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09-17-2009 , 02:09 PM

nineinchal

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On top of that, they can build a delivery system as well.

If you even think that we in the US should not be concerned, may you move to Israel...

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09-17-2009 , 02:12 PM

Wynton

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I'm confused. Why should I move to Israel if I'm unconcerned?

Can I pick someplace with better beaches at least?

09-17-2009 , 02:13 PM

tomdemaine

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better stop being dicks to them then huh?

09-17-2009 , 02:14 PM

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Good for them.

09-17-2009 , 02:14 PM

nineinchal

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wynton

I'm confused. Why should I move to Israel if I'm unconcerned?

Can I pick someplace with better beaches at least?

Try Lebanon...

09-17-2009 , 02:23 PM

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In related news, any halfway competent team of engineers and physicists anywhere in the world can make an atomic bomb.

09-17-2009 , 02:38 PM

nineinchal

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Originally Posted by ErikTheDread

In related news, any halfway competent team of engineers and physicists anywhere in the world can make an atomic bomb.

True that, however, they are not a recognized state that declared they want to destroy us...

09-17-2009 , 02:41 PM

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I wonder why they want to build a nuclear weapon? Could it be that a nuke might be the only deterrent against international aggression? Could it be that nuclear powers don't go to war with each other? hmmmm

Western politicians only have themselves to blame for this - they have given freaking monstrous incentives to Iran to build a nuke.

09-17-2009 , 03:28 PM

Borodog

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Iranian nuclear delivery vehicle:

flyingunicornwithrainbowsshootingoutofhisbutt.png

09-17-2009 , 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Borodog

Iranian nuclear delivery vehicle:

flyingunicornwithrainbowsshootingoutofhisbutt.png

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/97...0cca2cf8fc.jpg

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09-17-2009 , 03:36 PM

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The warhead is in the horn.

09-17-2009 , 03:36 PM

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I really don't know why they want to build one, 2nd hand goods usually work well and then you can save on the depreciation

What's the current half life on a nuclear device these days? Gotta be atleast 100 years.

09-17-2009 , 03:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ErikTheDread

In related news, any halfway competent team of engineers and physicists anywhere in the world can make an atomic bomb.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nineinchal

True that, however, they are not a recognized state that declared they want to destroy us...

You mean like the Soviet Union?

09-17-2009 , 03:46 PM

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holocaust deniers have the bomb
i mean what could go wrong
it doesn't really matter though
because this is Bush's rodeo
and I can blame it America,
blame it on America...

09-17-2009 , 04:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nineinchal

True that, however, they are not a recognized state that declared they want to destroy us...

The iman said this regime occupying jerusalem must vanish from the page of time.

Imam(Khomeini) ghoft(said) een(this) rezhim-e(regime) ishghalgar-e(occupying) Qods(jerusalem) bayad(must) az safheh-ye ruzgar(from the page of time) mahv shavad(vanish from)

That direct quote from Ahmadinejod is what the U.S media repeatedly translates into "Israel must be wiped off the map". He's actually quoting Khomeini, who once said that "like communism and facism zionims would disappear as an idiology from the pages of time"

You can find endless statements like this by U.S leaders during the cold war.

09-17-2009 , 04:36 PM

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I don't think Hastings Florida is a very priority for them to blow up, I'm not worried.

09-17-2009 , 04:39 PM

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The warhead is in the horn.

Trojan horse in one of Obama magical healthcare ponies imo.

09-17-2009 , 04:40 PM

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http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/site...evelopment.pdf

Thats the bipartisan report that came out recently, which is an overview of options. This is some of whats to be expected if military force is used assuming economic sanctions dont work.

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The US military is capable of launching a devastating strike on Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure-probably more decisively than the iranian leadership realizes.....However,unless sustained by repeated strikes against rebuilt or newlydiscovered sites over a peroid of years,military action alone is likely only to delay iranian nuclear development while entailing risks of retaliation and regional destabilization which could quickly escalate into full scale war.

The europeans make war more likely if they do not strengthin sanctions against Iran and and effectively end all commercial relations.

A military strike would have to target not only Iran's nuclear infastructure,but also its conventional military infrastructure in order to suppress an iranian response.

an initial air campaign would likely last several days to several weeks and target both key military and nuclear installations. It should not target civilian facilities and might not require ground troops beyond special forces.

While a successful bombing campaign would ****** its nuclear development,iran would retain its nuclear knowhow. It would also require years of continues vigilance, both to strike previously undiscovered nuclear sites and to ensure that iran does not resurrect its military nuclear program.

09-17-2009 , 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Concerto

You mean like the Soviet Union?

No the Soviets believe in and fear mutiually assured destruction. The Iranians couldn't give a flying fork about dying over a holy cause, like destroying Israel and the all the other infidels...

09-17-2009 , 04:42 PM

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I don't think Hastings Florida is a very priority for them to blow up, I'm not worried.

No city in America or elsewhere would be profitable for them to blow up. Such a move would greatly damage their international standing across the board and strengthen their enemies' position enormously.

09-17-2009 , 04:44 PM

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No the Soviets believe in and fear mutiually assured destruction. The Iranians couldn't give a flying fork about dying over a holy cause, like destroying Israel and the all the other infidels...

Yes they could.

09-17-2009 , 04:45 PM

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Quote:

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No the Soviets believe in and fear mutiually assured destruction. The Iranians couldn't give a flying fork about dying over a holy cause, like destroying Israel and the all the other infidels...

Relax, Iran ain't about to commit nationwide suicide.

09-17-2009 , 04:49 PM

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Drudge probably ran with this today because Obama announced yesterday that he was canceling the missile defense system planned for Poland and the Czech Republic. The ostensible target for the shield is Iran, however there are geopolitical overtones for our relationship with Russia and Central Europe.

09-17-2009 , 04:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nineinchal

No the Soviets believe in and fear mutiually assured destruction. The Iranians couldn't give a flying fork about dying over a holy cause, like destroying Israel and the all the other infidels...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autocratic

Yes they could.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wynton

Relax, Iran ain't about to commit nationwide suicide.

Did you guys forget Iran is a foreign land full of scary dark skinned people who speak a different language and pray to the currently out-of-fashion god? Plus they hate our freedoms. Who knows, next they'll probably be taking our jobs too.

A US preemptive nuclear strike is the only way to prevent the use of a nuclear weapon by the wrong people who, by nature of being crazy and on a Jihad, have the audacity to use a nuclear weapon.

09-17-2009 , 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by iron81

Drudge probably ran with this today because Obama announced yesterday that he was canceling the missile defense system planned for Poland and the Czech Republic.

You don't say

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