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16. Israel will attack Iran on it's own schedule if it does so at all

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 02:27 PM

Feb 2012

Why do Americans think the whole world revolves around them?

I'm not buying this for a second.

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A genuine existential threat to Obama's reelection [View all] hifiguy Feb 2012 OP

k&r... spanone Feb 2012 #1

American evangelical voters won't vote for Obama anyway frazzled Feb 2012 #2

True, it isn't that they'd vote for Obama hifiguy Feb 2012 #5

That's not exactly true. TheWraith Feb 2012 #26

The Prez should let him lsewpershad Feb 2012 #3

There will be no war surfdog Feb 2012 #4

The operative word is sane .. GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #18

After ten plus years of 2 wars gholtron Feb 2012 #6

I posted a couple of articles on this issue last night: Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #7

Oh Beebee... The Doctor. Feb 2012 #8

Thanks - yes this has occured to me. jimlup Feb 2012 #9

I'm not a big Sullivan fan zipplewrath Feb 2012 #15

Israel will attack Iran on it's own schedule if it does so at all sellitman Feb 2012 #16

Because when it comes to war and oil Muskypundit Feb 2012 #22

this is some of the silliest analysis i've seen in quite a while. unblock Feb 2012 #17

You think Israeli jets fly home and it's over? Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #19

i have no doubt iran would retaliate one way or another. unblock Feb 2012 #21

It would be in Irans interest to make it a drawn out ground war. Muskypundit Feb 2012 #24

yes, well, that's where the u.s. comes in. unblock Feb 2012 #29

+1 treestar Feb 2012 #27

read this as: "A genuine extraterrestrial threat to Obama's reelection" piratefish08 Feb 2012 #23

The not changing horses in midstream argument would work here treestar Feb 2012 #25

Beebee attacks libtodeath Feb 2012 #30