Re: What If: Life After Iran Gets The Bomb

Changing just a couple of words we have>>>>>

So here's a
question to those who want military strikes on Iran: If our regime is
prepared to stage military strikes in Iran when they don't have a
bomb,
what will they be willing to do if/when they do have one? ****

On Feb 3, 5:42 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>   ****
>
> [As the day approaches when Iran finally gets nuclear weapons, we're going
> to be hearing a lot of "what if" scenarios comparing Iran's present
> behavior with its future behavior after it gets the bomb. It's not a pretty
> picture, and day-to-day life on planet earth is bound to grow more tense
> and less secure - in ways we can't imagine yet - if Iran isn't stopped. df]*
> ***
>
>  ****
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>
> WSJ editorial, 2/1/12****
>
> *A warning on Iran*<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020474090457719550036471...>
> ****
>
> Remember that bizarre story from last fall about an Iranian agent based in
> Texas who allegedly sought to conspire with Mexican drug gangs to blow up
> Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. in a crowded Washington, D.C.,
> restaurant? The Justice Department insisted the story was true. Yet the
> Administration's reaction was otherwise muted, and the press corps went out
> of its way to cast doubt on the story. The Iranians can't be *that *crazy?**
> **
>
> Well, yes, they can be, at least according to President Obama's top
> intelligence adviser. In testimony yesterday to the Senate Intelligence
> Committee, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper warned that
> Iran's leadership, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, "have changed
> their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United
> States as a response to real or perceived actions that threaten the
> regime." ****
>
> Translation: Not only is Iran prepared to use terrorism in retaliation for
> any military strikes against it, they're also prepared to get their
> retaliation in first. "There is more to unfold here," he said. "They're
> trying to penetrate and engage in this hemisphere."****
>
> Mr. Clapper, a former Air Force general, is not given to flights of
> exaggeration. That should give his warnings some weight, especially among
> those who believe that, for all the aggressive rhetoric, Iranian leaders
> conduct foreign policy in a prudent and rational way and are amenable to
> negotiations.****
>
> Mr. Clapper's testimony comes as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning
> that Iran is about a year away from having a nuclear bomb. So here's a
> question to those who oppose military strikes on Iran: If the regime is
> prepared to stage terrorist strikes in America when they don't have a bomb,
> what will they be capable of when they do have one? ****
>
> ###****
>
> Dan Friedman
> NYC****

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