U.S. Attack on Iran Would Take Hundreds of Planes,

[Byron In Exile]

And no more unreasonable than the millions of Americans who would get thrown to the wolves so we can afford to bomb more brown people. We can't spend money we don't have, after all!

No, actually, we can, and do.

That's how the US rolls today.

"Hey, you got some brown people in your country? Better tell 'em to watch the fuck out, 'cause we'll fucking bomb them!!"

^5 doctor_insanus...

Carlin was so great...

 

[Sean]

It would take no less an effort than what was required for shutting down the Iraqi battle space and getting air superiority. We have to decide if Iran with nuclear weapons is a threat to the national security of the United States or our allies. The Obama administration has made its decision...kick the can down the road and pray.

Um. Just Um.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Cleaning Iran's clock would make many ragheads pause and reconsider their plans. Just nuke the nukes.

 

[RobDownSouth]

We kill 75 million people, give or take 20 million, so Israel can sleep at night. Seems reasonable.

Literotica's "Israel First" contingent is goin' to call you a Palestinian supporter for that heresy.

"but.....but.....teh HOLOCAUST!"

 

[Byron In Exile]

Literotica's "Israel First" contingent is goin' to call you a Palestinian supporter for that heresy.

"but.....but.....teh HOLOCAUST!"

Palestinians are the niggers of the world.

 

[hogjack]

The entire Middle East could be taken out in a long weekend.

Fuck Yemen.
Fuck Jordan.
Fuck the Saudis.

It would be awesome to take them all out in a weekend. Hell, probably all on one Saturday.

What leader has the balls to pull off this easy win???

 

[Krotos]

* “Israel does not have the capability to carry out preventive strikes that could do more than delay Iran’s efforts for a year or two.”

Which just might be all it takes to stop Iran from going nuclear. Nuclear weapons development is an expensive undertaking, and another few years of expenses and sanctions just might suck the mullah's treasury dry.

Despite the increasingly sharp rhetoric coming out of Jerusalem, the idea of Israel launching a unilateral attack is almost as bad as allowing Tehran to continue its nuclear work unchallenged. It would invite wave after wave of Iranian counterattacks — by missile, terrorist, and a boat — jeopardizing countries throughout the region.

Which isn't terribly different from the current situation, come to think of it.

If the mullahs could harm Israel more than they've tried until now, they would long have gotten busy doing it.

It would wreak havoc with the world’s oil supply.

None of the wars that happened in the Middle East since 1973 ended up wreaking much havoc with the world's oil supply. Not the Israel-Lebanon war, not the attacks on the Iraqi and Syrian nuclear reactors, not the first Gulf war and not the Second. The oil just keeps on flowing because the Arab states can't stop selling. They've got nothing else to sell.

I don't even think Iran would actually close the Straights of Hormuz, for the simple reason that they have no other route to export their oil. If the much feared Iranian retaliation means they'll willingly put themselves into a financial stranglehold, I say it'd be more of a blessing than a curse.

 

[Sean Renaud]

The entire Middle East could be taken out in a long weekend.

Fuck Yemen.
Fuck Jordan.
Fuck the Saudis.

It would be awesome to take them all out in a weekend. Hell, probably all on one Saturday.

What leader has the balls to pull off this easy win???

I could do it in 12 hours but I was declared a war crime in 1752.

 

[hogjack]

I could do it in 12 hours but I was declared a war crime in 1752.

The Rhode Island State Police could take down Kuwait, the OAE and Qatar.

Seriously, the Middle East is a paper tiger and a real bitch to keep going so why don't we just DO IT?!

 

[Byron In Exile]

The entire Middle East could be taken out in a long weekend.

Fuck Yemen.
Fuck Jordan.
Fuck the Saudis.

It would be awesome to take them all out in a weekend. Hell, probably all on one Saturday.

What leader has the balls to pull off this easy win???

The whole area would be depending on the US for food and water for the next twenty years.

Absolutely.

 

[bronzeage]

Which just might be all it takes to stop Iran from going nuclear. Nuclear weapons development is an expensive undertaking, and another few years of expenses and sanctions just might suck the mullah's treasury dry.


Which isn't terribly different from the current situation, come to think of it.

If the mullahs could harm Israel more than they've tried until now, they would long have gotten busy doing it.


None of the wars that happened in the Middle East since 1973 ended up wreaking much havoc with the world's oil supply. Not the Israel-Lebanon war, not the attacks on the Iraqi and Syrian nuclear reactors, not the first Gulf war and not the Second. The oil just keeps on flowing because the Arab states can't stop selling. They've got nothing else to sell.

I don't even think Iran would actually close the Straights of Hormuz, for the simple reason that they have no other route to export their oil. If the much feared Iranian retaliation means they'll willingly put themselves into a financial stranglehold, I say it'd be more of a blessing than a curse.

Sorry, this thread is not the place for sensible political analysis.

Have you got any irony or sarcasm?

 

[Byron In Exile]

The Rhode Island State Police could take down Kuwait, the OAE and Qatar.

Lol... that's so true.

 

[Squibbs]

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