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Submitted by JOHN MANITTA (United States) , May 14, 2006 at 22:11
IRAN CAN PLAY THE WAITING GAME WHILE DEVELOPING THE BOMB. THIS I BELIEVE IS THEIR INDENTION.
DETERRING TEHRAN WITH SANCTIONS IS PLAYING INTO THE GAME . WE HAD NO CHOICE WITH GERMANY AND JAPAN. WE HAVE NO CHOICE WITH TEHRAN. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS ALWAYS A PRICE TO PAY FOR VICTORY. IT CAN NOT BE WORSE THAN THE PRICE WE WILL PAY FOR DEFEAT.
THE ONES WHO HAVE TO MAKE THIS CALL ARE HOPING THEY CAN OUTLIVE THIS SITUATION. THEN OUR CHILDREN WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS FANATICAL ENEMY WHO HAS VOWED TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND THE GREAT SATAN THAT SUPPORTS HER........JM
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Deterring Tehran [197 words]Debbie Jul 13, 2008 16:39 Brazil, helping Iran to advance terrorists causes- just "business? Hello White House !!! Hello !!!! [436 words]Ynna-tchkah Jun 6, 2007 15:08 Why bother?? [191 words]fajensen May 24, 2006 12:03 Rice and Kissinger [329 words]Harrak May 21, 2006 13:26 A good reason why they won't strike Iran [65 words]worlok May 16, 2006 13:44 ↔ good article [145 words] Harrak May 16, 2006 23:56 There are certainly 2 things which are worse [236 words]Jon-a brit in Euroland May 15, 2006 09:49 ↔ dreams dreams.. [19 words] Harrak May 15, 2006 17:30 ↔ Harrak! [378 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 16, 2006 17:58 ↔ Agree and disagree [208 words] Sully May 17, 2006 10:16 ↔ Stop kidding yourself Harrak [189 words] Frank Sep 3, 2006 10:11 FATWA [171 words]DONVAN May 15, 2006 09:03 ⇒ NO CHOICE [101 words]JOHN MANITTA May 14, 2006 22:11 The time is not ripe and we are not morally prepared to take on Iran now [240 words]Sully May 14, 2006 01:33 Israel must lead the game [311 words]Germain Lucas May 12, 2006 12:15 ↔ Going in wrong direction [158 words] Faisal May 13, 2006 03:36 ↔ it's all blah, blah, blah [50 words] jfb May 13, 2006 15:04 RE: Blackspeare--Confederation in Israel/Palestine [178 words]Harrak May 11, 2006 18:40 deterring Iran [106 words]frank keefe May 11, 2006 13:09 ↔ No Stomach [63 words] LDC May 11, 2006 17:04 ↔ Couldn't agree more [143 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 11, 2006 19:10 US talking stick giving carots..a new Important Fatwa [260 words]Harrak May 11, 2006 11:03 ↔ Thank you [36 words] LDC May 11, 2006 17:22 ↔ Harraksment--Sticks and Stones Can't Break Pipes Digital Bones [163 words] Joe May 11, 2006 18:05 ↔ Harrak Full of "it" [106 words] Funk Soul Bruvha May 11, 2006 23:36 ↔ answering LDC and JOE [346 words] Harrak May 13, 2006 11:51 Only Option: Attack Iran when you can [543 words]true believer May 11, 2006 11:01 ↔ "true believer" tells truth [124 words] LDC May 11, 2006 16:58 ↔ Understand, then act [355 words] David May 11, 2006 17:17 ... It Needs To Be Said [54 words]Mark Roth May 11, 2006 09:31 ↔ Politically Incorrect [225 words] LDC May 11, 2006 22:36 A nuclear South Africa? [83 words]Ari May 11, 2006 06:48 Iran is not a homgeneous society [152 words]H. Yazdi May 10, 2006 23:19 ↔ Iran is not a homgeneous society!! [115 words] Harrak May 11, 2006 18:54 ↔ Absolutely correct -- Foment UNREST [62 words] J.S. May 12, 2006 16:58 ↔ Response to Mr. Harrak [123 words] H. Yazdi May 14, 2006 23:42 ↔ Solution! [245 words] Harrak May 15, 2006 10:26 ↔ Response to Mr. Harrak [142 words] H. Yazdi May 16, 2006 00:38 ↔ Reply 2 for Mr Yazdi [164 words] Harrak May 16, 2006 17:02 deterring teheran [127 words]robert fusfeld May 10, 2006 22:49 How to deter Iran [59 words]Gordon E. Antenbring May 10, 2006 22:24 reality [326 words]gary May 10, 2006 19:57 How Can We Build A Concensus at the UN Security Council? [126 words]Arthur M May 10, 2006 19:41 ↔ The best way to build concensus at the UN [216 words] Sully May 14, 2006 01:57 The gravity of it all is heavy no matter what. [436 words]rench May 10, 2006 17:28 Why not a little Shiite vs Sunni War?? [62 words]J.S. May 10, 2006 17:09 ↔ Shiite -Sunnite War Impossible!! [29 words] Harrak May 11, 2006 19:01 ↔ More Harraknophobia - 'Shiite -Sunnite War Impossible!!' he says [60 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 16, 2006 17:38 ↔ The Shiite and Sunni are not the same as the Cathor and Prontant sects in Europe. [77 words] CharlesBHoff May 16, 2006 22:42 ↔ In English, please! [147 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 17, 2006 18:46 It is unbecoming of Dr Pipes [w/response] [214 words]Yuval Brandstetter MD May 10, 2006 16:54 ↔ I did not overlook. [122 words] Yuval Brandstetter MD May 20, 2006 15:10 Two ways to stop Iran [135 words]Irving Weisdorf May 10, 2006 16:25 ↔ A 3rd Way [54 words] LDC May 11, 2006 16:42 Wishful Thinking [122 words]John Doe May 10, 2006 15:53 Blame the Messenger [98 words]Blackspeare May 10, 2006 15:01 ↔ How about the messengers of the Confederation of World Jewish Immigrants? [127 words] Harrak May 10, 2006 17:00 ↔ Very Old News, Harrak [55 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 11, 2006 16:55 Valuable piece from Jihad Watch [192 words]Harrak May 10, 2006 11:18 ↔ Another Possibility [105 words] Blackspeare May 10, 2006 16:46 ↔ Harrak ridicules USA [186 words] Infidel May 11, 2006 13:31 ↔ Barking Harrak [259 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 11, 2006 16:24 ↔ Infidel [150 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 11, 2006 17:03 ↔ Don't fool yourself harrak [188 words] Richard Lion heart May 11, 2006 18:52 ↔ Forget about Harrak [135 words] Octavio Johanson May 12, 2006 02:38 ↔ harrak [35 words] true believer May 12, 2006 05:34 ↔ Harrak's rant [76 words] Vijay May 12, 2006 05:56 ↔ excellent and rare question! about the 8 years war [228 words] Harrak May 13, 2006 12:08 ↔ Iranian Weaklings [73 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 14, 2006 04:15 ↔ to Harrak: not such an excellent answer [455 words] true believer May 15, 2006 06:08 ↔ true stuff True Believer but! [65 words] Harrak May 15, 2006 17:17 ↔ Surprising? Harrak's delusion is a commonplace in the Middle East [356 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 16, 2006 14:17 ↔ Iraq was not a cakewalk. [85 words] CharlesBHoff May 16, 2006 23:02 ↔ Earth to Charles: Come in please! [364 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 17, 2006 19:05 Good thinking! [13 words]Frank Vosler May 10, 2006 10:58 Mullah It Over [125 words]Ken May 10, 2006 10:31 ↔ Reply to "Mullah-ing it over" [146 words] Merry Whitney May 12, 2006 02:31 Deterring Iran [285 words]Maurice Picow May 10, 2006 08:23 Could this be a prelude to war? [83 words]Peter J. Herz May 10, 2006 08:23 ↔ Or, it could be... [7 words] LDC May 10, 2006 19:24 ↔ Insane? [118 words] Blackspeare May 11, 2006 23:02 ↔ On Fixing Blame [207 words] LDC May 12, 2006 15:28 ↔ Fixing Blame [99 words] Blackspeare May 14, 2006 10:18 the ultimate defense [349 words]Yehuda Ben-Asher, MD Efrat, Gush Etzion May 10, 2006 08:05 Israel first !! [w/response] [52 words]Khalid Jamal May 10, 2006 07:07 ↔ A gun is a gun [30 words] JJ May 17, 2006 09:33 A proper first step. [93 words]Charles Smyth May 10, 2006 06:27 Let them [136 words]Vic Coffey May 10, 2006 05:31 procrastinate - on Iran [52 words]johnmac May 10, 2006 03:36 Deterring Tehran? [249 words]Andras Bereny May 10, 2006 03:34 The black future of the Iranian People [114 words]David Goshen May 10, 2006 03:30 ↔ Explain Please [12 words] LDC May 10, 2006 19:26 ↔ #end of oil not too far off [47 words] David Goshen May 12, 2006 12:40 A Quick Question [w/response] [18 words]Alex May 10, 2006 02:57 A 4th Option..... [321 words]W. Sturm May 10, 2006 01:08 ↔ MAD Reinstated [73 words] LDC May 10, 2006 09:01 ↔ Tehran can't be deterred [264 words] Pat May 10, 2006 11:33 ↔ Why should traditional Nuclear Deterrence fail? [191 words] Al Wilner May 10, 2006 11:34 ↔ Your 4th Option is Ill-Advised [55 words] Baron Mordo May 10, 2006 12:45 ↔ What? [75 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 10, 2006 18:25 ↔ So, Baron... [4 words] LDC May 12, 2006 15:31 Noises instead of communication? [152 words]David W. Lincoln May 10, 2006 00:48 ↔ So when the British... [25 words] LDC May 10, 2006 08:53 ↔ Flauntist? [115 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 10, 2006 18:40 ↔ flutist is the English word [62 words] Christopher Game May 10, 2006 21:35 ↔ AAAAh... [5 words] LDC May 11, 2006 16:37 It's a trap [378 words]Silent Bob May 9, 2006 23:53 ↔ Not-so-Silent Bob [38 words] LDC May 10, 2006 08:44 Pipes is piping... [181 words]Jascha Kessler May 9, 2006 23:20 The fear in the heart of the West. [173 words]f.shakki May 9, 2006 22:35 ↔ Tiredness, not fear [96 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan May 11, 2006 21:41 Wake Up Infidels! [109 words]Benedict May 9, 2006 22:27 Deterring Tehran [182 words]Donald W. Bales May 9, 2006 20:41 Are the Iranians really fed up? I doubt it. [381 words]Pat May 9, 2006 19:55 Israel Oh Israel what are you waiting for? [84 words]Nenette Grunberg May 9, 2006 19:21 Deterrence Requires Force [158 words]yonatan silverman May 9, 2006 18:03 ↔ Forward to "Silent Bob" [20 words] LDC May 10, 2006 08:46 Boycott Iranian products, beginning with their oil! [141 words]Dr RJP May 9, 2006 17:57 ↔ Russia has already refused sanctions [108 words] brenda Sep 13, 2009 11:29 Iran [127 words]John Green May 9, 2006 17:45 Assignment of Condition: IRAN = CONFUSION [727 words]David May 9, 2006 17:19 The heart of the problem is Russia and China [53 words]Matt May 9, 2006 17:15 ↔ China [101 words] true believer May 10, 2006 08:03 ↔ Walmart Boycott [59 words] LDC May 10, 2006 08:20 ↔ It's too late [40 words] Pat May 10, 2006 11:40 ↔ Stop trading with China [104 words] Matt May 10, 2006 16:04 ↔ It is the same in Europe [33 words] Octavio Johanson May 11, 2006 11:56 ↔ We gave in to Iran long ago [139 words] Pat May 11, 2006 19:23 ↔ European dilemma [75 words] Octavio Johanson May 20, 2006 17:00 ↔ "we" are not pro-muslim!! [80 words] fajensen May 24, 2006 12:19 The only moral way to deal with Iran [102 words]Ralph C Whaley MD May 9, 2006 17:14 ↔ Not so simple [356 words] Silent Bob May 11, 2006 21:55 Dr Pipes' forgotten option/ Nuclear letter [118 words]HARRAK May 9, 2006 17:14 The Third Option? [299 words]van der Ley May 9, 2006 17:13 Fuuugggedddabouddit !!!!! [562 words]Joe May 9, 2006 17:11 ↔ Iran is harder to defeat than former USSR [258 words] Harrak May 9, 2006 17:52 ↔ Iran is Israel's Problem [104 words] Jorgen Habermas May 9, 2006 19:17 ↔ 1, 2, 5 & 6 - OK [5 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 21:20 ↔ This comment makes sense [14 words] William Sumner Scott May 9, 2006 22:15 ↔ To Joe [119 words] Jeremy May 9, 2006 22:32 ↔ Sure, Jorgen [46 words] LDC May 10, 2006 09:09 ↔ Really? Big-Talking Iran humiliated by little Mexico! [123 words] Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan Jun 11, 2006 17:18 Iranian Coup [161 words]Paul M. Neville May 9, 2006 17:04 ↔ A Congress of Chamberlain [127 words] L Cary May 9, 2006 21:32 Iran Nukes [242 words]Yoven May 9, 2006 16:51 and in addition [207 words]joel novak May 9, 2006 16:13 ↔ Why use of nukes make no logical sense [146 words] S. J. Jacobs May 9, 2006 17:30 ↔ Been There - Done That [37 words] LDC May 9, 2006 21:38 ↔ Logic has no place here [70 words] Pat May 10, 2006 11:56 It aint gonna happen [175 words]Gamaliel Isaac May 9, 2006 16:07 ↔ The Solution [48 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:23 ↔ First, build a coalition [29 words] Octavio Johanson May 9, 2006 16:49 ↔ Europe's Moment of Truth [61 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 21:15 ↔ LD Cary, you have been unfair to Italy [150 words] Octavio Johanson May 10, 2006 04:52 ↔ OK, maybe Italy [90 words] LDC May 10, 2006 19:23 ↔ Germany and France [51 words] Octavio Johanson May 12, 2006 02:28 Yes [74 words]John R May 9, 2006 15:38 ↔ Why Not Korea? [70 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:30 Sometimes deterrence really deters [380 words]Kenneth S. Besig May 9, 2006 15:37 ISLAMIC NUKES [255 words]DONVAN May 9, 2006 15:34 ↔ Iran [34 words] Stu May 10, 2006 01:46 ↔ IRAN [169 words] DONVAN May 10, 2006 15:59 ↔ Iran can not be trusted to keep its word. [9 words] true believer May 11, 2006 11:22 ↔ fully agree donvan [21 words] fedup May 13, 2006 02:11 Whistling Past the Graveyard [154 words]L D Cary May 9, 2006 15:29 attack to win and win [267 words]Carmen Waggoner, Ph.D. May 9, 2006 15:26 ↔ Me 2 [15 words] Dr. Lee D. Cary May 9, 2006 16:05 ↔ Is non-violence hopeless [59 words] William Sumner Scott, J.D. May 9, 2006 16:36 ↔ No Will [81 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 21:10 Another Suggestion [68 words]Jonathan Usher May 9, 2006 15:22 ↔ Why Would They Care? [10 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:06 Iran Third Option [w/response] [441 words]Paul Lawrence Rose May 9, 2006 15:20 ↔ Wish I had read... [11 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:08 ↔ Cold war, deterrence and Iran (response to Mr Pipes view) [87 words] Anubhav May 17, 2006 08:17 ↔ Iran's leaders may be insane, and probably are by some definitions but. . [154 words] Sully May 19, 2006 02:11 ↔ 4th Option: 'Use it or lose it' [149 words] Tyler May 26, 2006 02:36 About the "international" community... [281 words]J.S. May 9, 2006 14:51 ↔ Serves You Right... [25 words] LDC May 9, 2006 21:44 Deterring Tehran [271 words]Dan Rusen May 9, 2006 14:40 Who does Iran fear? [83 words]William Sumner Scott, J.D. May 9, 2006 14:27 ↔ Answer: China [70 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:14 To prevent Iranian Nukes [21 words]Vance A. Bailey May 9, 2006 13:52 ↔ Wrong Generation [38 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:18 Persuasion via the mailed fist [140 words]Robert H. Tyrka Sr. May 9, 2006 13:47 ↔ Thank You Robert [7 words] LD Cary May 9, 2006 16:20 ↔ America is not that superpower anymore. [96 words] CharlesBHoff May 17, 2006 20:10 There may be nothing to bomb. [38 words]Graham Rael-Brook May 9, 2006 13:35
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