Comments on: Israel Planning Nuclear Strike on Iran?

By: LJD

LJD — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:02:21 +0000

If the obvious is apparent to the Iranian gov’t, then they’re a good bit saner than our own.

How many times do you have to fall on your head to think things like that?

By: Anderson

Anderson — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:25:31 +0000

Ken, why are you echoing the Iranian government’s spin? McGehee, that is out of line. Ken is stating the "obvious." If the obvious is apparent to the Iranian gov't, then they're a good bit saner than our own. I guess if I say we're not winning in Iraq, I'm echoing the terrorists' spin?

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:46:22 +0000

Ken, why are you echoing the Iranian government's spin?

By: Ticketplease

Ticketplease — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:05:54 +0000

Israel Planning Nuclear Strike on Iran?

If I was them I would. I'm sure we have 1 to nuke Iran.

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By: bernie

bernie — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:39:13 +0000

Yoy forgot category: Can't Wait I linked to you from Israel Denies Nuke Plans against Iran

By: ken

ken — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:07:19 +0000

floyd, ok, it might not be simple but still, if Israel were to start a war on Iran they certainly will lose. Not right away but in a long drawn out fighting war Israel doesn't stand a chance.

Iran would have the moral and legal right to wage all out war on the aggressor country that attacked it. What could anyone do? The way things are now, thanks to Bush, the US would not be able to intervene diplomatically to stop it. And it would be against all our principles to side militarily with the war aggressor.

Perhaps Israel could sue for peace, try to surrender to an international body, promise to pay war reparations and such but I doubt if anyone in the middle east would accept that outcome, Iran least of all.

By: floyd

floyd — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:30:27 +0000

ken; you're wrong

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:31:13 +0000

IRAN SAYS 2007 COULD BRING ISLAMIC MESSIAH, POSSIBLY THIS SPRING
http://www.crusade-media.com/news42.html

Also an article on why Ahmadinejad should be indicted:

http://www.crusade-media.com/news44.html

By: ken

ken — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:02:54 +0000

If Israel starts a war with Iran they will lose and Israel will be wiped off the map. It really is that simple.

By: Planck's Constant

Planck's Constant — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:58:56 +0000

Israel Denies Nuke Plans against Iran... The Israeli Foreign Ministry of course denied the report. My first question is, "What's wrong with nuking Iran's nuclear facilities?"...

By: A Blog For All

A Blog For All — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:17:57 +0000

On Israeli Preparations for Iranian Nuclear Strike...

For starters, should this be this a surprise to anyone? Not to me it isn't. Indeed, Texas Rainmaker points out that the same paper made similar statements in December 2005 that Israel was preparing for strikes against Iran's nuclear capabilities....

By: Anderson

Anderson — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:48:00 +0000

Unfortunately I suspect JJ is more sensible than most anyone in the White House, or in Israel for that matter. (The "Hezbollah War" last summer removed any illusions of Israeli competence that I had nursed.) What worries me most about this kind of plan is the possibility that use of nuclear weapons will come to be seen as acceptable. Bingo. I suspect a minority of Iranians truly think that a nuke attack on Israel would be a good idea. That will become a permanent majority, in a nation that will surely have nukes sooner or later, if Israel hits Iran first. It's possible to argue, given the relative sizes of the two countries, that an Israeli nuke on Iran is less catastrophic than vice-versa; but I daresay most of the Mideast would find that reasoning too subtle.

By: MichaelB

MichaelB — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:41:51 +0000

What worries me most about this kind of plan is the possibility that use of nuclear weapons will come to be seen as acceptable. Forget about terrorists, Iranian retaliation in the immediate aftermath, and whatever else; nuking Iran, even with small tactical weapons, makes it a lot more likely that someone else will decide that using nuclear weapons is a viable solution to a hard security problem. Somehow after World War Two, pandora's box seemed to get closed again - I would sure like to keep it that way!

By: floyd

floyd — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:52:47 +0000

Just like Luke used to Bullseye Womp Rats from his T-16,in beggar's canyon, Back Home on Tatooine!!