Comments on: Bush’s big stick http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Polimom Says » Thinking out loud on Iraq and Iran http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-990 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:01:13 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-990 [...] Ah. In light of the recent articles about US intentions toward Iran (my posts here and here), a lightbulb went on for me when I read these last two paragraphs. [...] […] Ah. In light of the recent articles about US intentions toward Iran (my posts here and here), a lightbulb went on for me when I read these last two paragraphs. […]

]]> by: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying » The View From Iran: Two Suns In The Sunset http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-988 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:21:01 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-988 [...] In perhaps an ominous sign, the Iranian exercise was codenamed "Great Prophet" while the planned test detonation (story via Polimom) of the largest conventional bomb by the U.S. has been codenamed "Divine Strake". [...] […] In perhaps an ominous sign, the Iranian exercise was codenamed "Great Prophet" while the planned test detonation (story via Polimom) of the largest conventional bomb by the U.S. has been codenamed "Divine Strake". […]

]]> by: Slate http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-986 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:37:34 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-986 I couldn't sleep so thought I'd check my mail. A friend sent the Hirsch article to me. It's chilling, and yes, as the above comment says, Hirsch has a really good track record. I cannot imagine my grief and shame if we were to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear strike". It's too horrible to imagine. Guess I'll have the lights on tonight too. I couldn’t sleep so thought I’d check my mail. A friend sent the Hirsch article to me. It’s chilling, and yes, as the above comment says, Hirsch has a really good track record. I cannot imagine my grief and shame if we were to launch a “pre-emptive nuclear strike”. It’s too horrible to imagine.

Guess I’ll have the lights on tonight too.

]]> by: FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-985 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:00:30 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-985 [...] Polimom [...] […] Polimom […]

]]> by: GentillyGirl http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-984 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:31:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-984 Well, well, well... I've expected this since 9/11. Didn't realize that the PTB were so far along in their planning for the assault on Iran. To make a bombing run on Iran is a major mistake on a regional level. To use tactical nukes will become a major problem on a Global level. The US cannot afford to make these errors. Our Nation must not be the agent that starts WW III. The Bushite may well be the agent that creates this situation, but it is not in our name, only in his Messianic insanity's beliefs. We must change the makeup of Congress in November so as to have a bulwark in place to limit The Shrub's movements. I hope that he doesn't launch his "lesson" to Iran before then. Pray hard folks... Well, well, well… I’ve expected this since 9/11. Didn’t realize that the PTB were so far along in their planning for the assault on Iran.

To make a bombing run on Iran is a major mistake on a regional level. To use tactical nukes will become a major problem on a Global level. The US cannot afford to make these errors.

Our Nation must not be the agent that starts WW III. The Bushite may well be the agent that creates this situation, but it is not in our name, only in his Messianic insanity’s beliefs.

We must change the makeup of Congress in November so as to have a bulwark in place to limit The Shrub’s movements. I hope that he doesn’t launch his “lesson” to Iran before then.

Pray hard folks…

]]> by: Mash http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-983 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:40:38 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-983 I unfortunately do not see Iran backing down. Because even if they did, we would attack. So, I see this heading over a cliff, and soon. Hold on to your kids and buy some crash helmets - its going to be a bumpy ride. Nothing in the last five years has scared me like this news has. Iraq was a question of destabilization and I was against it, this one is a question of unleashing mass destruction on at best a regional and at worst a global scale. Polimom, I'm going to bed with my lights on after this movie. I unfortunately do not see Iran backing down. Because even if they did, we would attack. So, I see this heading over a cliff, and soon.

Hold on to your kids and buy some crash helmets - its going to be a bumpy ride.

Nothing in the last five years has scared me like this news has. Iraq was a question of destabilization and I was against it, this one is a question of unleashing mass destruction on at best a regional and at worst a global scale.

Polimom, I’m going to bed with my lights on after this movie.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-982 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:27:15 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-982 Dave, I agree with you, actually, about the test in Nevada. We have no way of reproducing it in... say... Iran. I think it's far more likely to produce a justification for a nuclear equivalent for the underground sites.. And yes - the ramifications would be vast. Dave,

I agree with you, actually, about the test in Nevada. We have no way of reproducing it in… say… Iran. I think it’s far more likely to produce a justification for a nuclear equivalent for the underground sites..

And yes - the ramifications would be vast.

]]> by: Dave Schuler http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-981 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:07:36 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-981 I doubt that the bomb test in Nevada scheduled for June is a dress rehearsal for action against Iran. We have, basically, no way of delivering such a device to the desired locations. The most it can be is a demonstration to ourselves that nuclear weapons would, in fact, be required to take out a really hardened site. I've been arguing aginst any bombing option for dealing with Iran's undoubted nuclear aspirations for years: I think that the damage that would be done by any effective campaign would far exceed anything they're expecting. I doubt that the bomb test in Nevada scheduled for June is a dress rehearsal for action against Iran. We have, basically, no way of delivering such a device to the desired locations. The most it can be is a demonstration to ourselves that nuclear weapons would, in fact, be required to take out a really hardened site.

I’ve been arguing aginst any bombing option for dealing with Iran’s undoubted nuclear aspirations for years: I think that the damage that would be done by any effective campaign would far exceed anything they’re expecting.

]]> by: The Moderate Voice http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-980 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:39:55 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/04/09/bushs-big-stick/#comment-980 <strong>Hersh: Bush Plans On War With Iran UsingTactical Nukes (UPDATED)...</strong> A new, troubling story in the New Yorker from investigative reporter Seymour Hersh — who has had a pretty good track record in recent years — says President George B...... Hersh: Bush Plans On War With Iran UsingTactical Nukes (UPDATED)…

A new, troubling story in the New Yorker from investigative reporter Seymour Hersh — who has had a pretty good track record in recent years — says President George B……

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