Abizaid: World could abide nuclear Iran

AP ^ | 17 Sept 2007 | ROBERT BURNS

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[Adams]

Idiot.

[nuconvert]

“Iran is not a suicide nation,” he said. “I mean, they may have some people in charge that don’t appear to be rational, but I doubt that the Iranians intend to attack us with a nuclear weapon.”

Thank you for your service, General.
I’m glad you’re retired.

[neodad]

Now we know why Iraq was such a mess after the initial invasion.

[pnh102]

The main problem with Gen. Abizaid’s reasoning is that Iran has attacked us with impunity in the past. Iran continues to attack us with impunity now. Iran sponsors terrorism around the world with impunity. What makes anyone in the Iranian government believe that it will not get away with nuking the USA, Israel or Europe? Heck, the EU is so spineless that if it was nuked by Iran it would draft a list of reasons why it was deserving of a nuclear attack.

[AdvisorB]

The good General doesn’t seem to think that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards throught their QODS force are capable or could pass these weapons on to the their client surrogates, hezbollah, hamas, the Mahdi Army, the Special forces.

The more I read about this guy the more I realize that he was the weak link in the chain-of-command.

[RightWhale]

He has a point. It’s the delivery of nuke warheads to clients like Syria that might be a problem until the coordinates are established. Five minutes, no problem.

[Ramius]

The general is confusing the attitudes of the Iranian people with its leadership.

No, the Iranian people would not attack us. But they’re not the ones with the nukes.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Thank you for your service, General.
I’m glad you’re retired.<<<

Sounds like a disciple of Colin Powell. I'm glad they are both retired, but like Greenspan, they can still damage American interests by opening their mouths!

[mass55th]

"I mean, they may have some people in charge that don't appear to be rational, but I doubt that the Iranians intend to attack us with a nuclear weapon."

And they'd never think of flying planes into our buildings or supplying Al Queda with IED's or missiles to kill our soldiers.

[SIDENET]

Where do we keep getting these idiots?

[RobbyS]

Ithink it shows why he was surprised when Iraq almost fell apart after the bombing of the Golden Mosque. He didn’t know how to deal with fanatics. So he allows a nutjob like Sadr to survive and why he expected Sadr to evolve into a political leader.

[RobbyS]

Ithink it shows why he was surprised when Iraq almost fell apart after the bombing of the Golden Mosque. He didn’t know how to deal with fanatics. So he allows a nutjob like Sadr to survive and why he expected Sadr to evolve into a political leader.

[jwalsh07]

"There are ways to live with a nuclear Iran," Abizaid said in remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank. "Let's face it, we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we've lived with a nuclear China, and we're living with (other) nuclear powers as well."

Oyvey. It isn't Iran's launching nuke tipped ICBM's that we have to worry about. It's Iran's relationship with terrorist networks.

What is the matter with Americas former Generals?

[ran20]

I’m one who finds it difficult to believe Iran would attack a nuclear armed state with nuclear weapons.

Your crazed muslim foot soldier sent on jihad might have suicidal thoughts.. the clerics, political leaders and generals back home who are living it up in luxury, with multiple wives; those guys sure aren’t thinking of suicide.

[doc1019]

I mean, they may have some people in charge that don’t appear to be rational …

General, all they need is one irrational idiot looking for his 72 virgins with his had poised over the nuclear button!!!!

[HockeyPop]

Abizaid is an Arab born of Lebanese Christian parents. He studied in Amman, Jordan. He rose to prominence by virtue of a perception that his arab background would score points with the arab street. Well he’s certainly scoring points in the arab streets today.

[pnh102]

the clerics, political leaders and generals back home who are living it up in luxury, with multiple wives; those guys sure aren’t thinking of suicide.

I for one wouldn't take the chance of putting our safety in the hands of clerics, political leaders and generals in a terrorist-supporting country who want us all dead anyway. Even if we nuked Iran into oblivion after they have destroyed New York, the fact remains that they have still destroyed New York.