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Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
23. I wonder why that is?
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:59 PM
Nov 2012

Could it have anything to do with a decade's worth of threats against Iran?

Could it have anything to do with the current US "nothing's off the table" posture of threatening Iran?

Could it have anything to do with Israel's constant blustering and threats of attack?

it begins...... bowens43 Nov 2012 #1
I certainly hope you are wrong BainsBane Nov 2012 #2
What exactly is "it"? cstanleytech Nov 2012 #20
DU's believed war with Iran has been days away since 2004 or so. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #22
I wonder why that is? Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #23
And yet. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #24
It hasn't happened...yet. I've got no problem with people screaming about looming wars. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #26
While I agree that the US and Israeli governments havent exactly cstanleytech Nov 2012 #33
Opps, you forgot one. cstanleytech Nov 2012 #32
well somebody is actually fighting back. nt msongs Nov 2012 #3
Kind Of Empty Though, Isn't It? ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #5
Shooting and MISSING FiveGoodMen Nov 2012 #25
I call BS. grahamhgreen Nov 2012 #4
I've heard that drones are very unpopular that way. GreenPartyVoter Nov 2012 #6
Iran knew it was a drone SCVDem Nov 2012 #7
Mitt needs a job... Hubert Flottz Nov 2012 #8
Heh yea send him over there to outsource their jobs L0oniX Nov 2012 #10
Send his 5 sons with him. EmeraldCityGrl Nov 2012 #27
If rmoney had won caveat_imperator Nov 2012 #9
So glad BainsBane Nov 2012 #11
Credit for actually asking for a formal declaration of war. cloudbase Nov 2012 #13
And here is what scares me the most about these incidents... tavernier Nov 2012 #12
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #14
Don't say "pansies," and I don't like your xenophobia either appacom Nov 2012 #15
Yes, you do regress. rug Nov 2012 #17
Good Earth_First Nov 2012 #16
This is coming from the Pentagon, remember? OnyxCollie Nov 2012 #18
No big deal Bradical79 Nov 2012 #19
And you would be just fine with drones.............. 1springhill Nov 2012 #28
Iran says repelled unidentified plane from its airspace Eugene Nov 2012 #21
There are no fighter planes since WWI that would be unable to shoot down an ladjf Nov 2012 #29
Your conclusion may have been reached off of some simplistic reasoning. Socal31 Nov 2012 #30
The U.S. has been flying spy missions over other Countries for decades with the ladjf Nov 2012 #31
Flying over another countries air space can be seen as an act of war... and-justice-for-all Nov 2012 #34
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