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In an Alex Jones interview today (you can get 8/28 show from this archive), Ron Paul said they'll try to attack "in the next year or so".  Do you agree?

Yes - during Dubya's administration
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No - they'll do it in the next administration
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No - they can't afford another war
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AlexLibman

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Will the U.S. attack Iran?
« on: August 29, 2007, 03:36:33 AM »

From PrisonPlanet.com -- Ron Paul: Iran Attack On Within A Year --

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Presidential candidate says Neo-Cons waiting for right opportunity

Presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that an attack on Iran is highly likely within a year and that the Bush administration is simply waiting for the right opportunity, or event on which to blame Iran, before launching the assault.

"If I were a betting man I would bet that they will attack Iran before the end of this administration, which means in the next year or so," the Congressman told the Alex Jones Show today.

"The plans have been laid just like the plans were laid to go into Iraq a long time before they did but they had to wait for the right opportunity."

"The radical Neo-Cons are still there - they may have been diminished a little bit but they're still very very influential and very very powerful and they have the President's ear so I think they're just laying the plans, waiting for the opportunity," said Paul.

" I don't think the opportunity presents itself right now, I don't think we're gonna wake up tomorrow morning and have it happen unless they can blame the Iranians for something else - of course they're setting the stage for that by declaring that their Guard unit over there is a terrorist organization, so anything now is possible and they'll blame it on the Iranians and and make that excuse."

The Presidential candidate said he had "Talked to some military people and historians who knew the region," and they they told him "it would be the most disastrous thing we could do for our own sake," jeopardizing the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq and trapping them from getting out of the Persian Gulf.

Rhetoric regarding a potential military attack on Iran has heated again over the past few days, and President Bush himself stoked the flames further today when he warned of the risk of a "nuclear holocaust" if the country was allowed to acquire nuclear capability.

In a speech Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that a diplomatic push by the world's powers to rein in Tehran's nuclear program was the only alternative to "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today stated that a U.S. attack on Iran was "impossible" due to U.S. troops being tied down in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also dismissed Sarkozy's warning, calling the French premiere "inexperienced" and labeling his comments as purely "for the consumption of his inner circles."
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Re: Will the U.S. attack Iran?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2007, 07:51:04 AM »

"Can't afford another war". Now that's funny.

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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2007, 08:23:02 AM »

Cost doesn't matter to them. They'll keep starting wars until they go bankrupt, as long as they're spiritual.
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2007, 11:23:27 AM »

I can't vote, because I don't know. Bush may start another war, but he's having trouble keeping the current one going as it is. I'm sure he'd LIKE to, but he doesn't have all that much time left in office. On the other hand, he's not the most rational of people, and you never know what instructions his "god" might whisper into his ear.
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2007, 12:11:15 PM »

...and you never know what instructions his "god" might whisper into his ear.

God may be whispering in his ear as well, but I'm more worried about what the real rulers of this country are whispering into his ear.

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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2007, 06:15:36 PM »

Right, and it goes without saying that before expanding the war they'll need yet another "Pearl Harbor" or two...
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2007, 06:34:18 PM »

They'll probably bomb Iran like Clinton bombed Iraq, no boots on the ground though.
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2007, 12:34:24 AM »

We have five aircraft carrier groups stations in that region for no good reason. If it looks like war, then it is war.

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Re: Will the U.S. attack Iran?
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2007, 12:39:31 AM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2007, 12:41:20 AM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.

Sounds like bullshit to me. I suspect they'll use anything to bolster a war front in Iran. Good luck to that. :lol: Iran has 100 million plus people, and it ain't all dessert either, you have some big mountains, lots of water, and etc. Basically, we're fucked if we think we can get into an occupation in that country, no matter who back us up there.

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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2007, 01:08:52 AM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.

Sounds like bullshit to me. I suspect they'll use anything to bolster a war front in Iran. Good luck to that. :lol: Iran has 100 million plus people, and it ain't all dessert either, you have some big mountains, lots of water, and etc. Basically, we're fucked if we think we can get into an occupation in that country, no matter who back us up there.

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I thought it was more like 70 million, regardless you are correct the U.S cannot occupy Iran, it can however destroy its military and what industry it has and then leave.

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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2007, 10:18:24 AM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.

Sounds like bullshit to me. I suspect they'll use anything to bolster a war front in Iran. Good luck to that. :lol: Iran has 100 million plus people, and it ain't all dessert either, you have some big mountains, lots of water, and etc. Basically, we're fucked if we think we can get into an occupation in that country, no matter who back us up there.

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Mmmmmm.  Dessert.
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2007, 11:08:10 AM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.

Sounds like bullshit to me. I suspect they'll use anything to bolster a war front in Iran. Good luck to that. :lol: Iran has 100 million plus people, and it ain't all dessert either, you have some big mountains, lots of water, and etc. Basically, we're fucked if we think we can get into an occupation in that country, no matter who back us up there.

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« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2007, 02:10:33 PM »

My local radio station keeps talking about about reports of al qaeda cells with nukes on US soil being confirmed. Has anyone else heard this recently? They talk about it like it's bran new, but they don't give a source.

Sounds like bullshit to me. I suspect they'll use anything to bolster a war front in Iran. Good luck to that. :lol: Iran has 100 million plus people, and it ain't all dessert either, you have some big mountains, lots of water, and etc. Basically, we're fucked if we think we can get into an occupation in that country, no matter who back us up there.

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Yeah that's bullshit.  The US military is plenty capable of destroying the entire earth, and you think some backfuck poor ass desert shithole can destroy the US military?  If you're trying to make an argument against fighting a war with Iran, then don't pull this bullshit that the US would die a horrible death because of it.  That's definitely a big lie.  Try making an ethical argument instead of a pussy face scaredy cat argument.
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« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2007, 02:14:50 PM »

Yeah that's bullshit.  The US military is plenty capable of destroying the entire earth, and you think some backfuck poor ass desert shithole can destroy the US military?  If you're trying to make an argument against fighting a war with Iran, then don't pull this bullshit that the US would die a horrible death because of it.  That's definitely a big lie.  Try making an ethical argument instead of a pussy face scaredy cat argument.

Um, dumb ass, we're already stretched thin in two fronts. If you even taken at least one history course regarding warfare then you would know one does not fight two fronts or more in a war. Especially, if you use traditional combat tactics and procedures (bases, fronts, camps, and standing armies). Since you show no experience in military strategy or tactics, nor a lick of historical reference for your claims, then please suck my ignore, asspie.

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