--- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > That's what Panetta said. But this revelation smells like > > > > a subterfuge to confuse the Iranians. If this was a true > > > > story, why would Panetta leak the story and then deny it > > > > when asked by reporters? > > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-says-israel-could-strike-iran-spring-report-232458035.html > > > > > > > > JR > > > > > > I am surprised Israel has not attacked already, judging > > > from past history. They have the most at stake immediately. > > > It would also solve problems for other countries unwilling > > > to just go in and bomb Iran, which is probably what they > > > would like to do. Will Rogers said some 80 years ago that > > > diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can > > > find a rock. Israel is probably the rock. Then all the other > > > nations can claim they felt diplomacy would have worked. > > > > It's too bad Maharishi never thought of sending > > teams of dedicated Governors of the Age of Enlight- > > enment to Iran to buttbounce for peace. If he had, > > surely their all-powerful Woo Woo would have chilled > > the place out such that things like building a bomb > > wouldn't have even occurred to them. > > Actually he did, in 1978, as the Iranian government of the > Shah collapsed, but the governors had to leave as the > situation deteriorated. He sent them to other countries > then too, which I do not remember, except one in Central > America somewhere. Then success was proclaimed. I think > this was called the World Peach Project.
This is why I'm not a big fan of irony. I'm more than aware of the people sent to Iran. If I'm not mistaken, our Nabs may have been one of them. I was just commenting on the long-term Woo Woo effects their efforts seem to have produced. :-)
