tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post6108561352326836925..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Is Israel Preparing A Fall Strike Against Iran?Freedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-72032913960463640092012-08-20T19:39:25.911-07:002012-08-20T19:39:25.911-07:00"...and its uncertain what actual steps they ..."...and its uncertain what actual steps they would be able to take."<br /><br />I can think of plenty. 1.)The largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal in the world. 2.)The world's most skilled intellegence service that would be capable of sabotoge on a massive scale. 3.)Armed forces who are among the best led and best trained in the world. 4.)Major oil supplier to Western Europe. 5.) Excellent relations with most international terrorist organizations. 6.)Excellent relations with China, India, and the majors powers in Central and South America. <br /><br />And I'm just getting started here. Actually it seems it should be quite clear they can do pretty much whatever pleases them, far from being unclear what they could do. As an American who wants our country to be a major world power, when I look at these six assets Russia has its disposal among other assets, it makes me a bit dismayed that America has nothing even approaching this at its disposal. B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-29910736248454664272012-08-20T19:30:50.402-07:002012-08-20T19:30:50.402-07:00"The US would be capable of doing it far more..."The US would be capable of doing it far more effectively and neatly..." With all due respect this statement could not possibly be further from the truth!! The US pilot do not have the training, the leadership, or the flying skills the Israeli pilots have. Furthermore the Iranian air defense system ia among the best in the world. The Americans simply don't have the flying skills, the leadership, or the training to be able to penetrate this and to compound the problems from continuing operations around the world America's military equipment is worn down to the point that even basic national defense is problematic. In addtion, America's government has been so heavily infiltrated by foreign agents that the Iranians and their allies would learn almost instantly of a coming attack. <br /><br />Given these problems faced by America, the less involvement by America the more likely Israel is to succeed. The operation should be conducted entirely by the Israelis and no consultations with the Americans should be undertaken in advance and America should not be involved in any way. This maximizes the chances of success for the operation. Since Iran is an enemy who wishes to destroy America, it is profoundly in our interest that the operation succeed. <br /><br />The less we interefere with or are involved with an Israeli operation, the more likely it is to succeed. Our best approach would be to get out of Israel's way and focus on deploying our forces where they are best able to defend our homeland. <br /><br />The only way I see any kind of war with Iran benefiting Mr. Obama is if Israel is successful in eliminating the Iranian nuclear progam and decimating its military capability with no American involvement and Mr. Obama is somehow able to take credit for it. Interestingly enough this is much more likely to happen if America stays out of the way.<br /><br />Finally, Russian involvement on the side of Iran should military hostilities break out is a certainty. No serious discussion has been made of this publically. I can only hope and pray to Aemrican and Israeli officials are accounting for this. B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-13964325321793282862012-08-18T22:16:56.480-07:002012-08-18T22:16:56.480-07:00Shavua Tov, Altalena.
Americans tend to rally beh...Shavua Tov, Altalena.<br /><br />Americans tend to rally behind a president when there are problems with pesky foreigners.<br /><br />Jimmy Carter experienced a bump in approval ratings when the Iran hostage crisis first occurred. It dissipated after a couple of months when the American people realized his was just as inept and ineffectual handling Iran as he had been with everything else, but it did occur.<br /><br />An American strike on Iran in October if President Obama is down in the polls <i> might</i> be enough to carry him to re-election.<br /><br />There's no way he would ever do it for any other reason, but the possibility remains IMO.<br /><br />Chash Dam,<br />Rob<br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-68470394066319531512012-08-18T05:00:14.113-07:002012-08-18T05:00:14.113-07:00Would a strike by Obama in October be such a great...Would a strike by Obama in October be such a great idea for his popularity? What about the sudden rise in oil prices that would follow, or possible terror attacks by Iranian agents...Altalenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-90555637753819197682012-08-17T16:04:12.435-07:002012-08-17T16:04:12.435-07:00Hi Louie,
It means that weather is changeable. But...Hi Louie,<br />It means that weather is changeable. But normally, it is clear, dry and good flying conditions.<br /><br />A couple of other things...Libya IMO was never really a client state of the Russians like Egypt or Syria, although they did buy arms from them.<br /><br />The Russians will be livid, especially since a number of their nationals will probably end up dead, but this has happened before in both the '67 and '73 wars, and it's uncertain what actual steps they would be able to take.<br /><br />Also, if Israel does take out Iran's oil producing capacity, both Russia and China are going to lose interest fairly quickly since Iran will no longer be a 'paying customer' for arms, etc.<br /><br />And based on China's increased ties with Israel, Israel's upcoming gas and oil and China's own Muslim terrorism problem, there may not be as much actual hell as opposed to just rhetoric. <br /><br />Regards,<br />Rob<br /> Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-78589097225150810722012-08-17T12:24:49.072-07:002012-08-17T12:24:49.072-07:00in this discussion, and in the links provided, the...in this discussion, and in the links provided, the only international position discussed is the inaction of hussein, or as i call him bush III. in that regard he is just like bush II.<br />no one ever mentions the russians.<br />they lost a client state in libya.<br />they don't want to lose syria.<br />they will not want to lose iran.<br />nor will china want to lose that iranian oil.<br />this new appointment of an ambassador to china better be a doosey, because if this goes down he is going to catch hell in beijing.<br /><br /><i>over, and the weather that time of year is normally right.</i><br /><br />normally right?<br />normally right?<br />what the hell does that mean?louielouienoreply@blogger.com