Posted on 04/30/2009 4:16:12 PM PDT by SJackson
OK......so let’s just let them do whatever they want? I don’t believe it.
Israel will see that statement as it is up to them to show the world otherwise.
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I hope he's talking about an Israeli attack, if America's military capability is only "temporary and ineffective", we are in trouble.
As someone on this earth only temporarily, there's nothing wrong with temporary. Our victories in WWII and the Cold War were only temporary too, as was the attack on Osarik and the Syrian nuclear installation, and freeing Iraq. Nothing lasts forever. I recognize that thought wouldn't occur to the Obama administration.
Now we know one reason Hussein kept him.
sanctions, oh yea, they’ve worked great so far/s
Israel's raid on the Iraq nuclear plant was hugely successful and curtailed the Hussein and the Iraqis for 15 or more years.
That's markedly better and more effective than all of the "negotiating" and sanctions have been on Iran for the last 6-8 years.
Yes, it is Gates who is temporary and ineffective.
“Temporary” and “ineffective” don’t necessarily go together. Temporary means some time is bought. That seems like just about the best outcome we can hope for short of incinerating Teheran.
So then check out the pres and learn the proper bow and stance, what side of the street is appropriate to walk upon and the going rate for the Dhimmi tax.
Yup. And there's nothing to prevent using a "temporary" measure again.
Straw man argument. Doing “X” won’t solve problem “Y” forever, so we shouldn’t do “X”. This is the same Nancy Pelosi and her left-wing supporters used to “demonstrate” that we shouldn’t drill for our own oil in our own country and in its territorial waters.
Sanctions have a great track record. Iraq, Cuba.
Regime change.
Probability? ~0%
I got it.
Let’s send a strongly worded memo.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Or we could send them Hillary. And Gates could go to State. Because this is not the message that should be coming from the civilian head of our military.
Use of the military option to force Iran to halt its nuclear program would only yield temporary and ineffective results, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. Sanctions would make more sense, he said. Gates said a military attack on Iran would merely send the country's nuclear program further underground. Instead, the United States and its allies must convince Teheran that its nuclear ambitions would spark an arms race that would leave the Islamic republic less secure.Not mentioned is the likelihood that the US will back the lifting of sanctions against Iran, probably before the end of this year.
It depends *how* Israel attacks. If Israel really wants to play hardball, then its first attack should be a covert operation and very discreet.
Upwind of a major city, Israel should set up some vehicles that would spray large amounts of radioactive particles in an invisible cloud that would contaminate the city, then remove all trace of the vehicles. In a few days, hundreds of Iranians would go to the hospital in a panic, with radiation burns on their skin and other symptoms of radiation poisoning.
The purpose of this would be to convince the Iranian people that a horrible nuclear accident had taken place. Assuredly the Iranian government would deny this, and in turn this would create tremendous popular unrest.
It would also show the Iranian people an example of the horror that could result from a nuclear war.
Before you reel in disgust, consider the alternative of the deaths of thousands of Iranians during a conventional armed attack.
I think the decent thing to do would be to use leaflets, broadcasts, internet, international forums— skywriting— to make sure the Iranians know what’s is certainly going to be in store and urge them to do what the must to prevent it. Include some graphic pictures and some video of practice runs. And if they don’t act, give them what they asked for and give it to them in overwhelming doses. Tell them they are not the enemy, unless they choose to be the enemy. Stop apologizing and declaring them ‘innocents’ as we did with the hapless Iraqis.
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