news.yahoo.com — U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday.
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xofc: I take it you've missed that the main point of the _IRAQ_ war was to have Bush win the 2004 election. And it did exactly that, although it didn't end in six months and pay for itself with oil and reconstruction contracts as expected.
davbmn68Jan 20, 2007
It's educational to read the Naive comments on this site. These comments only reaffirm the preexisting notion that a good portion of political Diggers are nothing more than conspiracy theorists and/or Democratic hacks. A President, Dem. or Rep. has a responsibility to defend this nation against enemies. Now you may try and argue that Iran poses no threat to us, but that is a false argument. If Iran is truly doing what they claim to be doing, the U.S. (the President) has a responsibility to respond. The leader of Iran has promised to attack a sovereign nation, that is an ally of ours and build nuclear weapons, in violation of many treaties and resolutions. This power in the hands of such a leader is and should be unacceptable to us for many reasons, not the least of which, is the blackmailing of the U.S. through our oil interests in the region and threatening other countries with nuclear attack and forcing them to capitulate.To bring this all into black and white, Iran could force the price of oil well beyond what our economy could handle. Giving them the power to force us into recession or depression. So when everyone is bitching about price gouging think about the practicality of your political "theories" and how in the real world they may play out much differently than they did in your head.
skippyskipJan 20, 2007
Thank you. I would hope the government has contingency plans for a lot of possible scenarios. I would also hope that plans such as these will never need to be put into action.
mworthinJan 21, 2007
Oh yeah, I wonder if you with all that psychotic bravado has ever spent a day in the armed forces with bullets flying and bombs bursting. I don't think so buttbrain!
obkenobiJan 21, 2007
I think everyone forgot that Kim Jong Il has already shown his nuke-penis and Bush did absolutely nothing about it.Want to bet the same thing will happen with Iran?If the US attacks a nuclear-capable Iran, you can say goodbye to Israel. That only leaves Bush with the choice of attacking right now, and the US isn't with him on that. Rightfully so, I think. Why attack Iran at all? "Terrorism"? Sorry, but that was Saudi Arabia. The same Saudi Arabia that the EU just eagerly sold Eurofighters to.In any case, the world is getting more and more dangerous by the day. WW3 may be started by a freak accident, just as WW1 was. People need to back down, because the world is getting into that type of powderkeg situation again.
jamesconnollyJan 21, 2007
WaaaNOTHING scares you more. NOTHING.What a f**king tard you are. God, I can just hear your pathetic whiney voice saying that too.A lot should scare you more. Like the Israeli's having the bomb. Or how about the country that has actually used them, against civilians, twice? The good ol' US of A. Yeah. That scares the f**k out of me.You may claim not to be a Bush supporter - but you're just as bad.haha NOTHING scares you more. You need to get out more, apparently.
argh44zJan 22, 2007
@ RojoKayako LOL. What is Bush's approval rating again? How many people support the Iraq War? Are you conservatives still delusional about our power? Our military can't even handle Iraq. The US military + unilateral war = defeat once again. If we do anything military wise in Iran, we need support of other countries. Good luck getting that with George Walker in power.
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