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Cheney voices concern that Israel may attack Iran
The Jerusalem Post ^
| 20 January 2005
| JPOST.COM STAFF
Posted on 01/20/2005 1:01:34 PM PST by anotherview
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To: SJackson
What a fearless man.
He is such an incredible asset to our nation.
I actually hope Israel 'does' it.
That our special forces have infiltrated and are ready to 'hit' the mullahs and ayatollahs in a comprehensive purge... and that the jew hating, christian hating islamists who run Iran are deposed with extrem prejudice.
Time to move on to creating the next non-nuclear 'democracy' in the region.
To: Burr5
one specific mission for a MOAB is large enemy troop concentrations.
To: Burr5
I'd worry about a million whacked out Iranian soldiers streaming into Iraq
I wouldn't.
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To: anotherview
Cheney voices concern that Israel may attack IranOr is he gently chiding Israel for being dilatory?
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posted on
01/20/2005 5:54:37 PM PST
by
ThanhPhero
( Nguoi hanh huong den La Vang)
To: montag813
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:30:40 PM PST
by
mench
(I'm switching parties - becoming a republican and gaining political perfection.)
To: Marano NYC
The Israelis do not have the capability to do this. I wish they did but it is up to us. If I am not mistaken, the Israelis have submarines capable of launching cruise missles.
They do not have to fly over Iraq to attack Iran.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:40:29 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: anotherview
Maybe he's afraid that they'll beat us to it?
To: okie01
I will look on the net but I do not think they have submarines with this capability. They do have land based missiles but I do not know what the accuracy factor is with them. More likely the Israeli Navy has some surface ships with that capability.
Do they have enough missiles and platforms from sea. I tend to doubt it.
To: okie01
I stand corrected they apparently do have the capability of submarine based cruise missiles. Do they have enough of them is another question ?
Cruise missiles are slow and can be be shot down but it is interesting. I do not think they would pack enough payload to do the job conventionally.
To: Marano NYC
What if a pair of Israeli subs were seen traversing the Suez Canal, on their way to the Indian Ocean?
Would pucker some butts in Teheran, eh?
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posted on
01/20/2005 8:28:34 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Mitchell
Maybe the headline writer should have called it a warning to Iran
rather than an expression of concern. Loftus thinks Cheney might be hinting to Iran
that the new Iraqi government might be willing
to grant permission for Israeli planes to fly over Iraq
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posted on
01/20/2005 8:37:16 PM PST
by
Allan
To: okie01
Absolutely. The whole submarine class was apparently built with that in mind. These missiles are apparently nuclear armed . There would be no victory lap in Tehran.
Yet there is an increasingly unpopular regime. This regime has used 13 year olds to clear mine fields.
Iran could be in for a counter revolution within the next five years. An attack might strengthen the regime.
To: Marano NYC
Iran could be in for a counter revolution within the next five years. I believe today's inaugural speech might have advanced the timetable.
It is conceivable that, yes, an attack would strengthen the regime. But Cheney's statement smacks of "an ace in the hole" in the event it comes to a showdown before the regime has tumbled.
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posted on
01/20/2005 8:58:15 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Southack
This is no feintAgreed. The hit on Iran is definitely coming.
To: HardStarboard
I believe that Bush will not let it go on much longer without acting.
From your lips to Gods ears, I hope
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posted on
01/20/2005 9:32:29 PM PST
by
edchambers
(Neocon foot-soldier of the Haliburton death squad)
To: powderblue67
I wonder how the Israelis woould plan such an attack.
When attacking the reactor in osirak, or what it was called, they just had to fly over Jordan for a hit a run
Now they would have to fly over Jordan and Iraq.
Not necessarily. In '98, Israel and Turkey entered into a military pact of some sort. I'm not clear on all the details, but IINM, it involved letting Israel train in Turkish air space. (Turkey borders on Iran).
Of course, with the current Erdogan government in power in Turkey, who knows what the state of Israeli-Turkish military relations are?
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To: eddiespaghetti
late bump interesting conversation.
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posted on
01/20/2005 11:50:37 PM PST
by
jokar
(On line data base http://www.trackingthethreat.com/db/index.htm)
To: IAF ThunderPilot
To: steveegg
I wonder ? if they can build new tankers from the new BOEING 747 ADVANCED ( but still will be the 747 - 500 series in my book, this is ? if they even go ahead with making a new version of the 747 ) if they can get the operational cost down of operating the 747 , could it make a nice sized tanker for the US military ?
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