Well with Obama and Hillary maybe we'll be able to get some backers. Who knows. Europe seems tired of Afghanistan, I don't see them lending many troops. Israel can't launch a first strike or other middle eastern neighbors will respond. The best thing I could see happening would be using Iraq as a buffer to move Saudi and other forces through to the border.
Iran is not a post dessert storm Iraq. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > Why do I hear the specter of "going in alone" in what your saying. There is > little to no chance that we will retaliate against Iran without UN and/or > world backing. I just don't see it happening. As for Israel, well, they'll > allegedly remove Iran from the face of the earth, including a huge supply > of > oil. I'd say that's both our business and the worlds. > > Israeli mentality 101: We were almost destroyed as a people. We will not be > destroyed as a people. We'll strive for peace but if the threat of our > destruction as a people becomes real, we will fight to the end and then > some. > > A nuke hit on Israel will spark off that "destroy those who would destroy > us" mentality and will allegedly result in something that no one > wants...other than Iran. > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Justin Scott < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > Excuse me while I laugh. The rest of the world? Like who? The UN? > Russia? > > > China? Go into the UN records and read what's going on (not just what > > hits > > > the news) and you'll see that the "rest of the world" isn't doing much > > and > > > > If they don't act then that's their business. Perhaps "the rest of the > > world" was too broad. If Iran starts lobbing nukes in our direction I > > would hope that the Unites States would have enough testicular fortitude > > to unleash its nuclear arsenal against them whether the rest of the > > world wanted to participate or not. And by "our" I mean the U.S. or its > > territories. If they fire a nuke at Israel, that's Israel's business, > > not ours. I know that's a touchy subject for some people, but I have no > > connections with Israel, religious or otherwise, so that's just how I > > feel about it. There may be alliances and mutual aide treaties > > involved, but that's a different discussion altogether. > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289327 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
