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Dean: U.S. Too Weak to Hit Iran
newsmax.com ^ | Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 11:13 p.m. EDT

Posted on 08/14/2005 8:38:43 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch

Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 11:13 p.m. EDT Dean: U.S. Too Weak to Hit Iran

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that while Iran poses a genuine "danger" to the United States, the U.S. military is now too weak to respond.

Asked whether the U.S. might have to resort to military action against Iran, Dean told CBS's "Face the Nation" that President Bush had "squandered our resources in Iraq, which was not a danger to the United States."

"He doesn't have much left to fight a country [like Iran] that is a danger to the United States," the top Democrat insisted. While agreeing that "no option should be taken off the table," Dean said Bush "lacks the credibility both here and abroad to actually exercise [a military] option" against Iran.

"He shouldn't say it, because it can't be delivered upon," Dean declared.


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KEYWORDS: chairmandean; dnc; iran; wereweakattackus
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To: claudiustg

21 posted on 08/14/2005 8:47:27 PM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Uncle Vlad
Well I can speak of French, Belgian, and Chinese affairs then correct?

22 posted on 08/14/2005 8:48:03 PM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
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To: blam
The Iran-Iraq War, also called the First Persian Gulf War, or the Imposed War (Ìä ÊÍãیáی) in Iran, was a war between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. (Source: Wikipedia) DATES OF CONFLICT: (Gulf War) BEGAN: August 2, 1990 -Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ENDED: March 3, 1991- Iraq accepts cease-fire (Source: Historyguy.com) Does anyone see what I am getting at?
23 posted on 08/14/2005 8:48:24 PM PDT by willyd
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To: InvisibleChurch
And yet, despite this acknowledgement that Iran is a threat and something must be done, were we to act militarily against them, Mr. Dean will be the first to condemn it as "wreckless", "unnecessary" and a "distraction from the War on Terror".

Make no mistake: The current leaders of the Democratic Party are willing to risk the terroristic nuclear annihilation of one or more of our cities all in order to regain political power.

24 posted on 08/14/2005 8:50:46 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: InvisibleChurch
"He doesn't have much left to fight a country [like Iran] that is a danger to the United States," the top Democrat insisted.

Save this quote for later use.

25 posted on 08/14/2005 8:51:48 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: InvisibleChurch
This man is possibly the stupidest man to ever have run for the presidency. I have little doubt that we could take Iran and Syria out in about the same time it took to take out Iraq. If anything, it is idiots like Dean who have given Iran the courage to restart their nuclear program.

The left either doesn't know how dangerous they are to America, or they know and relish the destruction they wield. freaks.

26 posted on 08/14/2005 8:52:08 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: InvisibleChurch
The Demlib dreamteam in 2008,

Dean/Sheehan

27 posted on 08/14/2005 8:52:14 PM PDT by Reagan Man
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To: InvisibleChurch
This man is dangerous, even the "Jacksons" are terrified!!!
28 posted on 08/14/2005 8:52:29 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Texas Eagle
"He doesn't have much left to fight a country [like Iran] that is a danger to the United States," the top Democrat insisted.

Only in Howie's wet dreams.

And besides, since when have the Democrats cared about dangers to the United States?

29 posted on 08/14/2005 8:53:06 PM PDT by The Phantom FReeper (So? People in Hell want ice water.)
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To: Uncle Vlad

LOL


30 posted on 08/14/2005 8:54:42 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: InvisibleChurch
If we can keep our idiots (intelligent design - abortion uber wing nuts) calm for a while (next two elections) we win. We win long term. Even if they win an election after that, the whole game will have changed. Slow and steady wins the race.
31 posted on 08/14/2005 8:54:50 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?)
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To: MaineVoter2002

The Left never, EVER, confront that. It's such an obvious and logical reason for going into Iraq, they can't bring themselves to admit it was strategically brilliant. Some of them must be saying silently to themselves "Why didn't we do that?" with a certain sense of embarassment.


32 posted on 08/14/2005 8:55:24 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Zell Miller was totally right.

Absolutely! The only group trying to weaken this country is Howard Dean and the rest of the Dumbasscrats.

33 posted on 08/14/2005 8:55:40 PM PDT by CurlyBill (Liberals --- Aggressively spreading the "Culture of Weakness")
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To: MaineVoter2002
I would think that being in Iraq now would be the best place to be if we were needing to go to Iran next.

This is the unspoken (by most) truth of the Bush Doctrine as applied to the WOT. Iraq has always been meant to be the lauching pad, if needed, against Iran and possibly other Mid-east tyrannies. How anyone can not see the obviousness of the strategy is always a mystery to me. (The Mid-eastern countries see it well enough).

34 posted on 08/14/2005 8:57:22 PM PDT by Socratic (Liberal's motto: Capio ergo sum.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Howie babe, US is ... numero uno

35 posted on 08/14/2005 8:58:30 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (A Plaming Democrat gathers no votes)
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To: InvisibleChurch
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that while Iran poses a genuine "danger" to the United States...

This too, will be forgotten statement a year from now. Just as similar statements were made by Democrats regarding Afghanistan and Iraq.

Any bets from fellow FReepers?

36 posted on 08/14/2005 8:59:06 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: InvisibleChurch
Dean: U.S. Too Weak to Hit Iran

Are we too weak to hit Gov. Dean? I mean, not hurt him or anything, just whap him upside the head to try to knock some sense into him? Can't Mrs. Dean see the crystal clear necessity to do this?

37 posted on 08/14/2005 8:59:09 PM PDT by Luddite Patent Counsel (Theyre digging through all of your files, stealing back your best ideas.)
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To: MJY1288

Has he ever heard of the Air Force and Navy? Their planes have had a pretty quiet time for the last two years. And, of course, the Army and the Marines are well aware of what is going on in Iran. Their bases have been on the big board for two years.


38 posted on 08/14/2005 8:59:29 PM PDT by RobbyS (chirho)
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To: MaineVoter2002
I would think that being in Iraq now would be the best place to be if we were needing to go to Iran next.

Perhaps Dean thinks we would be better off to launch more logistically strung out air assaults just like President Carter did ?

Thanks to our present commander and chief, the US is currently positioned perfectly to take on Iran. We are on their eastern border, we are on their western border and we own the sea beneath them. Why else would the Mullahs be acting so desperately ? Well just like Dean and the dimwits, their days are now numbered.

39 posted on 08/14/2005 9:00:04 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: InvisibleChurch
"Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that while Iran poses a genuine "danger" to the United States, the U.S. military is now too weak to respond. "

That statement sounds like he's admitting that it takes a while to recover from the decimation of the military that Clinton oversaw.

40 posted on 08/14/2005 9:00:30 PM PDT by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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