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quote: Wouldn't hurt my feelings to bomb Iran to the point nobody is left to retaliate. Considering the problems they have been causing in Iraq, it is no more than fitting.
Substitute the countries/areas/peoples of your choice for 'Iran' and 'Iraq' there, and you have what terrorists say - although, actually, many of them don't seem to go as far as calling for the deaths of everyone in a nation. |
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'America's top military officer has said opening up a third front in the Middle East through a strike on Iran would be "extremely stressful" for US forces...
...The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says it has been clear for some time that Adm Mullen does not want to attack Iran.
But his latest remarks suggest he is fighting hard behind the scenes for both the US and Israel to think carefully about the consequences of an attack before considering mounting it, he says...' US admiral urges caution on IranWill Bush fire him as he did Fallon? 'Support the troops', ha.
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On the other hand... Iran missile test 'provocative'Are the hawks on all sides going to get their way? The missile test was surely no more or less provocative than Israel's recent rehearsals. 'While it might not appear so from the Iranian missile test, the response from Tehran has not all been defiance.
Last month, the EU's foreign policy representative, Javier Solana, brought to Tehran a new package of "incentives" designed to encourage it back to the negotiating table.
A similar package was offered two years ago, and rejected out of hand. But this time, maybe because of the growing talk of war, Iran has been more circumspect.
The foreign policy adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, said Iran should accept the proposals, or at least agree to talk about them.
But Mr Velayati, and the spokesman of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, quickly made it clear Iran should not compromise on its nuclear policy.
Iran's position should become clear in the coming days...' Mounting sense of crisis |
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