran would be an atrocious act violating the existing near taboo that has held since U.S. devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That would in turn make it far more likely that the weapons will be used elsewhere as well &#8211; including against American cities . . . an attack on Iran would be an act of aggression, barred by the UN Charter and prosecuted at Nuremberg. That is, it would be aggression unless authorized by the Security Council or in response to an Iranian attack . . . a U.S. nuclear attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would violate international law requirements of necessity, proportionality, and discrimination acknowledged by the United States and affirmed by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion on nuclear weapons . . . A use of nuclear weapons indeed would be a criminal act, violating among other law the war crimes provisions and possibly the crimes against humanity provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . . ."), and (3) Outside the Beltway ("Regime change would certainly be required&#8211;and desirable if troops are put on the ground &#8212; but it might make the War on Iraq look like the Grenada operation by comparison . . . "). For instance, Professor Barry Posen of MIT, whose article ("We Can Live with a Nuclear Iran") makes no mention of Islam. [back]  This entry is filed under Iran, United States. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.           Leave a Reply [...]</p>
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		<title>By: FullosseousFlap&#8217;s Dental Blog &#187; Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike</title>
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		<dc:creator>FullosseousFlap&#8217;s Dental Blog &#187; Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: anjin-san</title>
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		<dc:creator>anjin-san</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is unfourtunate that Bush&#039;s mission chasing windmills in Iraq has left us with a greatly overburdened military to deal with an what may be an actual threat in Iran.

As for &quot;terrorists from Iran&quot;, actually, the terrorists that attacked our country came from the President&#039;s good friend Saudi Arabia.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is unfourtunate that Bush's mission chasing windmills in Iraq has left us with a greatly overburdened military to deal with an what may be an actual threat in Iran.</p>
<p>As for "terrorists from Iran", actually, the terrorists that attacked our country came from the President's good friend Saudi Arabia.</p>
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		<title>By: Roger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Little shrub, I served in the US military. Have you? I said Iran is a problem. Are you illiterate? Nope, don&#039;t want no more 9/11s. Hate the Big Shrub&#039;s incompetence. Love our country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Little shrub, I served in the US military. Have you? I said Iran is a problem. Are you illiterate? Nope, don't want no more 9/11s. Hate the Big Shrub's incompetence. Love our country.</p>
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		<title>By: McGehee</title>
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		<dc:creator>McGehee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Moving Type got me above, as I made my comment in MS Word, and the quotes marks did not display properly (but came out fine in the preview).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s not MS-Word, Richard. I see that happen whenever quote marks are copied-and-pasted into an OTB comment window, even if the excerpt is C&amp;P&#039;d right from OTB.

Of course, it may be my browser responsible for most of it that I see...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Moving Type got me above, as I made my comment in MS Word, and the quotes marks did not display properly (but came out fine in the preview).</p></blockquote>
<p>It's not MS-Word, Richard. I see that happen whenever quote marks are copied-and-pasted into an OTB comment window, even if the excerpt is C&amp;P'd right from OTB.</p>
<p>Of course, it may be my browser responsible for most of it that I see...</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rodger:

Good to know that Ken has a traveling companion.

You must be one of the takers of our freedom, like Ken, without ever doing anything to defend or serve the country.

I guess you are one who wants Iran to send its terrorist to the US, so you can join them in another 9/11 style attack.

Guys like you are sickening with your HATE towards the President and the entire country</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rodger:</p>
<p>Good to know that Ken has a traveling companion.</p>
<p>You must be one of the takers of our freedom, like Ken, without ever doing anything to defend or serve the country.</p>
<p>I guess you are one who wants Iran to send its terrorist to the US, so you can join them in another 9/11 style attack.</p>
<p>Guys like you are sickening with your HATE towards the President and the entire country</p>
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		<title>By: Small Town Veteran</title>
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		<dc:creator>Small Town Veteran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb bomb Iran.Nuke, nuke, nuke. Nuke nuke Iran. Nuke Ira-a-an ......&lt;/strong&gt;

Has Ahmadinejad Miscalculated?The Iranian president better sober up and do some cool reckoning.by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online We are now acquainted with the familiar scenario: Iran is supposedly poised to become another disaster like Ir...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb bomb Iran.Nuke, nuke, nuke. Nuke nuke Iran. Nuke Ira-a-an ......</strong></p>
<p>Has Ahmadinejad Miscalculated?The Iranian president better sober up and do some cool reckoning.by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online We are now acquainted with the familiar scenario: Iran is supposedly poised to become another disaster like Ir...</p>
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		<title>By: Ray Robison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray Robison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Hersh claims Bush to nuke Iran...&lt;/strong&gt;

Telegraph via Drudge The Bush administration is planning to use nuclear weapons against Iran, to prevent it acquiring its own atomic warheads, claims an investigative writer with high-level Pentagon and intelligence contacts. President George W Bush is...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hersh claims Bush to nuke Iran...</strong></p>
<p>Telegraph via Drudge The Bush administration is planning to use nuclear weapons against Iran, to prevent it acquiring its own atomic warheads, claims an investigative writer with high-level Pentagon and intelligence contacts. President George W Bush is...</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Gardner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Moving Type got me above, as I made my comment in MS Word, and the quotes marks did not display properly (but came out fine in the preview). The Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½ means a quote mark, sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moving Type got me above, as I made my comment in MS Word, and the quotes marks did not display properly (but came out fine in the preview). The Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½ means a quote mark, sorry.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Gardner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was only on the second sentence into your quote of the piece when I saw a GCE â�� Gross Conceptional Error, â��Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of targets.â�� In 1970, the USAF may have drawn up lists of targets, but post Goldwater-Nichols that is the responsibility of CENTCOM, with probably USSTRATCOM and DIA in support of the CINC. Has Hersh heard of Jointness? There is no Strategic Air Command anymore!

 The sentence continues, â��teams of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran, under cover, to collect targeting data.â�� Combat troops to gather targeting data? Special forces maybe, and maybe CIA, but not the general â��combat troops.â�� And the targeting data would better be acquired through National Technical Means, rather than troops on the ground.  Continuing the sentence, â��and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups,â�� the enrichment is nowhere near the Kurds. Quick, name another ethnic-minority group in Iran? So is Hersh pulling a race/ethnic minority card here, where there is none? The reality is that there are numerous Persian/Iranian non-minority groups that oppose the theocracy of Iran, supporting a free Iran. Some want a true democracy, others a restoration of the monarchy. Go here for details - http://www.activistchat.com/  End of the first quoted paragraph, just too many errors so far.

â��Reportingâ�� like this gets readers, and creates controversy. But there is much less here than is apparent.

I think the &quot;Rods from God&quot; would be a simple solution to this mess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was only on the second sentence into your quote of the piece when I saw a GCE â�� Gross Conceptional Error, â��Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of targets.â�� In 1970, the USAF may have drawn up lists of targets, but post Goldwater-Nichols that is the responsibility of CENTCOM, with probably USSTRATCOM and DIA in support of the CINC. Has Hersh heard of Jointness? There is no Strategic Air Command anymore!</p>
<p> The sentence continues, â��teams of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran, under cover, to collect targeting data.â�� Combat troops to gather targeting data? Special forces maybe, and maybe CIA, but not the general â��combat troops.â�� And the targeting data would better be acquired through National Technical Means, rather than troops on the ground.  Continuing the sentence, â��and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups,â�� the enrichment is nowhere near the Kurds. Quick, name another ethnic-minority group in Iran? So is Hersh pulling a race/ethnic minority card here, where there is none? The reality is that there are numerous Persian/Iranian non-minority groups that oppose the theocracy of Iran, supporting a free Iran. Some want a true democracy, others a restoration of the monarchy. Go here for details - <a href="http://www.activistchat.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.activistchat.com/</a>  End of the first quoted paragraph, just too many errors so far.</p>
<p>â��Reportingâ�� like this gets readers, and creates controversy. But there is much less here than is apparent.</p>
<p>I think the "Rods from God" would be a simple solution to this mess.</p>
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		<title>By: The Moderate Voice</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Moderate Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Hersh: Bush Plans On War With Iran UsingTactic Nukes...&lt;/strong&gt;

A new, troubling story in the New Yorker from investigative reporter Seymour Hersch &#8212; who has had a pretty good track record in recent years &#8212; says President George ......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hersh: Bush Plans On War With Iran UsingTactic Nukes...</strong></p>
<p>A new, troubling story in the New Yorker from investigative reporter Seymour Hersch &mdash; who has had a pretty good track record in recent years &mdash; says President George ......</p>
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		<title>By: Roger</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An herb is nothing but a tiny shrub. Ken is right about the big shrub being wacked. Nonetheless, the prospect of Iran with nukes is a big problem. Our weak position from which to deal with it having tied ourselves down in Iraq just provides one more example of how idiotic the neo-con fantasy world has been. Pre-emptively attacking Iraq was a bad call all around as becomes ever more clear. Where is Bin Laden, by the way? Idiots.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An herb is nothing but a tiny shrub. Ken is right about the big shrub being wacked. Nonetheless, the prospect of Iran with nukes is a big problem. Our weak position from which to deal with it having tied ourselves down in Iraq just provides one more example of how idiotic the neo-con fantasy world has been. Pre-emptively attacking Iraq was a bad call all around as becomes ever more clear. Where is Bin Laden, by the way? Idiots.</p>
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		<title>By: The Real Ugly American.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Real Ugly American.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?...&lt;/strong&gt;

	Of course Mr. Hersh writes for a living so he takes several pages to explain to the completely dim witted what is obvious to any rational person. A brief sample:

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?...</strong></p>
<p>	Of course Mr. Hersh writes for a living so he takes several pages to explain to the completely dim witted what is obvious to any rational person. A brief sample:</p>
<p>......</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot; Bush is Insane&quot;

What a joke. It&#039;s about time that someone has the guts to put the skids to those towel headed Camels rear ends in Iran. If it takes a tactical nuke to do the job, It&#039;s about time the American people gets some payout for the Billions of Dollars spent over the years for Nuclear weaponry.

As for Ken, I guess he&#039;s on another trip way out there, where he gathers his thoughts and ideas.

Tell us Ken, what do the &quot;Little Green Men&quot; think of using a Nuke on Iran.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>" Bush is Insane"</p>
<p>What a joke. It's about time that someone has the guts to put the skids to those towel headed Camels rear ends in Iran. If it takes a tactical nuke to do the job, It's about time the American people gets some payout for the Billions of Dollars spent over the years for Nuclear weaponry.</p>
<p>As for Ken, I guess he's on another trip way out there, where he gathers his thoughts and ideas.</p>
<p>Tell us Ken, what do the "Little Green Men" think of using a Nuke on Iran.</p>
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