Posted on 09/18/2007 9:23:19 AM PDT by SJackson
Typical Buchanan musings from the rabbit hole. (rolling eyes)
If the USA attacks Iran first without help from our Allies and, we will cause a problem much worse than Iraq.
- Oil will sky rocket in price and gas will go to $4-$5 a gallon or even more.
- There are thousands of Iranians in this country & some will atack us here.
- Expect missile attacks & suicide attacks on the USA troops in the middle-east and on our USA allies all over the world.
- It is possible that a regional war will break out involving most of the middle east.
We really need to choose the sanctions route first and back China and Russia into the corner on this one before we attack. Just like the previous general in command of the Iraq War said today:
Gen. John Abizaid, who retired from the Army in March after three years leading U.S. Central Command, told a Washington think tank that Iran’s leadership is pursing “reckless” policies and seeks to dominate the Middle East.
“We need to press the international community as hard as we possibly can, and the Iranians, to cease and desist on the development of a nuclear weapon, and we should not preclude any option that we may have to deal with it,” he said.
But he added, “I believe the United States, with our great military power, can contain Iran.”
“Let’s face it — we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we’ve lived with a nuclear China, and we’re living with nuclear powers as well,” Abizaid told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Buchanan was always a little off-kilter, but he’s a raving lunatic now.
Either we should just back off, and allow Iran to do whatever it wishes; or, alternatively, we should take whatever military action is necessary to stop Tehran's nuclear ambitions (whether that means a total naval blockade or a massive air strike).
I personally support the latter, as the less terrible altermative.
But we simply must choose. Now.
No more fence-straddling.
Pitchfork Pat rides again.
Poor Pat, he is ticked that Saddam and Sons are no longer able to pay terrorists to blow up Israeli kids, and force Israeli out of the ME.
Pat’s hope for Iran’s nut job to continue where Saddam left off, is fading.
People forget WWII. Today we have lost a little over 3,000 of our military. Nobody likes that but keep it in perspective. 3,000+ in five years. We lost 7,000 in Iwo Jima in about a week. War is tough but we don’t have to make it tougher by having our own Congress bad mouthing our commanders, and some Congressmen/women calling our military murderers. Get rid of JAG and let our military do their job and we’ll get out of there a lot faster. These guys on TV are just making names for themselves at our countrys expense. If we hit Iran, so be it.....there’s a reason for it. If we do strike, do it hard and fast from the air, then walk away.
To the extent Iran might pose a threat in the future, that threat will be far graver to Israel than to us. Therefore, Israel should use its regional military superiority to deal with any threat. There is absolutely no reason for the US to attack Iran.
Are we safer when our ememies are destroyed?
Is this a trick question?
Then on to Saudi Arabia.
“Let’s face it — we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we’ve lived with a nuclear China, and we’re living with nuclear powers as well,” Abizaid told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Containment works only with rational leaders of nation-states. The USSR was not willing to endure the vaporization of Moscow in exchange for the incineration of Washington.
The zealous apocalyptists in charge of Iran's mullocracy, by comparison, wish to hasten the re-appearance of the Twelfth Imam; and this can best be accomplished through a nuclear exchange.
How does one "contain" fanatics who think the death of many millions would be a truly wonderful thing?
re: Gen.John Abizaid
Probably you will get slammed for posting that, but IMO we have as much or more reason to suspect Abizaid is right than that he’s wrong.
Blah, blah, blah...
From my reading up on Iran, only a very few in Iran's leadership circles believes this to be true.
As proof it was said, these other leaders are the ones who forced their President (kook) to back down in the controversy over the captured British soldiers. They did not want to risk a confrontation with Britain, knowing the USA would join in also on the attack.
Hey Prophets are hated because they speak the truth. Pat reads Bush’s mind - that really isn’t that hard.
All true prophets love Israel; which makes Pat a false one, if at all.
Not that it matters a great deal. He never was very consequential.
Congressman Billybob
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