Posted on 08/13/2006 12:27:08 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
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Is Iran about to launch a war in the Middle East in the next 10 days? A sobering analysis.
- Caroline B. Glick, Jewish World Review explained why jihad is picking up steam now and fanatical Muslims are on the march.
- Joel C. Rosenberg, National Review Online asked: Is Iran planning an apocalyptic strike against Israel and/or the United States for August 22? Such questions are worrying a growing number of officials in the White House, at the CIA, and at the Pentagon, and for good reason.
- Michael Ledeen, The Corner republished an important article: Five Minutes to Midnight - The War Is Coming, No Matter How Hard We Try to Evade It. Full text provided. A must read.
- NewsMax reported that Middle East expert, Professor Walid Phares, warned: "As soon as a cease fire occurs, the "Hezbollah Blitzkrieg" will crumble the "Lebanese Republic of Weimar" and install its own "Khumeinist Republic" on the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean.... Hezbollah would have paved the way for Iran to create the mother of all world threats since Hitler."
- Saul Singer, The National Review Online argued that while the Bush administration began to fight with vigor, we stopped too early, and now it appears we have forgotten we are still at war.
- William Shawcross, The Wall Street Journal argued that while President Bush told the truth to Britain about the alleged massive plot to blow U.S.-bound airliners out of the sky putting it simply: "This was a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists." But in Europe, the truth is so terrible that we are in denial.
Bush and Condi split for the first time.
- Insight Magazine reported that Bush and Condi have clashed over Israel; with the president overruling her for the first time. "I've never seen her so angry," an aide said.
Condi warns Iran and Syria: Respect the UNSC resolution.
- News.com.au reported that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council.
Iran encourages increased attacks in Iraq.
- The New York Times reported that Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Iran is pressing Shiite militias here to step up attacks against the American-led forces because of the Israeli assault on Lebanon.
- Iran Focus reported that an armed militia launched a massive raid on the offices of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric vehemently opposed to Iranian regime.
Here are a few other news items you may have missed.
- Haaretz published an interview with (until recently) the head of the research division of Military Intelligence. He gave his views on Israeli intelligence of Hezbullah.
- Nidra Poller, TCS Daily discussed "French Duplomacy" and how France is trying to impose on its American partner.
- Reuters reported that a group of U.S. senators pressed China on its ties with North Korea and Iran.
- The Peoples Cube published a graphic: If today's New York Times editors were in charge in 1943...
- You Tube hosted a video of an execution of an Iranian girl. A lengthy but revealing story.
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So how is our Navy deployed at the moment?
It sounded a bit ominous to me.
From all the collected evidence. It surely looks like he is up to something. We should be on the highest alert.
Condi Rice = Neville Chamberlin
Hopefully, Bush will overrule her more and more. Friday was a shameful act of appeasement by Rice. Iran is serious threat, and all she would do is crawl to the UN--proven this week. We're on a collison course with Iran getting nukes, and Rice needs to get out of the way and let the USA defeat this threat.
Seriousquestion: Does Iran have the ability to strike with aircraft if routed through Turkey from the north down through Syria?
I saw her in an interview this week where she mentioned Chamberlain by name and indicated we don't want to go the same route he did.
Iran can close the Strait, and they can attempt to advance a column through Iraq, and they can fire missiles into Israel. If they have nukes they can use them. It would be a serious couple of weeks.
IMO... I think it'll happen THIS week. The 22nd is a red herring.
If anything was up there would be signs of activity within Iran; i.e. massing of troops, evacuation of large cities etc.
It's just get hotter and hotter. Syria is massing at the border with Israel. IMO it looks like Iran had some plans to invade Israel via Syria and all this terror was was to be a major "diversion" the 16th through the end of the month.
Moos got his soldiers already in the UK, Lebanon, Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America.
Short answer no. The US Air Force would have something to say about that, and so would the Turks. Not to mention the fact they would have to overfly Kurdistan. In terms of conventional warfare Iran is isolated from Israel.
Please stop with the non-sense. When August 22 passes with no war what will the excuse be then?
Yes. Iran has the capability with Su-24 Fencer and also with their F-4 Phantoms.
Global warming..
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