Re: What If: Life After Iran Gets The Bomb

Regardless of what Iran does or does not do.... the policy is in place..and the policy to intervene when there is no threat to US soil is just stupid.

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:

 Iran (through a spokeman)  stated early this morning that it will have an "announcement" here very soon.   Maybe they will change their position;  (or attack the U.S.)  so your concerns over our Nation's purported interventionist policy might be all for naught.

 

 

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:

If the US interventionist 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, 7:53 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:
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> >   ****
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> > [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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> >  ****
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> >  ****
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> > WSJ editorial, 2/1/12****
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> > *A warning on Iran*<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020474090457719550036471...>
> > ****
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> > 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.****
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> > 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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