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   From: trdell1234@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:18:08 -0800, Devil with the China Blue Dress   
    wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   > MattB  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:49:43 -0800, Tim Howard   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >On 2/11/2012 9:32 PM, Dånk 42Ø wrote:   
   >> >> On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:27:11 -0800, Tim Howard wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >>> Every network should be reporting this.  NBC is the only one with guts.   
   >> >>>    US officials have finally admitted Israel is behind the assassination   
   >> >>> of Iran's nuclear scientists.  Most US politicians will probably   
   >> >>> applaud.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Probably.  Think of how many Syrian lives could be saved if the CIA   
   >> >> "solved" the problem of Bashar al-Assad.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Given a choice between sanctions that won't work, a war that can't be   
   >> >> won, or a single ten-cent bullet in the head of a genocidal dictator,   
   >> >> which would you prefer?   
   >> >   
   >> >That sounds so simple doesn't it?  I will leave aside for a moment the   
   >> >facts that such an action violates international law and amounts to an   
   >> >act of war, which would be unconstitutional if not approved by Congress   
   >> >first.  You probably don't care about things like that.  What I will say   
   >> >is that many times the US has acted militarily in the world without   
   >> >caring what anyone else thinks and no matter how well it seems to turn   
   >> >out initially, those things come back to haunt us.  Maybe not for years   
   >> >or even decades, but they come back to haunt.   
   >> >   
   >> >As for Israel, can we all admit to the fact the they have 80-200 nuclear   
   >> >weapons themselves, and it would defy all logic for Iran to launch one   
   >> >weapon at them, knowing they would get wiped out by Israel's 80-200?  By   
   >> >not acknowledging this fact when discussing Iran, the US starts any   
   >> >argument it makes about them from a knowingly false premise.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   I always thought Iran would give a nuke to a terrorist group and   
   >> deny any fault.  Strange thing is I believe Iran would be destroyed in   
   >> either case.   
   >>   
   >>   I think what we have in Syria is a Proxy war.  The US and the Arabs   
   >> against China, Russia and Iran.   
   >   
   >The US is not at war with China and Russia. China and Russia are upholding the   
   >principle of national sovereignity for others which the US claims for itself.   
   If   
   >you want a legal basis for intervening in the internal affairs of Syria, that   
   >would also be a legal basis for intervening in the internal affairs of the   
   >US--for example if the UN banned capital punishment in the US.   
      
      
   Didn't say I wanted anything.  Just seems China and Russia love the   
   terrorist supporter Iran.  The Arab league will do as they see fit.   
   Russia and China have lost influence and when Assad falls so will   
   Iran's influence in Lebanon..   
      
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