For a very long time we have heard nothing except how the war is about oil. We went in for oil, no blood for oil, blah,blah. The fact is, Iraq has about a third of the world’s oil supply so if we were going there we should expect some sort of p…

We set up a website that shows a ticker with the amount of dollars that we are collecting on behalf of the Iranians in total and per capita. That is after the Mullahs are gone. That way we will show the world we are not stealing the oil from the Iranians.

Oh, where to begin and how to keep it short … ?

Perhaps southern Iraq goes to Iran and we call it Shiastan? Sunni part of Iran goes to Iraq and we call it Sunnistan? Carve out a Kurdistan from northern Iran and S.E. Turkey? Incite Sunnistan vs Shiastan war by telling Sunnis “A Shia told me that you guys in Sunnistan “shoot like a goat herder”‘. Tell Shias “A Sunni said that Shias let their women wear turtleneck sweaters.” Then sit back and watch ‘em kill each other off as our Troops come home to a huge victory parade.

C’mon, Iranian tanks “encircle” U.S. Forces? ppffttt right. I WISH they’d try that, it’d make our job a whole easier. Iranian navy vs U.S. Navy? That’ll last 5 minutes. No, the only way Iran can fight us is through terrorism. I think Iran’s military and nuclear installations will make nice target practice for our shiney new F-22 Raptors.

But what would Jesus do? ™

Revelations 4:5-6

pedestrian on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 PM

Pedestrian, how did you import that superscript?

Nobel peace prize winner Elie Wiesel, who presided over the meeting, pointed to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s conference this week questioning the Holocaust and his affirmed hatred of Israel. These were the reasons, he said, why Iran had to be stopped from developing nuclear weapons, which it could use against Israel.

If he keeps talking like that, they’re going to take his Nobel Prize away and give it to Jhimmi Carter.

It is possible, though not likely. There would have to be a serious provocation. Proof that Iran is complicit in arming the terrorists is almost, but not quite enough to cause Bush to pull the trigger. Moving to close Hormusz would be enough. Launching on Israel would be another.

But there is a certain satisfaction in responding to the leftwing traitors whining that the “war is about oil” with “So what?”

After the dust settles, all of the “realists” will take to the air-waves with their usual recriminations and I told you so’s, asking, why didn’t we act sooner? The realists do everything they can to prevent us from acting and then hurl insults at those who didn’t act based on the screaming and protesting of the realists.

This got me thinking.

What if we shot every 10th “realist” — just on general principles. I bet the leftwing “carping peanut gallery”, the rinos, and the media would keep their mouths shut and this would solve a whole bunch of problems.

Iran has more than coastal defense missiles and naval ships and subs to defend the straight. It has a significant mining capability. There is no way to guarantee safe transit if the strait is extensively mined. And, as one of Allah’s quotes alludes to, Iran has a significant unconventional naval warfare capability through the use of suicide and other types of forces (think guys on jet ski’s with RPGs among others).

Finally, Iran is more than capable of conducting reprisals against other Gulf infrastructure. The two Iraqi oil terminals are right next to Iranian territorial waters. The Iranians could take them out easily and Iraq would cease exporting oil. The major Saudi oil facilities are on the Gulf and are vulnerable to either ballistic or long-range sea-skimming missile attack.

It’s true that eventually we would prevail and provide relative safety for tankers transiting through the strait, but can the world economy survive a few months without oil to say nothing of the Regional countries. Also consider that the vast majority of US logistics that support our operations in Iraq come in via the sea to Iraqi ports. Are we prepared for that negative impact?

Allah is right, there is no way we will attack Iran – not only during the remainder of Bush’s term, but for the foreseeable future. Doing so might collapse the Iranian government, but it would be economic seppuku.

AP, I give W credit for a lot more “what it takes” [insert your favorite MM video here] than you do. I’m still very optimistic that he won’t kick the Iran can down the road for someone else to deal with, or maybe not deal with. Keepin’ my fingers crossed.

I wish I could believe that, but I can’t. He’s done such a lousy job leading the war on the home front, that he’s got pretty much no platform from which to push for any further expansion of what’s being done in the Middle East.

Yet the continue to fight, to believe and to actively work toward success….another word many seem to have forgotton the meaning of. Is it SO much to ask us to help them with a little moral support? It is too much for some… not for me….

Set a price target for what we are willing to pay for oil and let China and Russia know that we will not interfere if either of them want to take over Iran’s oil fields.

Oh yeat, step back and watch the fun.

Revelations 4:5-6

“From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.”

He says 7 nukes would do it.

The second option, according to Lind, would be for the Iranian military to deploy forces in sync with a Shi’ite insurrection at the US flank. Armored divisions could move to cut supply lines and then possibly attempt to encircle US troops from the south in a “classic operational maneuver”.

I’m sorry, but this made me spew soda all over my monitor. “Classic operational maneuver”??? Gimme a break. The thought of Iran attempting any kind of ground offensive against us is beyond contemptible. There’s absolutely no way, short of tactical nukes, that any military force could even dream of going head-to-head against us.

Not.Gonna.Happen.

I don’t know what kind of halucinogen Herman and Barnett have been stirring into their coffee lately, but I’d like to try some.

Spurius Ligustinus on December 15, 2006 at 2:05 PM

Sounds like a fun video game, but it’s a ridiculous notion in light of the political realities of post-Vietnam America, and head – up our ass – in the sand Europe.

Can you even imagine the whining horror of the American left?

Let’s be honest, we are nowhere close to being ready to handle Iran. I don’t mean militarily, I’m talking balls and spine. The political will is not there. We’re in a vicious cycle right now…where there is no strong leader to lead the people and the people are not ready for a leader to lead. We will follow the long tradition of ignoring shit until we finally step in it. At every turn of history, the strong had to be bitch-slapped into action to protect the weak. Christians and Jews are being slaughtered all over the globe while we argue over profiling at the airports. We have an ex-president traveling the world advocating dialogue with the devil while another ex-president launches a “zionist-conspiracy” tour with all the anti-semitism of a David Duke rally. No, we will wait until the mushroom cloud is rising over one or more of our cities. We will act then, defeat our enemies, rebuild our enemies infrastructure and move onto the next problem. After the dust settles, all of the “realists” will take to the air-waves with their usual recriminations and I told you so’s, asking, why didn’t we act sooner? The realists do everything they can to prevent us from acting and then hurl insults at those who didn’t act based on the screaming and protesting of the realists. Damn I hate being right all the time……………

ritethinker on December 15, 2006 at 2:11 PM

An example of hitting the nail on the head.

Commentary mag on Iran: Let’s seize their oilAllahpundit Never mind the reactors, says author Arthur Herman. Grab ‘em by the short hairs by confiscating their black gold. Exactly what a war-weary America needs in an era of information warfare: a…

I like it. We could coordinate the effort with the Saudis and strangle them fiscally. I believe the Saudis would go for it enthusiastically since the are about to poo their man-dresses at the thought of a Shiite regional power.

Indeed. Not just the Saudis but the entire GCC. Without substantial oil revenues, Iran would not have a nuclear program. They wouldn’t have an economy for that matter. Take a look at the production and export totals of the GCC countries vs Iran. There are others ways to wage war.