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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:07 PM
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Biggest Game of "Chicken" since the Cuban Missile Crisis now being played re Iran...
Edited on Sat Jan-06-07 08:12 PM by Junkdrawer
Currently, Iran has thumbed their nose at a US sponsored UN Security Council demand that they stop enriching uranium.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-01-05-iran_x.htm

The Saudis, France and China are now talking to Iran to try to get them to change their mind.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Saudi_Arabia_France.html

The US is sending aircraft carrier groups en masse to the area.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=63263

Israel is threatening a nuke attack:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2535310,00.html

Question: Who, if anyone, will blink? :scared:
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:15 PM
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1. Cook dinner and see what you miss...
News that Israel is threatening Iran with nukes. It's enough to make me lose my appetite.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:17 PM
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2. And there is no hand at the tiller of Good Ship America...
We need a hero.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:19 PM
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3. Yeah, I detect a difference in class between JFK and Dubya...
Call me crazy...
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:27 PM
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4.  I can just see bush reaching for that button
He is nuts enough to do this . I bet he has toy buttons to practice on just to keep the jab reflex up to par .

I don't think this Iran threat is a joke or a far off thing anylonger .

This subject keeps popping up all too often lately . Now I hear within the next two years but I'm afraid it will be sooner than this .

This it the bushs only card left to get out of the spot he is in now . They can stall investigations but for how long .
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:35 PM
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5. To be a real game of chicken,
Edited on Sat Jan-06-07 08:35 PM by mmonk
both sides have to be a real and immediate threat to the other. So, this isn't really chicken. It's one side threatening another if it doesn't obey it's commands.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:37 PM
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6. I don't know...an attack on Iran, especially a nuclear attack by Israel...
will have PLENTY of negative consequences for all sides..
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:38 PM
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7. Packi extremist will overthrow th government to get to th nukes to use them on Israel in retaliation
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:41 PM
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8. Once scenario. Iran giving Lebanese Hezbollah the weapons and the OK...
to use them is another.
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:47 PM
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9. DEMOCRATS SAY: Nuclear Iran unacceptable LBN>>>
Edited on Sat Jan-06-07 08:49 PM by jus_the_facts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2678289

Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position.

The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions that the Democrats would be weaker than the Republicans on Iran.

He also said that the use of force against Teheran remained an option.

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:eyes: :nopity:
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 08:50 PM
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10. Yeah...you could call that one a mile away...
It's the ole "Democrats not wanting to seem weak on defense" trick...
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 10:09 PM
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12. Didn't our VP's corp. sell the technology to them first..NOW we gotta Nuke 'em before they NUKE us..
....pathologically pathetic situation.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-07-07 08:47 AM
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15. Check this:
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-07-07 08:06 AM
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14. Steny, a nuclear USA, Israel, India, Pakistan, and any other nation you can add
to this list is unacceptable as well.
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-06-07 09:24 PM
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11. Fanatics don't blink
Edited on Sat Jan-06-07 09:25 PM by Gman
only reasonable people blink. That's the frightening thing here. The fanatics are in charge in the US and in Iran.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-07-07 07:52 AM
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13. A slow motion train wreck....
Edited on Sun Jan-07-07 08:13 AM by Junkdrawer
And its will speed to real-time as soon as the trains touch.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-07-07 12:09 PM
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16. .
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