On May 11, 5:23=A0pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
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> On May 11, 1:36=A0pm, ScottW <Scott...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 10, 11:29=A0pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
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> > <artygu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Remember you telling me how we could easily attack Iran,
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> > =A0Easily? =A0You're embelli****ng again.
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> > > considering our current commitments? Let's see how (yet another) top
> > > military officer agrees with me, and not you:
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> > > Top U.S. officer says would prefer no war on Iran
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> > > Reuters
> > > Monday, May 5, 2008; 3:10 AM
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> > > JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and
> > > Iraq would make it difficult to mount any attack on Iran, the
> > > Pentagon's top officer said in remarks broadcast on Monday, adding
> > > that he would prefer to avoid a new regional war.
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> > > "I actually am very hopeful that we don't get into a position where
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> > > have to get into a conflict," Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the
> > > Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Israel's Channel Ten television when
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> > > if he might recommend that U.S. forces strike Iranian nuclear
> > > facilities preemptively.
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> > > "It would be a very significant challenge for the United States
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> > > now to get into a third conflict in that part of the world," Mullen
> > > added, referring to the Bush administration's long-running military
> > > commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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>http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR200..=
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> > Of course it's a significant challenge. =A0All wars are.
> > But just 1 month ago he also said this:
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> >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007878/posts
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> > "He said conflict with Iran would be =93extremely stressing=94 for
> > America=92s overstretched forces, but added: =93It would be a mistake
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> > think that we are out of combat capability.=94
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> And what would you expect him to say, 2pid? LOL!
The truth which I believe he did.
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> > So there you have it. =A0Your problem is one of clarity and precision
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> > When someone says difficult you hear impossible.
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> When I hear the top military commander even broach the topic it
> concerns me, 2pid.
It concerns me as well, but I'm not going to assume
he means more or less than what he said.
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> > When I say possible you hear easy.
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> "Significant challenge" from the top military commander is the same as
> saying "This would not be a good time", especially when you consider
> all of the other things about military readiness being said in the
> news.
Yes, I've heard all that. I guess you think an assault on
Iran would have been easier with an unfriendly Saddam army
on one flank and the Taliban on the other?
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> > This condition you have is commonly know as being full of ****.
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> LOL!
and a bit crazy.
ScottW
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