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2002-07-27 Axis of Evil

Supreme leader says US would ''regret'' attacking Iran

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-07-27 02:26 pm|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Attack? who said anything about attack? Why would we put any of our guys at risk when so many of their guys are already willing to get locked up and go to jail to oppose their own government. Its not like we dont know how to overthrow an Iranian government without getting dirty ourselves.

1979 GDP of Iran was roughly that of Spain, while most western countries would consider that awful, for islamic based countries its quite outstanding. Today, Iran has a GDP about that of Gaza. For those of you who dont know what its like in Gaza, its like any inner city area of any eastern seaboard american city, without the added atmosphere and charm that the heroin trade brings. Face it, for most of the worlds islamic populations the only way for an islamic person to survive well enough to have health and wealth and to be free enough to practice their religion is to live under christians and jews. Islam might be a good faith and religion, but its sorely lacking as a method of government.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-07-27 17:24:12|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-07-27 17:24:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think they really, truly, seriously expect us to attack them, but viewing with alarm might get some of the rubes fired up.

You don't have to climb a tree to get ripe fruit. You just need to get your basket and wait for it to fall...

Posted by Fred 2002-07-28 06:51:42|| 2002-07-28 06:51:42|| Front Page Top

#3 The side issue here is what happens in the Straits of Hormuz when Iraq comes down and 3 CVN TFs steam up into the Gulf. Iran could make things somewhat dicey for the US with threats of interdicting the narrows or even mining contested areas of the Gulf.

That is if they really want to be stupid.

Posted by Tom Roberts 2002-07-28 08:15:40|| 2002-07-28 08:15:40|| Front Page Top

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