Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

telegraph ^ | 7/26/04

[sweneop]

hmmm, just to be more clear about answering your question, the mullahs on balance, are more concerned about their own power, self preservation, and regional influence after that. nukes give them power, but as soon as they use them, its all over. what the nukes gives them, once they have them, is immunity from invasion. and they KNOW about invasions.

[bobo1]

"However, diplomats said senior officials from the "EU-3" - Britain, France and Germany - would try to coax Teheran back to the path of co-operation at a secret meeting in Paris on Thursday."

Have the French surrendered yet?

blessings, Bobo

[Calvin Locke]

Wait until there is plenty of high level waste and byproducts to spread around.

I don't really hate the majority of Iranians. I think Bill Clinton, accompanied by Jimmy Carter and Kofi and Kojo Annan,
should lead a delegation of European diplomats, then, well...

[rageaholic]

If they build nuke devices that would show intent, but there is a line between intent and actual use. If they cross the line and use them, we will break their toys.

How many hundreds of thousands of lives might your wait n' see policy cost? Give me a break. Iran one of the most oil rich countries in the world needs a reactor to generate electricity? Remember this is the country who's parliament begins and closes their sessions with "death to America." Hello?

Thanks to our superior technology, Iran does not have any effective means to deploy nuclear weapons in a conventional mode. Their only effective method of deployment is by sneak attack through terrorists.

And that's exactly what their bomb is for, and that's exactly why the West shouldn't wait before they wipe out their islamic atomic bomb factory.

[RightWhale]

How many hundreds of thousands of lives might your wait n' see policy cost?

We have been facing thermonuclear annihilation since the 50s. Hundreds of millions, a couple billion in minutes. Should we be worried about hundreds of thousands? This is not the Big Show.

[rageaholic]

Should we be worried about hundreds of thousands?

I think the answer to that is self-evident.

This is not the Big Show

I'm sure those words will comfort the hundreds of thousands of scortched, irradiated victims gasping their last breaths under the rubble of the American or Israeli city that had to "wait and see".

[RightWhale]

Respond to the part you want the way you want. This is improv. Ignore reason and go for aesthetics. It works for Democrats.

[rageaholic]

It works for Democrats.

Your "wait and see policy" works for the Democrats too.

[RightWhale]

You don't just 'wait and see' you see. You make sure the antagonist knows you fully intend to take them out if they cross the line, and they should also know you have the capability to do so. It is like 'trust but verify.'

[rageaholic]

Take what out? Suicidal terrorists don't have any property to take out. Trust and verify? I trust the Iranians mean it when they open and close parliamentary sessions with "Death to America." I suppose you opposed the Iraq war too.

[RightWhale]

I could tell you to take your %$%^* and %W#$%&* *&^, but wouldn't be %^$##^ polite, so just $%^& ^%.

--Theresa

[rageaholic]

Thank you for your support, Theresa.

[RightWhale]

The top CIA agent inside Alqaida--OBL--has pointed out several safe houses in Iraq with excellent results. Stay away from Iraqi safe houses and midnight weddings. OBL is watching you.