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Comrade Grumpy

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48. Maybe Israel should be concerned that Barak is pushing for an attack on Iran.
Mon Feb 20, 2012, 04:43 PM
Feb 2012

They are unlikely to successfully pull it off, and then what?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/world/middleeast/iran-raid-seen-as-complex-task-for-israeli-military.html?hp

Iran Raid Seen as a Huge Task for Israeli Jets

Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Should Israel decide to launch a strike on Iran, its pilots would have to fly more than 1,000 miles across unfriendly airspace, refuel in the air en route, fight off Iran’s air defenses, attack multiple underground sites simultaneously — and use at least 100 planes.

That is the assessment of American defense officials and military analysts close to the Pentagon, who say that an Israeli attack meant to set back Iran’s nuclear program would be a huge and highly complex operation. They describe it as far different from Israel’s “surgical” strikes on a nuclear reactor in Syria in 2007 and Iraq’s Osirak reactor in 1981.

“All the pundits who talk about ‘Oh, yeah, bomb Iran,’ it ain’t going to be that easy,” said Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, who retired last year as the Air Force’s top intelligence official and who planned the American air campaigns in 2001 in Afghanistan and in the 1991 Gulf War.

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The possible outlines of an Israeli attack have become a source of debate in Washington, where some analysts question whether Israel even has the military capacity to carry it off. One fear is that the United States would be sucked into finishing the job — a task that even with America’s far larger arsenal of aircraft and munitions could still take many weeks, defense analysts said. Another fear is of Iranian retaliation.



Israel can do what it wants and we don't need to join their party nt msongs Feb 2012 #1
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #2
Like who? n/t MrBig Feb 2012 #3
Google...................... Knight Hawk Feb 2012 #6
apparently you can not back up your own statement? azurnoir Feb 2012 #12
Really atreides1 Feb 2012 #13
I did Google it and the sites are all BS, just because they are Jewish doesn't make them dual citiz R Merm Feb 2012 #19
Funny MrBig Feb 2012 #33
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #39
And where, praytell, did you come by this list? Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #41
nor I mitchtv Feb 2012 #56
I have been unable to find any Congress member with any type of dual citizenship. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #57
David Frum is Canadian isn't he.. looks like a bogus list to me. OKNancy Feb 2012 #63
And all I'm saying MrBig Feb 2012 #49
Catch 22 Strelnikov_ Feb 2012 #4
"Do you have any idea how many very influential Americans have dual Israeli/American citizenship?" azurnoir Feb 2012 #7
Gruesomely Hilarious earthside Feb 2012 #8
The key word there, which ain't necessarily true, is "when"... JHB Feb 2012 #9
Then let them volunteer to fight Iran Hugabear Feb 2012 #10
+1 madokie Feb 2012 #21
This post sounds very conspiratorial MrBig Feb 2012 #34
No, it's neither a conspiracy nor a secret. It is right out there in the open for everyone to see. The Stranger Feb 2012 #45
Ridiculous! MrBig Feb 2012 #54
Look, I don't know how to break this to you, but there are many people lobbying for the U.S. to The Stranger Feb 2012 #58
You aren't getting my point MrBig Feb 2012 #59
+1. This is, basically, a new version of the "Jewish conspirators control the government" line... TheWraith Feb 2012 #61
I have to disagree. The Stranger Feb 2012 #71
I agree, but MrBig Feb 2012 #72
There is no fucking list of "dual citizens." TheWraith Feb 2012 #73
But many people have dual citizenship with the US and many other countries TomClash Feb 2012 #14
I think dual citizenship is wrong LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #25
Disloyalty? Knight Hawk Feb 2012 #43
How does citizenship affect that? TomClash Feb 2012 #64
Thank You!!! MrBig Feb 2012 #66
You're welcome TomClash Feb 2012 #68
Do you have any idea how many American (voters) have had it with bullshit wars? marmar Feb 2012 #15
About 99% of us. nt valerief Feb 2012 #65
Do YOU? Iggo Feb 2012 #18
It's a conspiracy Lawlbringer Feb 2012 #20
By this line of reasoning, sulphurdunn Feb 2012 #27
Something tells me MrBig Feb 2012 #35
Interesting mixed message in that headline leveymg Feb 2012 #5
The spelling of both names are different. Fearless Feb 2012 #29
Well isn't that a tricky headline! Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #11
I'll bet Dick Cheney is getting a woodie over this. Lasher Feb 2012 #16
Why is the Jewish vote so powerful in the US? mainer Feb 2012 #17
The fear of being labeled an "anti-Semite" and being politically mauled keeps nanabugg Feb 2012 #22
Posts like this help purport stereotypes MrBig Feb 2012 #37
Just so you know.... Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #44
My post had nothing to do about anti-semitism mainer Feb 2012 #46
And yet, you are making it sound as if they control the US government. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #47
And Jews still have to deal with the false notion they control everything MrBig Feb 2012 #50
So I've seen... MrBig Feb 2012 #52
Thanks, but you shouldn't have said that outloud. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #53
Sorry... MrBig Feb 2012 #55
The Jewish vote and the Pro-Israel vote are two different things MrBig Feb 2012 #36
I'm just contrasting the fact that politicians feel free to run racist anti-Asian American ads mainer Feb 2012 #42
I would disagree MrBig Feb 2012 #51
"Barack" ?? Not even using Obama? Let alone PRESIDENT OBAMA. Now it's down to "Barack" ? nt cyberpj Feb 2012 #23
The 'Barak' being referred to in the headline is israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. eom Purveyor Feb 2012 #24
Ehud Barak has been in the public spotlight for many years, he is 20 years older than the Prez. Fortran Feb 2012 #30
Awkwarrrd... n/t MrBig Feb 2012 #38
Ha, ha, ha, ha DeadEyeDyck Feb 2012 #40
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, NOT President Obama n/t Tx4obama Feb 2012 #60
Not only that, but they are leaving letters out too!!!!!!!!! octothorpe Feb 2012 #69
Oh boy. Fox News will have fun confusing these names. Kablooie Feb 2012 #26
Doesn't seem to be just Fox news. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #32
Who is the US in this story? N.T. Gringostan Feb 2012 #28
Humbly suggest that if one doesn't know Ehud Barak is, then STFU and do some reading. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #31
Maybe Israel should be concerned that Barak is pushing for an attack on Iran. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #48
* * * * * Israeli Defense Minister Ehud BARAK, NOT President Obama * * * * * Tx4obama Feb 2012 #62
Forgetting to use the sarcasm smilie can really screw up a joke. cyberpj Feb 2012 #67
heh.... I think the problem is that there been more than a few times where octothorpe Feb 2012 #70
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