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JackRiddler

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24. Israel has been demanding a US greenlight for a war on Iran for years.
Thu Dec 29, 2011, 07:32 PM
Dec 2011

They've been lobbying for a US strike and asking support in doing it themselves.

Don't pretend they'd be innocent in this new war of aggression, if it comes to it.

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Not going to happen. Period. tabatha Dec 2011 #1
unless there is a 9-11-scale false-flag attack by "Iran" on the US/allies. yodermon Dec 2011 #4
Doesn't need to be false flag - read the latest from LA Times about truedelphi Dec 2011 #17
Amen. And we've been hearing the same crazy tin-foil bullshit for SEVEN YEARS. TheWraith Dec 2011 #32
And some would rather have Health Care for citizens........ Bandit Dec 2011 #2
Oh no, here we go again. We will be in a real Dark Age, literally & figuratively. northoftheborder Dec 2011 #3
Almost ten years of this bullshit "it's here! It's going to happen!" Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #5
If they were to attack (and I don't think they are) they would not occupy Iran because Iran teddy51 Dec 2011 #6
Iran will not be the military pushover that Iraq was, b/c Iran is coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #9
Iran is far from ethnically homogenous RZM Dec 2011 #12
I stand corrected. I suppose I was contrasting it with the Shi'a-Sunni-Kurdish coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #19
Persian is the accepted English word for the language RZM Dec 2011 #20
I live in Los Angeles which has a large Iranian ex-pat community and I've never once coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #22
I don't doubt that's the term they use RZM Dec 2011 #30
No invasion/occupation. But a military action is not out of the question, IMHO. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #7
interesting choice for the source of your post... madrchsod Dec 2011 #8
Why not a paper in Ghana? JackRiddler Dec 2011 #23
i have a friend who moved to the usa from ghana madrchsod Dec 2011 #34
Bombing, maybe -- inciting minority groups, sure -- invasion, no way starroute Dec 2011 #10
LOL! Israel will "precipitate the region into instability"? Have you READ the news from the ME? Behind the Aegis Dec 2011 #11
No kidding! Rex Dec 2011 #15
Israel has been demanding a US greenlight for a war on Iran for years. JackRiddler Dec 2011 #24
No way. Rex Dec 2011 #13
I have a question for you, Northerner RZM Dec 2011 #14
well I don't know N's history, but LA TImes has breaking news truedelphi Dec 2011 #18
Much of this anti-Iran noise is electioneering. Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #16
I hope that misspelling was unintentional. N/T RZM Dec 2011 #21
oopsies. nt Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 #29
Yeah, well, if you play with explosives often enough, they might explode. JackRiddler Dec 2011 #25
The war will begin within the next 2-3 months. Prepare for it. roamer65 Dec 2011 #26
China won't allow it. lapislzi Dec 2011 #27
Iran is an observer state within SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) roamer65 Dec 2011 #28
You are so very on target- BeHereNow Dec 2011 #33
I remember the fruitcake Wayne Madsen OKNancy Dec 2011 #31
The U.S. attack on Iran has been imminent since 2003. n/t leeroysphitz Dec 2011 #35
I thought we invaded last Tuesday??? n/t greytdemocrat Dec 2011 #36
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