"Mark Rand" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:20:20 -0700, pyotr filipivich

wrote:

Let the Record show that "Tom Del Rosso" on or
about Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:06:45 -0400 did write/type or cause to
appear in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

pyotr filipivich wrote:

Blackouts lasting months are not a concern? Excuse me, but when
the water goes out people get really cranky - no coffee without water!

Yeah, but they don't like being irradiated either. Given the
considerable
extra expense for this type of attack, they will choose the other option.
And the sponsoring nation won't equip the terrorists to use a method that
makes tracing the source easier.

This of course, assumes that the sponsoring nation isn't prepared
for Armageddon. Last I heard, the Iranians were big believers in the
12th Imman, and one thing good Muslims can do to hasten his
re-appearance, is massive global strife.

It's sort of like how many Evangelicals just know that the second
coming is dependent on Antichrist introducing the Tribulation and
waging the battle of Armageddon. Only in the Evangelical's cases,
they're not trying to hurry the onset of the Antichrist by
precipitating the Tribulation.
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!


Not having a horse in this race, I would suggest that the Iranians have a
very
specific reason to want to a nuclear capabability:- The other nuclear
capable
terrorist nation in the Middle East that has a nasty habit of ignoring
other
countries' boundaries, international laws and treaties. At least your
current
president isn't supporting them quite as irresponsibly as his predecessor.


Mark Rand
RTFM

They certainly have a reason, but it's not one that Western countries would
accept.

This isn't a sporting competition, nor are we applying Western-style rules
of evidence. This is a case of realpolitik, in which most countries
understand the principles of non-proliferation and the instability risk
posed by a nuclear-armed Iran. It isn't just Israel that's nervous. It's
also much of the Arab Middle East, who probably would feel compelled to
develop their own nuclear weapons in a balance of terror.

Then all bets are off. The issue is whether we'll allow that kind of
instability and threat of nuclear war to develop out of the theoretical
niceties of sovereignty, the way we did with Germany between the wars. Most
of the world's powers apparently have decided we will not.

--
Ed Huntress