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Iran Nuclear Watch: Tony Blair Refuses to Back Iran Strike
Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, talks beside Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt during a meeting of National Health Service managers in Downing Street in central London Wednesday April 12, 2006. Chief executives of primary care trusts and health authorities had been invited to the conference to discuss debts estimated to top 623 million (US$1,093 million and Euros 900 million).
Scotsman.com: Blair refuses to back Iran strike
TONY Blair has told George Bush that Britain cannot offer military support to any strike on Iran, regardless of whether the move wins the backing of the international community, government sources claimed yesterday.
Amid increasing tension over Tehran’s attempts to develop a military nuclear capacity, the Prime Minister has laid bare the limits of his support for President Bush, who is believed to be considering an assault on Iran, Foreign Office sources revealed.
As Flap said the first time: It is up to the United States and Israel.
The European Union including Britain have been fecking around with Iran negotiations for three years and have accomplished nothing. So, why would anyone expect Britain or any country in Europe to help contain Iran’s nuclear program.
Does this sound like British appeasement ala Neville Chamberlain with Hitler prior to World War II?
Or…..
Is it disinformation?
You betcha….
But, Prime Minister Blair might wish to read this piece in one of Britain’s own newspapers.
Opinion.Telegraph: The frightening truth of why Iran wants a bombÂ
The Iranian plan is simple: playing the diplomatic game for another two years until Bush becomes a “lame-duck”, unable to take military action against the mullahs, while continuing to develop nuclear weapons.
Thus do not be surprised if, by the end of the 12 days still left of the United Nations’ Security Council “deadline”, Ahmadinejad announces a “temporary suspension” of uranium enrichment as a “confidence building measure”. Also, don’t be surprised if some time in June he agrees to ask the Majlis (the Islamic parliament) to consider signing the additional protocols of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Stay tuned……
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Peres – “Ahmadinejad Will End Up Like Saddamâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Issues Military WARNING to the United States
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Israel is Heading Toward Annihilationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia to Host New Talks on Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Could Produce a Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran to Move to Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Cannot Confirm Uranium Enrichment Claim
Iran Nuclear Watch: Mark Steyn – Facing Down Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Has Joined the Club of Nuclear Countriesâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Producing Enriched Uranium
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Won’t Back Down ‘ONE IOTA’ in Nuclear FLAP
Iran Nuclear Watch: Bush – “Wild Speculationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “United States Engaged in Psychological Warâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Nuclear Attack on Iran – “Not on the Agendaâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran – Redux
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Left Wing Blogosphere Watch: The LEFT, Online and UNHINGED
Maryscott O’Connor says her liberal Web log, My Left Wing, is “one long, sustained scream.”The Washington Post: The Left, Online and Outraged
In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that her president is still George W. Bush. The sun has yet to rise and her family is asleep, but no matter; as soon as the realization kicks in, O’Connor, 37, is out of bed and heading toward her computer.Out there, awaiting her building fury: the Angry Left, where O’Connor’s reputation is as one of the angriest of all. “One long, sustained scream” is how she describes the writing she does for various Web logs, as she wonders what she should scream about this day.
Give this angry UNHINGED NUTTER some Paxil.
So much anger and only two more years to hate President Bush.
Kim over at Wizbang: Profiles of the Out of Control, Unhinged Left
I say she’s just insane.
These people are consumed by their hatred toward President Bush. They wake up angry and they go to bed angry. It’s quite the irony, isn’t it, how they allow the man they hate with every fiber of their bodies complete control over their lives.
Captain Ed comments on the piece: The Fever Swamps, Exposed
If I were a liberal blogger, I would cringe with embarrassment after reading this article. Finkel doesn’t report on the respectable blogs on the center-left like Jeralynn Merritt at TalkLeft, Ezra Klein, and even John Aravosis at AmericaBlog, who takes strident positions but provides actual argument to support them. The bloggers that Finkel highlights do not appear removed at all from Democratic Underground and Indymedia nutcases. The Post leaves the definite impression that Jeralynn, Ezra, and John are the exceptions to the rule on the Left.
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Michael Ramirez on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Flush Illegal Alien Amnesty
People’s Daily Online: Thousands protest in Los Angeles, calling for new immigration legislation
Thousands of people took to the streets in Los Angeles on Monday, calling for new legislation that would pave the way for undocumented immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
The demonstration, led by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Cardinal Roger Mahony, was part of a national “Day of Action” that followed the U.S. Senate’s failure to approve federal legislation that would have provided a path to citizenship to some illegal immigrants.
The demonstrators waved U.S. flags and carried signs reading,” Supporting the U.S. Economy is Not a Crime ” and “Liberty and Justice for All.”
“Today we say to America — we’ve come here to work,” Villaraigosa told the crowd near Olvera Street. “We clean your toilets. We clean your hotels.We build your houses. We take care of your children. We want you to help us take care of our children as well.”
Villaraigosa encouraged demonstrators to continue rallying for legislation that will enforce the nation’s immigration laws but also provide illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
“We work hard. We play by the rules — acknowledge our existence,” Villaraigosa said. “We want to come into the sunlight. We want to come out of the dark.”
KFI Radio 640 Los Angeles’s John and Ken have begun a campaign to FLUSH AMNESTY.
Some listeners have pledged to send him some of these in protest. Sounds like a fine idea. Get brushin’!
(Looks like KFI listeners are single-handedly driving up the online prices for toilet brushes! The current best deal we can see right now is $3.85 including shipping.)You could always find one at the local 99¢ Only store and send it Parcel Post yourself, if you’re so inclined.
Send your (clean) toilet brushes to City Hall . . .
Mayor Toiletraigosa
200 North Spring Street
Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012Readers can voice their opinions to Mayor Villaraigosa here.
Mayor AV we do not need illegal aliens from Mexico to clean OUR toilets.
No amnesty and enforce the illegal alien laws.
Michelle Malkin: THE TOILET BRUSH CAMPAIGN
Many law-abiding L.A. residents who clean their own toilets took umbrage at Villaraigosa’s McCain-like contempt for self-reliant Americans and his us-vs.-them militancy. Now, there’s a campaign underway to answer Villaraigosa.
With toilet brushes.
Reader Jeff M. e-mails: “So many people are sending in toilet brushes that prices have been climbing (even on Amazon where toilet brushes have been hitting the # 1 spot on their sales charts)!”
Send the Mayor a Toilet Brush.
Remind him who does the REAL Work in Los Angeles – AMERICANS.
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Party Recruiting at Illegal Immigration Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Rights Activists on March Again
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Compromise Bill Delayed? NOW Shelved…..
Illegal Immigration Watch: Republicans to Filibuster Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: McCain – “Not Enough Votes for Senate Judiciary Committee Billâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Frist Wants Immigration Bill Vote this Week
Illegal Immigration Watch: FAQ About Illegal Aliens
Illegal Immigration Watch: Los Angeles Latino DJs Spur Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: United States Senate Judiciary Committee Approves an Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: The United States Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up the Debate
Illegal Immigration Watch: 500,000 Rally to Protest Immigration Bills
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Gaggle – NewsBusters.org
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Peres – “Ahmadinejad Will End Up Like Saddam”
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Israeli leader Shimon Perez (R) arrives at the Clinton Global Initiative forum in New York, September 15, 2005. Peres, responding to the latest verbal attack on the Jewish state by Iran’s president, said on Saturday that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would end up like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
Reuters: Peres says Ahmadinejad to end up like Saddam
Israeli veteran statesman Shimon Peres, responding to the latest verbal attack on the Jewish state by Iran’s president, said on Saturday that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would end up like
Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.In a speech to a conference on the Palestinian issue on Friday, Ahmadinejad said: “The Zionist regime is a decaying and crumbling tree that will fall with a storm.”
Peres, in a statement quoted by Israel Radio, called Ahmadinejad’s comments a direct threat to Israel’s existence.
Israel over the past few months has been restrained inn their comments regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But, Iran should not underestimate the power andthe will of the Jewish state, particularly if their very existence is threatened.
The Quotes:
“His statements are reminiscent of those voiced by Saddam Hussein. Ahmadinejad will end up like Saddam Hussein,” he said, referring to the Iraqi leader ousted by a U.S. invasion in 2003 and on trial for the killings of 148 Shi’ites two decades ago.
“Ahmadinejad represents Satan, not God,” Peres said. “History has denounced the madmen and those who waved the sword.”
Peres, a former prime minister, is a senior member of acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s centrist Kadima party. He is expected to hold a top cabinet post in the government Olmert is forming, following Israel’s March 28 election.
Israel does NOT consider what the United Nations Security Council does as vital to their security.
The Israeli position is clear.
Stay tuned…..
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Issues Military WARNING to the United States
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Israel is Heading Toward Annihilationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia to Host New Talks on Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Could Produce a Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran to Move to Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Cannot Confirm Uranium Enrichment Claim
Iran Nuclear Watch: Mark Steyn – Facing Down Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Has Joined the Club of Nuclear Countriesâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Producing Enriched Uranium
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Won’t Back Down ‘ONE IOTA’ in Nuclear FLAP
Iran Nuclear Watch: Bush – “Wild Speculationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “United States Engaged in Psychological Warâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Nuclear Attack on Iran – “Not on the Agendaâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran – Redux
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Issues Military WARNING to the United States
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. Iran said it could defeat any American military action over its controversial nuclear drive, in one of the Islamic regime’s boldest challenges yet to the United States.
AFP: Iran issues stark military warning to United States
Iran said it could defeat any American military action over its controversial nuclear drive, in one of the Islamic regime’s boldest challenges yet to the United States.
“You can start a war but it won’t be you who finishes it,” said General Yahya Rahim Safavi, the head of the Revolutionary Guards and among the regime’s most powerful figures.
“The Americans know better than anyone that their troops in the region and in Iraq are vulnerable. I would advise them not to commit such a strategic error,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran.
Right, and does not General Sfavi realize that an all out war scenario would involve the following:
And the delivery methods to affect the result……
From under the Sea:
From the Air:
- B-52H Stratofortress
- B-1B Lancer
- B-2A Spirit
- ALCM
- ACM
- B53 Gravity Bomb
- B61 Gravity Bomb (Strategic)
- B83 Gravity Bomb
From the United States mainland:
ANY attack on the United States, including its or its allies trrops in Iraq would unleash a state of war and would unlock America’s nuclear arsenal.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
“I would advise them to first get out of their quagmire in Iraq before getting into an even bigger one,” General Safavi said with a grin.
“We have American forces in the region under total surveillance. For the past two years, we have been ready for any scenario, whether sanctions or an attack.”
At a Friday prayer sermon in Tehran, senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Janati simply branded the US as a “decaying power” lacking the “stamina” to block Iran’s ambitions.
And hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told AFP that a US push for tough United Nations sanctions was of “no importance.”
“She is free to say whatever she wants,” the president replied when asked to respond to comments by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice highlighting part of the UN charter that provides for sanctions backed up by the threat of military action.
“We give no importance to her comments,” he said with a broad smile.
Sabre rattling by a third rate military power with no nuclear arsenal, further isolates Iran from the international community. Will these bloviations pursaude Russia and China to pursue sanctions in the United Nations Security Council?
Perhaps….
But, as Flap has stated over and over when the POINT OF NO RETURN is realized by the United States and Israel, a military operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities and their military will occur.
For a piece on the feasibility of a military operation against Iran’s nuclear facilities:
The Weekly Standard: Target: Iran
A MILITARY OPTION AGAINST Iran’s nuclear facilities is feasible. A diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis is preferable, but without a credible military option and the will to implement it, diplomacy will not succeed. The announcement of uranium enrichment last week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shows Iran will not bow easily to diplomatic pressure. The existence of a military option may be the only means of persuading Iran–the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism–to back down from producing nuclear weapons.
Stay tuned for the world’s response….which will be measured…….
Update #1Wizbang: Iran Issuing Another Threat
Update: Raw Story is reporting that military actions in Iran are already underway. Via Stop the ACLU
Flap doesn’t necessarily believe lefty retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner. His piece in the Atlantic Magazine, Will Iran Be Next? is too defeatist.
But, does Flap think there are covert operations involving Iran?
You betcha……
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Israel is Heading Toward Annihilationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia to Host New Talks on Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Could Produce a Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran to Move to Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Cannot Confirm Uranium Enrichment Claim
Iran Nuclear Watch: Mark Steyn – Facing Down Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Has Joined the Club of Nuclear Countriesâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Producing Enriched Uranium
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad – “Iran Won’t Back Down ‘ONE IOTA’ in Nuclear FLAP
Iran Nuclear Watch: Bush – “Wild Speculationâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: White House Dampens Talk of Iran Military Strike
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “United States Engaged in Psychological Warâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Nuclear Attack on Iran – “Not on the Agendaâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran – Redux
Iran Nuclear Watch: United States Considers Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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