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J Herring

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:03:03 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:01:34 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/26/13 12:52 PM, wrote:

When you look at what is happening in Iran, it is the most likely
scenario.
The current situation depends more on what Netanyahu does than anyone
in Iran or Washington.

The only question is whether we let Israel start the war or whether we
do it. Politically it may be better for us to do it, like we did in
Iraq.
If Israel starts it we will still be drawn in but we won't have any
cover.

Ahh, I was referring to Iraq. I feel out of my league trying to predict
what Iran, North Korea, or the Pakistanis will do about anything, since
they are run by insane people. Saddam was a butcher, but I don't think
he was in the same league of insanity as the leaders of the countries I
referenced here.

We don't mind butchers. If Saddam would have signed a non-aggression
pact with Israel like Mubarak, we would have let him kill all the
Kurds he wanted. We actually supported him when he fought with Iran.

They are building the same WMD case against Iran as they did against
Iraq and I fear the result will be the same, except Iran may end up
being a harder nut to crack.
There are even people here who want us to get into the Syrian mess and
that is another butcher we had a deal with. It is also clear the
Russians are supporting with Assad. They seem to prefer the butcher
they know to a new butcher they don't.

I really wonder how many unstable governments we can have in that
region before we reach critical mass and lose the whole thing to the
ayatollahs

Have you been reading Tom Clancy again?
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Salmonbait

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.