On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:59:38 -0600, "Morris Dovey"
wrote:

tom watson wrote:

| Whether we do it ourselves, or have our client state do it for us,
| we will have to address the Iran nuke problem within the next six
| months.
|
| Either way it will not be pleasant.

Hmm. Wasn't it just over a year ago that the administration shipped 25
Vipers to Israel? George is probably hoping they haven't been
worn-out/used-up hammering UN and civilian targets in Lebanon.

As far as Iran is concerned, I do find myself wondering about how one
might internally resolve keeping the Talmud while attacking the
neighbor who provided its beginnings.

Covenants just ain't what they usta be.


I was thinking more along the lines of the F22 Raptor.

Initially the US Airforce ordered 750 of the plane.

Then it dropped to 350.

Then it dropped to 183.

I was sort of hoping that, as the numbers dropped on the US side, they
would be taken up by the Israelis, on the black side of the ledger.

If that is true, as I suspect it is, we may expect a good result,
given adequate targeting information.



As far as Iran is concerened: I take your pint.

It has always been a mystery to me that our powers of disinformation
did not extend to inculcating the thought that national policy and
strictly interpreted Islam were antithetical.

If that thought could be brought to the street level - the contest
would be over.