On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Gruss wrote: > > Unless Israel is just talking big too. >
Netanyahu is one of the pilots who bombed the Iraqi reactor back in the day. I don't think he's bluffing. > I guess at this point I'm uncertain as to why I should be more afraid > of Iran - who doesn't have a bomb but does have a stable government - > than Pakistan who has 100 bombs and doesn't have a very stable > government. Not to mention is harboring the terrorists that attacked > us on 9/11. > Good point. The only real danger with Iran is if it turns out that they are not in fact stable, and not in fact rational, at least in the sense that we understand rational behavior as dictating a course of self-preservation. If the mullahs really think it is their destiny from Allah to destroy the state of Israel, then all bets are off. In the immediate future , I am far more worried about Pakistan than Iran. We could literally wake up one day and find that the Taliban have taken over, that's how bad things are there. The US military has plans in place to seize their nuclear arsenal if there is a takeover by Islamic extremists. Will Obama give the green light to do that if the Taliban takes over? I don't know, and I'm not sure I would want to face that choice myself. At a certain point, we may run out of good options with regard to Pakistan and Iran. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290483 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
