Re: OT: Europe takes the lead on Iran

In article <clund-0ACDBD.10200916012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
C Lund <clund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <1h98492.x17k2s138llngN%ajbrehm@xxxxxxxxx>,
> ajbrehm@xxxxxxxxx (Andrew J. Brehm) wrote:
> > C Lund <clund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > In article <2006011412033375249%jcrnospam@nospamidiomcom>,
> > > John C. Randolph <jcr.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On 2006-01-13 23:58:43 -0800, C Lund <clund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > > > > UN: Iran, please stop your nuclear program.
> > > > > Iran: Uhm... no.
> > > > > UN: Ok, then we'll stop importing your... uhm... woven carpets.
> > > > > Iran: Fine. Then we'll stop exporting our oil. So there.
> > > > > USA: OH NOES!!! TEH OIL IS TEH ARMZ AND LEGZ!!!
> > > > Far more likely, is that Israel will do what needs to be done,
> > > You mean bomb whatever Iran has that looks like it might be used for
> > > making nukes? Yeah, I think that might be a good way to make the
> > > region blow up.
> > Israel did that to Iraq in the 1980s. And it did not cause the region to
> > blow up.
>
> Did Iraq retaliate by firing missiles back at Israel and various US
> military bases in the Middle East back then? Iran can do that.

If Iran doesn't change course, bombing nuclear facilities, while not a
particularly good course of action, would seem to be superior to the
alternatives.

Maybe Israel will do it again. They don't seem to mind taking the heat
for that sort of thing. (Of course, even if Israel does it, the US will
still get blamed. And vice versa.)

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