Iranian ICBM'S??

[Ripsnort]

beats going to war over non excisting threats and poking others to stirr up trouble

Oh, there was a threat. It's just that we're fighting the threat in THEIR backyard, not ours. 

[Gh0stFT]

Not the United State's problem.  Let the European Union get bullied by a fundamentalist country with nuclear capabilities for a while. 

aah for sure? thats why Bush said in April 2008 about the planned missile defense system in Eastern Europe:
"The missile defense system is not aimed at Russia," Bush said at a news conference in Kiev following talks with the Ukrainian president. "It's viewed as an anti-Russian device. Well, it's not."

And some here talking about THEIR backyards, all i can say is thank you :/

[RAIDER14]

Not the United State's problem.  Let the European Union get bullied by a fundamentalist country with nuclear capabilities for a while. 

NATO?

[Hap]

I forget who mentioned the "iffy source."  The info is on the sketchy side -- not so much the facts but conclusions drawn from them.  Or, the conclusions are as clear as a bell -- which I fancy they are.  I think the Monitor writer mentions or alludes to the "not yet" quality of the conclusions as in "what else would they be doing all this for" (not part of either article, Times or CSM).

Yeah, the title to Churchill's book just popped to mind, "While England Slept."  Not too different times??

[E25280]

What invariably happens is the same group now saying you are jumping the gun will, after it is too late, ask why you didn't do anything to prevent it.

[moot]

aah for sure? thats why Bush said in April 2008 about the planned missile defense system in Eastern Europe:
"The missile defense system is not aimed at Russia," Bush said at a news conference in Kiev following talks with the Ukrainian president. "It's viewed as an anti-Russian device. Well, it's not."

And some here talking about THEIR backyards, all i can say is thank you :/

Do you expect men to swarm this planet and never look further than their own countries' frontiers? 

[AKIron]

If you think that many of the leaders in Iran don't take this very seriously you will likely be rudely awakened, when it's too late to stop.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/09/28/do2804.xml

[Hap]

If we take them at their word and actions, then its a no brainer.

It isn't possible its all bluster?  That would be too good to be true.

What madness &/or evil.

[Toad]

Ah, not too worry. This stuff is cyclical. Time goes by and people forget that there are stupid, evil people in the world.

Then Adolph invades Poland, tens of millions die, the winners swear "never again" and immediately begin to forget how it all started so innocuously last time.

Sooner or later some nutjob is going to pop some nukes. Going to happen; make book on it. It's unfortunately human nature. Said nutjob will have miscalculated, as they always do, and the lazyaxes of the world will get up off their duffs, swat the nutjob into mush and then swear "never again".

[lasersailor184]

Ah, not too worry. This stuff is cyclical. Time goes by and people forget that there are stupid, evil people in the world.

Then Adolph invades Poland, tens of millions die, the winners swear "never again" and immediately begin to forget how it all started so innocuously last time.

Sooner or later some nutjob is going to pop some nukes. Going to happen; make book on it. It's unfortunately human nature. Said nutjob will have miscalculated, as they always do, and the lazyaxes of the world will get up off their duffs, swat the nutjob into mush and then swear "never again".

Toad, do not forget the period of Appeasement.  That people think a little back rub or reach around could make a dictator happy enough to stop what he wants to do.

[FrodeMk3]

Ah, not too worry. This stuff is cyclical. Time goes by and people forget that there are stupid, evil people in the world.

Then Adolph invades Poland, tens of millions die, the winners swear "never again" and immediately begin to forget how it all started so innocuously last time.

Sooner or later some nutjob is going to pop some nukes. Going to happen; make book on it. It's unfortunately human nature. Said nutjob will have miscalculated, as they always do, and the lazyaxes of the world will get up off their duffs, swat the nutjob into mush and then swear "never again".

True, Toad. Reading the original link, It looks' like the Iranian's are having some trouble with the Graphite exhaust vanes' that help direct thrust, and they're missile program is having some trouble. We'll have to wait and see what's gonna happen.

[Dowding]

Oh, there was a threat. It's just that we're fighting the threat in THEIR backyard, not ours.

Who's backyard? Last time I checked, Iraqi civilians are still getting it in the neck. That's a completely invalid argument, anyway. We had Afghanistan for a terrorist sink anyway... funnily enough we still have it. Seems plenty big enough for all the insurgents to congregate.

The day the Iranians begin to dig a hole for an ICBM launcher, is the day a few Trident subs open their missile doors. However, I understand ICBM missile building is pretty tricky, and even super-powers have problems getting it to work. So relax, don't worry, and enjoy the sunshine. Or continue to hand-wring, desperately comparing 1939 to 2008 any which way you can. Your choice!

"We didn't start a war in time once, therefore we should always start one regardless of the circumstances at the slightest sniff of trouble!"

[Jackal1]

beats going to war over non excisting threats and poking others to stirr up trouble

Yep........if there was a non-existing threat..................but on real ones such as Iran it`s better to keep on your toes and be a step ahead.
 

[bcadoo]

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The day the Iranians begin to dig a hole for an ICBM launcher, is the day a few Trident subs open their missile doors...

I think the Israelis would probably intervene before the U.S. (Remember the Iraqi nuclear reactor?)

[Brownshirt]

When has that ever happened before?

 

Does "Thousands tons of WMD's in Iraq" ring a bell?