Beyond the Pale - U.S. Prepares to invade Iran

U.S. Prepares to invade Iran

Mar. 27th, 2007 at 9:11 AM

File this under "statements that are supposed to allay fears that actually provoke them":

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/us.gulf.ap/index.html

The U.S. exercises come just four days after Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines who Iran said had strayed into Iranian waters near the Gulf. Britain and the U.S. Navy have insisted the British sailors were operating in Iraqi waters.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kevin Aandahl said the U.S. maneuvers were not organized in response to the capture of the British sailors -- nor were they meant to threaten the Islamic Republic, whose navy operates in the same waters.

What the Navy was trying to say was "no, no, we're not going to blow up Iran over fifteen limeys that couldn't navigate", but what they wound up saying was "15 Brits? Jesus shit, people, we were ALREADY PLANNING THIS TO SHOW IRAN WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THEM".

Anyone want to take bets on the start of the invasion?

-pb

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bluinkalchemist wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 01:24 pm (UTC)

Good Lord. As if our present resident president wasn't deluded enough, now he's going to piss off a power of Islam that has nuclear weapons? Maybe I moved to Norristown when I should have moved somewhere like, I don't know, Scandanavia?

Anyway, I moved to Norristown on Saturday and I'm looking for fun & interesting people to interact with. Especially people who are into gaming and esoteric knowledge, who don't mind philosophical ramblings on the nature of the Divine and the stupidity of people. You seem to fit the bill and I'd be honored if you allowed me to call you 'friend'. At least as far as LJ is concerned.

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pbagosy wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 01:36 pm (UTC)

Good Lord. As if our present resident president wasn't deluded enough, now he's going to piss off a power of Islam that has nuclear weapons?

Bah, he's ready to use nuclear weapons against a country with nuclear weapons to show them that they can't have nuclear weapons.

Anyway, I moved to Norristown on Saturday

Oh, I'm sorry =P

I'm looking for fun & interesting people to interact with. Especially people who are into gaming and esoteric knowledge, who don't mind philosophical ramblings on the nature of the Divine and the stupidity of people.

Hey, I'm always looking for gamers in the area, because I have a massive game jones going on. As for the philosophical ramblings on the nature of the Divine, I hope it doesn't bother you that I consider the Divine to be Nature.

I'm organizing a game, so feel free to fill out the poll if you're interested!

Friended back, and thanks for introducing yourself!

-pb

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bluinkalchemist wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 01:47 pm (UTC)

My pleasure. In terms of ramblings, my Declaration of Independence is probably a good place to start. ;)

But to answer your question, no, it doesn't bother me. Gaia can be a bit of a bitch sometimes but she's just trying to take care of her own, and any mother can go from zero to über-bitch in under five seconds when her kids are messed with.

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jhfurnish wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 04:38 pm (UTC)

Well, as history shows us, even Hitler outreached himself.

Perhaps the Iranians can be the salvation of us all if Bush finally gets his nose ablated from his fucking face.

This could be either the true beginning-of-the-end or it could be the final straw that makes it all come to an end.

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pbagosy wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 04:48 pm (UTC)

Attacking Iran, even after goading them into giving us "justification", would be a mistake of such colossal magnitude as to make invading Iraq seem like a good idea.

We're bogged down in a country with 1/14th our population with no concept of victory, purpose, or mission. Had we had any one of those three things prior to going in, we'd probably still be fucked. If we had all three, we wouldn't have gone in. Now, we've got an overstretch military, and we want to invade yet a third country? News flash, Generalissimo El Busho: Iran has more guns, more people, more equipment (including American-made and refitted F-14 Tomcats!), and the possibility of tactical nuclear weapons.

Oh, and attacking them would send the price of oil above $90/barrel. Think how that's going to play at home! What'll that do to the economy, especially when you figure in the ballooning cost of Iraq (only 200 billion to blow up and rebuild the entire country!), and the ballooning cost of Afghanistan, plus the new war spending.

If Iran wants to defeat us, they might as well goad us into a war. They might not win, but we'll be demolished.

-pb

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pbagosy wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 04:50 pm (UTC)

News flash, Generalissimo El Busho: Iran has more guns, more people, more equipment (including American-made and refitted F-14 Tomcats!), and the possibility of tactical nuclear weapons.

That should read:

News flash, Generalissimo El Busho: Iran has more guns, more people, more equipment (including American-made and refitted F-14 Tomcats!) than Iraq, and the possibility of tactical nuclear weapons.

-pb

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jhfurnish wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2007 05:58 pm (UTC)

Oh, I understood what you meant.

I remember when I was an active Wobbly. We had an Iranian Fellow Worker named Farah. He went back to Iran to get his wife out.

I don't know what happened to him in the long run. I should probably get in touch with Mike D'Amore to find out the disposition of everyone. He's in the City Council of Allentown, btw. I never expected that; I figured he'd stay in New England where he was attending UMASS.

Yes, an invasion of Iran might well be the salvation of America for the fact that it will eat Bush and his bastards alive. It might also be the end of the fucking world.

I'll see you in the post-apocalypse; barring that, perhaps we'll recognize each other when we reincarnate as some morphed species about a million years from now after the planet recovers from Americanism.

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