If Iran Wants War, They'll Get It

What Blair says, or doesn't say is rather pointless. He's on his way out. Whether or not there's a war between the US and Iran is up to Iran.

Tony Blair has declared himself at odds with hawks in the US Administration by saying publicly for the first time that it would be wrong to take military action against Iran. The Prime Minister’s comments came hours before the UN’s nuclear watchdog raised the stakes in the West’s showdown with Tehran.

Israel is calling for tougher sanctions on Iran now and not later. The US already supplied Israel with Bunker Buster bombs. By now, if they needed to be, they've been modified for the job of hitting Iran's nuclear facilities. The call to hit Iran goes to Israel, they're the one most directly threatened.

Whether or not that leads to war with America is up to Iran. Our carrier groups are where they need to be to prevent Iran from attacking in the Strait of Hormuz as a retaliation against Israel taking out their nukes. If Iran makes that move, it'll be war, as they'll have to go through us to do it and our Navy won't let that happen. Effectively, Iran would be declaring war on us through an act of aggression. Congress would have no option other than to lend support to however the US, in the person of Bush, chose to respond.

So, relax my liberal kiddies. All your fretting to your feckless Dem congress can't do a thing to influence which road we end up going down as regards Iran. You can rail at Israel for starting the war and, in a sense, you'd be correct. But your Congressman doesn't get a vote when it comes to the Knesset.

If Iran's nuke facilities get hit - and they eventually will, they can take it on the chin, or lash out. If they lash out at the USN, Iran will be sunk.

Comments

[southdakotaboy]

Remember when Regan told that joke about bombing the USSR in 5 minutes in front of an open mike. Bush has had a few moments like that. Now just imagine Bush talking to someone and "forgetting" that the mike was on. Imagine if he said something like " I'm sick of Iran's shit. If they don't knock it off we are going to bomb them. We 'll use everything we got, even that stuff in Area 51 that the Aliens gave us."
I hope you all get the same wonderful mental image of the world wide reaction I do.

It just gives me the chuckles.

[templar knight]

Iran will lash out, I have little doubt about that. And Americans need to be vigilent if Iran attacks and we respond. There are quite a number of terrorist cells affiliated with Iran already in place here in the US. We can expect to be hit multiple times, and all the targets will be civilian.

[Phoenix]

Gives me the chuckles, too. As if this hasn't been in the cards since the *very* beginning.

TK, I doubt that Iranian terrorist cells will do too much. Think - the American ire might be up by that time if we're attacked over there. If inside terrorists attack, it might just be a good thing. You know?

[Darth Malice]

1987-88 the Navy had several clashes with the Iranians and each time the Iranians got a beating.....The Navy could use a bit more target practice.

[seekeronos]

I'm willing to bet that if it does come down to some kind of war, and the Iranians activate thier terro cells here - if the damage dealt to us is on a par with 9-11 or worse...

... the thermonuclear gloves will likely come off very fast.

[Legalize]

Tell me; when you guys go through metal detectors at the insane asylum - er airport - do your tin foil hats set off the machine like in Spinal Tap with the cucumber wrapped in tin foil?

[Darth Malice]

I hate it when I can't get my tin foil hat through those pesky detectors.

[JA]

http://www.eurofighter.com/Interactive/BlueSkyOne/

JAS 39 Gripen

[Phoenix]

Legal,

When you go through the body scan at the airport, do the nearby women laugh and point?