It's Friday night and yes I'm home doing nothing but watching Hannity and Colmes with the wife. That's another story. But they are talking about Iran admitting they have supplied the Hezbos with long range missiles to hit Tel Aviv but none of been launched yet and can only be launched with Iran's word. Then a retired US general comes on and says he would tell Syria and Iran that if one of these missiles hits Tel Aviv then Theran and Damascus will be leveled. My questions is: why demand anyone not hit Tel Aviv? At this point they have hit everything but Tel Aviv. How you end every short range, long range, every fart on Israeli territory is: Tell Iran, Syria, Lebanon.....let one missile of ANY sort hit our territory and Beirut is rubble. Let ONE missile of any sort hit Israeli territory and Tehran is gone..........I think nothing would come.....these other countries can not compete with Israel and the bombs would stop. If not and these other countries attack, so be it..... then let's get it all over with in one swoop. Am I crazy?
They would have to be prepared to act on such a threat, which would be a pretty tough thing to do. It would undoubtedly expand the conflict beyond the parameter that they want. Having said that, I think it's a great solution. Let's get this over with already.
Yeah, but that's another subject.:hihi: Sorry, I couldn't resist. Y'all can go back to serious discussions now.:grin:
Oh, absolutely. Good thing is, you'd only have to act once.....say Beirut. Then watch how fast Iran and Syria shut the F up. And watch how fast Lebanon gets control of the Hezbos. I guess my question wasn't much of a question really. I was just annoyed at how some retired US general was NOW drawing a line in the sand with the Iranian missiles. Why let any missile hit your land at all? If it hits.......hell fire and let the UN issue their statements while they pick up the pieces.
Do you think the terrorists care about Beirut, Tehran, or Demasscus. They would continue to strike, and we could continue to level cities, and it wouldn't stop them. it would only serve to justify their jihad for thousands more muslims. The answer is to wipe out the extreists and let the rest be. Collateral damage can never be eliminated, but the less the better.
Off subject but that is one of the things I hate about FOX and other 24 hour news programs. But fox inparticular. They get these retired people or anything else they can find and say things like that. If they do this then we should do that. IT's like they know it ain't gonna happen. So they huff and puff. And if it does happen since they made the litlte tv threat it doesn't matter. The public knowledge of this has been released since at least 7/15, according to a search I did on the net. Jane's is where they got it from. So it's not new Isr. knows it our defense dept knows it. And now that it has come over Fox news big speaker more people know it. So the question is not what are we going to do if they launch them (100) but why haven't they. I can't remember. Was Tel aviv attacked during the Gulf War.
Heres goes... The Iranians and Syrians have been our biggest problem in Iraq. They are feeding weapons and terrorists, insurgents in Iraq and the USA has done NOTHING so their are no consequences for the actions of our ENEMIES. Bush probably can't do anything because the Democrats are this nations biggest problem, they won't back anything he does or has done. We've should've already bombed targets in those countries. I would rather get the upcoming war behind us and take care of the terrorists all at once instead of putting things off. They chant death to America and Jihad, You bet your butt I'd give them what they want. The mother of all battles, elect me president and we will join Isreal in this fight and take care of our enemies all at once. There isn't a damn thing the enemy could do taking it from both countries at the same time. I don't mean joining Isreal, I mean taking care of Iran from opposite side of Lebanon for instance. Clinton's policy and Democracy doesn't and hasn't ever worked because they have sworn to kill Americans and Isrealis, no diplomacy can work when Hate is involved. The Arabs haven't changed in thousands of years but some Americans have, oppose Bush at any cost or political correctness, take your pick. Sorry for the rant, just trying to wake up America
The difference is that Iran still has control over the long-range missiles. They haven't supplied that many, the missiles are more complex with gyroscopes and control systems, and they come with Iranian technicians. Hezbollah probably cannot fire the big missiles without direct Iranian help. They certainly cannot obtain any more without Iranian involvement. Israel can hold Iran accountable for these missiles. The Katusha rockets are an old Russian design and extremely simple with no moving parts. Hezbollah has amost 100,000 of them made in Russia, China, all over, and are capable of manufacturing them themselves in simple metal shops, as do the Palestinians. These rockets need only be lined up with a compass, range set by the angle of launch, and fired. Any raghead can do it. Iran has no control at all over these weapons and cannot guarantee that some angry Abdul won't get the word, or will shoot a dozen anyway, just to piss everybody off. Israel will not start a nuclear war with Syria or Iran over a Hezbollah Katusha rocket. The rockets are irritating the crap out of Israel and killing a few people but they do not endanger Israels economy, manufacturing, or government control. Israel will have to deal with the small rockets with their airpower and groundpower or deterrence. But they can perhaps back Iran down from allowing bigger missiles to hit Tel Aviv, where there are many important Israeli government, economic, and manufacturing assets.
You really have it out for Fox News don't you?:wink: The only thing I hate worse than these retired generals is the actors, singers and ex-politicians that are so called experts in different fields when they really aren't. The generals should be on tv in a time of war but they should stick to their expertise.
