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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: philv who wrote (10706)	4/18/2006 9:22:43 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) of 22250

Phil > Why test the Israeli/American resolve? (2) Three good reasons. thinkprogress.org >>CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES “‘The U.S. capability to make a mess of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is formidable,’ says veteran Mideast analyst Geoffrey Kemp. ‘The question is, what then?’ NEWSWEEK has learned that the CIA and DIA have war-gamed the likely consequences of a U.S. pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. No one liked the outcome. As an Air Force source tells it, ‘The war games were unsuccessful at preventing the conflict from escalating.‘” REP. JOHN MURTHA (D-PA) “There’s no way [President Bush is] going to take military action in Iran. Iran is, is three times as big geographically, there’s 58 million people vs. 26 million people in, in Iraq, and, and there’s no way. A fanatical government — I mean, the, the president of the United States does not have a military option. He can say he has a military option; he does not have a military option.” RET. AIR FORCE LT COL. SAM GARDINER Gardiner, a simulations expert at the U.S. Army’s National War College, after leading a “war game” on Iran: “After all this effort, I am left with two simple sentences for policymakers. You have no military solution for the issues of Iran. And you have to make diplomacy work.” <<

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