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Boon Mee · 13-05-2007, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Milkman

A surgical strike on the sites via missiles and the are is the only option they have.

And we have lots of nuclear submarines loaded with Tomahawks ready to do just that. Even France has stated Iran cannot have nuclear weapons so... Europe might make a 'fuss' at the US performing 'surgery' on Iran but it will come to naught...

keda · 13-05-2007, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Milkman

A surgical strike on the sites via missiles and the are is the only option they have.

No doubt there'll be civvies in the area, if only workers' families, which will set the bhb on another flame.

Milkman · 21-05-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

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Originally Posted by Milkman

A surgical strike on the sites via missiles and the are is the only option they have.

And we have lots of nuclear submarines loaded with Tomahawks ready to do just that. Even France has stated Iran cannot have nuclear weapons so... Europe might make a 'fuss' at the US performing 'surgery' on Iran but it will come to naught...

Before W. Bush leaves office in Jan. of 2009, I believe there will be a surgical strike.

What I don't know is how Iran will respond.

I think both the U.S. and Iran have contingency plans and different scenarios.

I think it's going to get weird - not the strike - but the response to it.

sabang · 21-05-2007, 03:52 PM

By the time Iran has enough fissile material to have a bomb or three, Ahmed will be out of office anyway.
It will take an awful lot more than a surgical strike to destroy Iran's nuclear programme.
Probably the best chance for Iran to halt it's nuclear program would be for Israel to join the IAEA, but I doubt you will read much about that in the corporate media.

Lily · 21-05-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Yep...life in the warm, cloistered world of a TEFLer or living out in Nakhon Nowhere has addled your brains, boys. There wern't no backtracking on any points. Living in the Baan Nok as a gentleman of leisure, I can understand but reading comprension should be a requirement for a so-called 'acadamic', eh?

A prerequisite of reading comprehension is that the writer is using correct language.

Something that you don't seem to be able to manage.

Boon Mee · 21-05-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lily

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Yep...life in the warm, cloistered world of a TEFLer or living out in Nakhon Nowhere has addled your brains, boys. There wern't no backtracking on any points. Living in the Baan Nok as a gentleman of leisure, I can understand but reading comprension should be a requirement for a so-called 'acadamic', eh?

A prerequisite of reading comprehension is that the writer is using correct language.

Something that you don't seem to be able to manage.

My bad English was on purpose, Lilly.
Poetic license as it were. No disrespect intended to the good teachers out there.

Boon Mee · 09-06-2007, 11:45 AM

Putin Puckers Up For Bush and Pisses Off Iran!

"The existing agreement makes it possible for us to do this. And the president of Azerbaijan stressed he would be glad to contribute to world security and stability, " Putin said.

Heh...Putin and Bush intend to work together to protect Europe from Iran's nuclear missles and, check out the map - you might notice that Azerbaijan is on the northern border with Iran!

Source .

sabang · 09-06-2007, 11:53 AM

Whilst nuclear technology may be a useful way for Iran to protect it's territorial integrity (the lesson of North Korea), anyone who thinks that this then makes it a threat as a hostile, expansive world power must be kidding themselves. The country is ringed by the existing nuclear powers of the Russia, Pakistan, Israel, India, the NATO platform of Turkey, and the existing US military bases in the Middle East.

attaboy · 09-06-2007, 12:00 PM

I thought North Korea tested a bomb trigger and it was a flop? There was no nuclear explosion, afaik. Besides, NK is on a nuclear path as a means of extortion not as a means of maintaining territorial integrity.

sabang · 09-06-2007, 12:49 PM

^ Maybe true. But for reasons to do with the Mutually Assured Destruction scenario we were all brought up with, nuclear weapons seem to be a pretty fail safe deterrent against invasion.

Boon Mee · 27-06-2007, 11:14 AM

John Bolton , the voice of sanity w/respect to Iran and it's pursuit of Nukes is giving up on Dubya's administration. Afraid I agree with him. It's a disaster in the making...

sabang · 27-06-2007, 11:34 AM

Jphn Bolton is the voice of sanity?
Sacked from the UN, and with a record of harassing and abusing his staff, I would agree that he is a perfect spokesman for the Neo-cons.

Boon Mee · 27-06-2007, 11:38 AM

^
It's too bad he's not running for President as he is the voice of reason. We have too many Nevile Chamberlien's around these day.

Butterfly · 27-06-2007, 11:48 AM

^ he is too incompetent to be President. Can you imagine the world of wars and cahos with a whackjob like him at the top. It's bad enough with Dubya already.

Unless you are advocating the destruction of the world and the US, Bolton should be contained to a mental institution instead of the oval office. I hope you are not running for President, Boon Me ?

raycarey · 27-06-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

the voice of sanity

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

he is the voice of reason.

he is the voice who advocated putting the lies about yellow cake uranianium in the state of the union address.

he also claimed that cuba (cuba!) was exporting WMD.

and let's not forget this beauty...

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Bolton stated in June 2004 congressional testimony Iran was lying about enriched uranium contamination: "Another unmistakable indicator of Iran's intentions is the pattern of repeatedly lying to ... the IAEA, ... when evidence of uranium enriched to 36 percent was found, it attributed this to contamination from imported centrifuge parts." However later isotope analysis supported Iran’s explanation of foreign contamination for most of the observed enriched uranium.[32

he's been wrong about everything. everything.....but he's right now, huh?

John R. Bolton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Butterfly · 27-06-2007, 12:08 PM

^ he certainly looks funny, like an old mad professor

what a loser

sabang · 27-06-2007, 12:13 PM

^ According to people that have worked with him, a thoroughly unpleasant human being.
I suppose thats a qualification for the job he chooses to do.

Boon Mee · 28-06-2007, 06:06 AM

Well, the so-called 'lies' in the state of the union address have still not been proven to be such but, be that as it may, here's a nice little analysis from another source y'all like to beat up!

A good read from Newt

Warnings from Gaza

The tragedy of the current debate in Washington is that while the inarticulateness and the failing performance of the Bush administration have led the American people to desire a new direction, the politics of the left insists that the new direction be less than President Bush. Yet the lessons of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, New Jersey, the JFK plot, the Algerian bombings, the Iranian nuclear program, the conflict in Lebanon and now the defeat in Gaza all point to the need for a war policy that is substantially bigger and more robust than Mr. Bush.

keda · 28-06-2007, 08:19 AM

Looks like whenever Israel unilaterally pulls back from a sizeable chunk of land (as in Southern Lebanon) some peaceloving faction claims a victory for Allah, fills the void and the denizens accept it as allah's way of demonstrating her love for them by adding another brick to the hod on their back.

21-05-2007, 03:52 PM	#124 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 01:12 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 9,042	By the time Iran has enough fissile material to have a bomb or three, Ahmed will be out of office anyway. It will take an awful lot more than a surgical strike to destroy Iran's nuclear programme. Probably the best chance for Iran to halt it's nuclear program would be for Israel to join the IAEA, but I doubt you will read much about that in the corporate media. __________________ To err is human. To blame someone else is politics.

09-06-2007, 11:45 AM	#127 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: 05-01-2009 05:56 PM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,108	Putin Puckers Up For Bush and Pisses Off Iran! "The existing agreement makes it possible for us to do this. And the president of Azerbaijan stressed he would be glad to contribute to world security and stability, " Putin said. Heh...Putin and Bush intend to work together to protect Europe from Iran's nuclear missles and, check out the map - you might notice that Azerbaijan is on the northern border with Iran! Source . __________________ ผมเป็นคนบ้านนอก

28-06-2007, 06:06 AM	#138 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: 05-01-2009 05:56 PM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,108	Well, the so-called 'lies' in the state of the union address have still not been proven to be such but, be that as it may, here's a nice little analysis from another source y'all like to beat up! A good read from Newt Warnings from Gaza The tragedy of the current debate in Washington is that while the inarticulateness and the failing performance of the Bush administration have led the American people to desire a new direction, the politics of the left insists that the new direction be less than President Bush. Yet the lessons of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, New Jersey, the JFK plot, the Algerian bombings, the Iranian nuclear program, the conflict in Lebanon and now the defeat in Gaza all point to the need for a war policy that is substantially bigger and more robust than Mr. Bush.

09-06-2007, 11:53 AM	#128 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 01:12 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 9,042	Whilst nuclear technology may be a useful way for Iran to protect it's territorial integrity (the lesson of North Korea), anyone who thinks that this then makes it a threat as a hostile, expansive world power must be kidding themselves. The country is ringed by the existing nuclear powers of the Russia, Pakistan, Israel, India, the NATO platform of Turkey, and the existing US military bases in the Middle East.

09-06-2007, 12:00 PM	#129 (permalink)
attaboy Elite Member Last Online: Today 10:43 AM Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,458	I thought North Korea tested a bomb trigger and it was a flop? There was no nuclear explosion, afaik. Besides, NK is on a nuclear path as a means of extortion not as a means of maintaining territorial integrity.

09-06-2007, 12:49 PM	#130 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 01:12 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 9,042	^ Maybe true. But for reasons to do with the Mutually Assured Destruction scenario we were all brought up with, nuclear weapons seem to be a pretty fail safe deterrent against invasion.

27-06-2007, 11:14 AM	#131 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: 05-01-2009 05:56 PM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,108	John Bolton , the voice of sanity w/respect to Iran and it's pursuit of Nukes is giving up on Dubya's administration. Afraid I agree with him. It's a disaster in the making...

27-06-2007, 11:34 AM	#132 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 01:12 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 9,042	Jphn Bolton is the voice of sanity? Sacked from the UN, and with a record of harassing and abusing his staff, I would agree that he is a perfect spokesman for the Neo-cons.

27-06-2007, 11:38 AM	#133 (permalink)
Boon Mee Senior Member Last Online: 05-01-2009 05:56 PM Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,108	^ It's too bad he's not running for President as he is the voice of reason. We have too many Nevile Chamberlien's around these day.

27-06-2007, 11:48 AM	#134 (permalink)
Butterfly Suspended Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12,514	^ he is too incompetent to be President. Can you imagine the world of wars and cahos with a whackjob like him at the top. It's bad enough with Dubya already. Unless you are advocating the destruction of the world and the US, Bolton should be contained to a mental institution instead of the oval office. I hope you are not running for President, Boon Me ?

27-06-2007, 12:08 PM	#136 (permalink)
Butterfly Suspended Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12,514	^ he certainly looks funny, like an old mad professor what a loser

27-06-2007, 12:13 PM	#137 (permalink)
sabang Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 01:12 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya Posts: 9,042	^ According to people that have worked with him, a thoroughly unpleasant human being. I suppose thats a qualification for the job he chooses to do.

28-06-2007, 08:19 AM	#139 (permalink)
keda Senior Member Last Online: Today 11:58 AM Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7,527	Looks like whenever Israel unilaterally pulls back from a sizeable chunk of land (as in Southern Lebanon) some peaceloving faction claims a victory for Allah, fills the void and the denizens accept it as allah's way of demonstrating her love for them by adding another brick to the hod on their back.