tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post7338821932286178423..comments2023-10-31T07:08:49.579-07:00Comments on RADARSITE: Blips on the Screen: 4 Mar 08Roger W. Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10255672744176037466noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-34363134028798938012008-03-06T09:48:00.000-08:002008-03-06T09:48:00.000-08:00The Daily Show actually had a good take on Ahmadin...The Daily Show actually had a good take on Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Debbie Hamilton<BR/><A HREF="http://www.righttruth.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">Right Truth</A>Right Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274108313586611205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-28149749477726384692008-03-05T08:18:00.000-08:002008-03-05T08:18:00.000-08:00We simply cannot allow this escalation to continue...We simply cannot allow this escalation to continue unabated, which means we must at some point in time take the necessary military actions to bring it to a halt -- forever...well said my friend..Amen!!WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-55757356484170296202008-03-05T02:51:00.000-08:002008-03-05T02:51:00.000-08:00Do unto others as they attempt to do to you; do it...Do unto others as they attempt to do to you; do it first, last & better.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975775791961343435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-42785510950596586782008-03-05T00:24:00.000-08:002008-03-05T00:24:00.000-08:00Ok I guess I wasn't being specific enough. So I'll...Ok I guess I wasn't being specific enough. So I'll be clearer. We simply cannot allow this escalation to continue unabated, which means we must at some point in time take the necessary military actions to bring it to a halt -- forever.<BR/><BR/>"Well, then what you are speaking about and let's say it out loud. A regime killing regime change. Not really an invasion but a massive blitz on Preacheropolis, their fanboys, their IRRGC centers and factories (and there are plenty of them - General Petraeus listed several last time he was in DC)." <BR/><BR/>Yes, as a matter of fact, that sounds pretty damn good to me. I've also seen some pretty good plans for using naval and Air Force assets in an intelligent way with deadly accurate force and minimal civilian casualties.<BR/><BR/>What we cannot do is to just allow them to continue sponsoring terrorism and continue killing our troops and destabilizing the entire region while we carry on endless and ultimately fruitless talks with them, while they continue to develop their nuclear capabilities unimpeded. They ridicule our forbearance and consider it proof of our weakness. <BR/><BR/>We have shown admirable restraint till now and all it has accomplished has been to enable our enemies to become stronger and more prepared for that conflict -- which, incidently, they see as inevitable.<BR/><BR/>We must hit them hard and hit them first. And not just for the sake of impressing or killing the crazy Iranian mullahs, but for the sake of bringing some real fear of American power into that increasingly dangerous region. If they will not respect us -- which seems to be pretty obvious that they don't, then we must teach them to fear us. We must not forget there own unequivocal words -- they intend to destroy us. Period.Roger W. Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10255672744176037466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-7148063661909912532008-03-04T23:27:00.000-08:002008-03-04T23:27:00.000-08:00Well, then what you are speaking about and let's s...Well, then what you are speaking about and let's say it out loud. A regime killing regime change. Not really an invasion but a massive blitz on Preacheropolis, their fanboys, their IRRGC centers and factories (and there are plenty of them - General Petraeus listed several last time he was in DC). <BR/><BR/>An old school special ops campaign to take themm down targeting say the top 20% of their ruling clerics.<BR/><BR/>Careful about blaming everything on Islam. After all, India has more mohammedists than the entire ME combined and she also has a robust, secular democracy with a semi egalitarian society complete with rule of law, periodic transparent elections and a free, uncensored press.<BR/><BR/>More people are becoming aware of that (not to mention Malaysia has almost as many as the ME and is more like Japan, Little Satan or America than Egypt, Syria and Iran) so you may have to upgrade your points. No diss - just a thought. I conceed the point that soemthing about it in the ME is suspect - but that could also be because of tribal leaders, great leaders and supreme leaders instead of elected leaders.<BR/><BR/>To Ben - Rice's 'griping' was actually diplo speak. Consider: Rice mentions restraint, Livni and Barak mention the Geneva Conventions - specifically protocol 77, The UN slams HAMAS in condemnation and Olmert scores by pointing out nobody nowhere would put up with such craziness. The rest of the world nods off in Palestinian Sympathy Fatigue. <BR/><BR/>Politicians in DC are becoming quite adept at the asymmetrical hudna game - and if American history is any indicator - will master it like she has everyone elses.<BR/><BR/>Iran is not a super power. Check out their stats at the CIA Worldfactbook 2008 and it is pitiful. The sanctions are ruining the country, the secret police are getting attacked in broad day light and Germany is their only legit (non weaponry) biz partner (who btw sponsored the latest rounds of sancs.)<BR/><BR/>If anyone is really interested in what may unfold there soon - watch the Arab League Summit in Basharopolis later this month. It will be a bold attempt to formally estab a shi ite crescent from Persia to the Med. Sunni Arab states may actually wake up and take up Great Satan's recent coalition forming offer to counter Iran.GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-35381198479991781772008-03-04T22:09:00.000-08:002008-03-04T22:09:00.000-08:00Thanks all for the great comments. The left has al...Thanks all for the great comments.<BR/> <BR/>The left has already started complaining about Bush dragging us into another illegal and unnecessary war, and we haven't even done anything yet.<BR/><BR/>Although I said I'd try not to use another WWII analogy, they just keep fitting the present circumstances.<BR/>There were, as I've mentioned elsewhere, a lot of "good Germans" who were honestly opposed to Hitler prior to 1939. However -- and this is a big however -- after a certain point in time, after he had invaded Poland and France and England were drawn into the war, it quickly became a moot point. We were at war with ALL GERMANY -- and unfortunately we had little time -- and even less impetus -- to try to separate out those good Germans from those bad Germans.<BR/>Ultimately, this was not of our doing, but was the result of the German people -- for whatever reasons -- allowing the tyrant to assume power and lead their country down that "Road to Ruin".<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid we are witnessing this same scenario being replayed in today's Iran.<BR/><BR/>I have to agree with Dean. We just cannot sit back and wait for some hoped-for-insurrection against the mullahs by those disenchanted -- but unfortunately powerless -- students -- while our own people are being killed and the monster's fangs are growing more deadly daily. Yes, we can try to help things along, we can try to give our moral and financial support to those who oppose the regime, but we cannot expect them to save us from having to face up to this coming crisis.<BR/><BR/>We can hope for a miracle, but we cannot count on it.Roger W. Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10255672744176037466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-78193693005433299972008-03-04T19:46:00.000-08:002008-03-04T19:46:00.000-08:00Well, short term actions could include targeting e...Well, short term actions could include targeting especial and precious assets of the IRRGC. London Times ran a story about that back in NOV. A stepped up campaign could be interpeted as such chicanery bears a painful response. <BR/><BR/>Long term - regime change. In "Children of Jihad" Jared Cohen points out in his Persian pilgrimage that kids in Iran are sick of preachers ruining their nation, their future and their lives:<BR/>"The biggest problem in Iran right now is that young people there can tell you<BR/>exactly what kind of society they don't want, they can tell you exactly what<BR/>kind of society they do want. <BR/><BR/>These young Iranians cannot tell you for the life of them who they want to lead them. They cannot find a single leader to gravitate around and so without a leader to mobilize them, they are not going to go to this. That's part of it. They are also terrified as a legacy of the student riots and what happened in 1999 but also a lot of them have lost confidence in the reform movement. <BR/><BR/>So if they go to the streets and risk getting arrested or detained, who in the government are they actually trying to influence? They don't feel like they have an advocate in the establishment right now. Now, I believe that the next leader of Iran is going to come from this youth generation."<BR/><BR/>This is significant. For the price of a single bunker buster (your choice - nuclear, neutronic or conventional) tens of 1000's of laptop computers with Wi Fi and filter busters could be passed out to combat a regime whose nation is fully crunk with smart, tech saavy young people that could communicate, form their ideologies and find future leaders online. This would perhaps spur the most awesome of all regime changes - from the inside out.<BR/><BR/>And the Mullahs know this and they fear it - why else would they filter, censor and ban the internet?<BR/><BR/>Time is not on their side.GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.com