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1 EiMitch  Fri, Aug 17, 2012 7:13:31pm
and Teheran’s leaders keep saying it is their religious duty to save Palestine “from the clutches of Zionist occupiers.”

If Iran were to use nukes on Israel, the well-being of Palestinians would be an incredibly disingenuous excuse. Geographically speaking, Israel is very small. The Palestinians would be close enough to ground zero to suffer deadly levels of radiation. And forget about retaking the smouldering rubble, obviously.

Not to mention, Iran would likely be hit with some fallout, along with many other countries in the region. The real question is: are Iran's leaders really that crazy/stupid? If so, Israel should go to war to prevent this. If not, well...

What? "That's not the biggest question," you say? "The biggest question is: how the hell can you tell the difference?" Uh... Hmm... Good point. I don't have an answer.

2 Curt  Sat, Aug 18, 2012 3:21:14am

Who cares what the President wants for his election odds? the fact that the discussion, for some time, has revolved around this point is actually pretty disgusting.

A nation has repeatedly stated it will proceed with actual plans to destroy a nation because of its religion, as supported by a religionious views, and the world sits by wringing its hands, as though they can do nothing.

And, pragmatically, we are stuck thinking a missile is the only delivery system, one that must launch from within Iran. Won't we look foolish when they truck it there, or move it by sea?

Top it off with EiMitch's comment about the collatel damage to the very people they are supposedly being aggressive to help. The real bottom line is they want to commit genocide, and they are lunatics with scientists who don't seem to care much about standing up and preventing the coming nuclear holocaust...

And we, the this country are worried a people trying to defend themselves against a horrific attack might screw up Obama's chances to stay another 4 years in the White House....

In addition to the President, all countries should stand against this, and have their military might ready to assist, as diplomacy has utterly failed.

3 freetoken  Sat, Aug 18, 2012 3:34:38am

re: #2 Curt

You're writing as if the Lexington Institute's article writer is the last word on this subject.

He probably isn't, but if you go to the article in question we see this:

What should Washington do about the prospect of a yet another war in Southwest Asia shortly after Labor Day? Well for starters, the presidential candidates should tone down their rhetoric about how America will always be there for Israel no matter what it does. Governor Romney's remarks on his recent trip to Israel about the "moral imperative" of denying Iran nuclear weapons even as Prime Minister Netanyahu's advisors were drawing up war plans to do precisely that probably made a near-term conflict more likely. War may eventually be necessary, but if that proves to be the case, then the military campaign should unfold on a timetable that is most likely to yield the desired results.

Anyway, as for your concentration on President Obama, note that the author discusses the entire American political establishment. That is because pretty much the entirety of American political machinery is fully committed to the election less than 90 days from now, and any serious changes in foreign policy require a process that takes considerable effort on the part of the entire DC establishment.

4 Curt  Sat, Aug 18, 2012 3:42:30am

re: #3 freetoken

You're writing as if the Lexington Institute's article writer is the last word on this subject.

He probably isn't, but if you go to the article in question we see this:

Anyway, as for your concentration on President Obama, note that the author discusses the entire American political establishment. That is because pretty much the entirety of American political machinery is fully committed to the election less than 90 days from now, and any serious changes in foreign policy require a process that takes considerable effort on the part of the entire DC establishment.

I'll grant you that, but the narrative for about a year now has not theoretically moved around this conjecture of politics of our election, it has been a major connection point in how to handle this. We collectively, at the leadership level are (have been ) here, and all who consider it in those terms has failed to grasp what is getting closer to inevitable daily.


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