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To: jttmab who wrote (20149)	10/30/2005 1:05:51 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Yes, I wish you had been wrong - for all of the world's sake. I must say that I also get very tired of seeing people in Iran calling for not only Israel's destruction (as horrible as this is - it is my belief that Israel possesses more than enough nukes to defend itself very well - and should it come to it with Iran - Iran would find that out in spades).. I also am tired of seeing endless "death to America" protests in Iran. Remember the Iranian hostages? Then we see they MAY have been behind the recent New Delhi bombing - or lent some support. There is a lot of evidence they were behind past incidents with us. My question is - How long will this be allowed to go on? We need to decide how to proceed in the ME now that we are there. I still believe a gredual withdrawal may be possible in the next 12-18 months - but that option seems to be closing with increased insurrgent bombing, and now the Iran problem. Another option would be an escalation - by the US and Allied forces. This would be very dangerous, but I'm sure the powers that be are not ruling it out. IMO - It would involve the overthrow of both Syria and Iran, at a minimum - in a similar way that was attempted in Iraq. I don't think we have the forces for it - even using a draft. We would need European forces, and others such as Australia, maybe Russia and Japan to do it - and I can't see the last 2 participating - so that leaves the EU. Iran obviously will be trouble in 10-20 years - so the question is - what do we do now that we are in Iraq? >> I would like to take this opportunity to state that my prediction of Ahmadinejad's statement on Israel going into oblivion was wrong. Unfortunately. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defied worldwide outrage at his call for the destruction of Israel, by joining a demonstration in Tehran and restating his desire to see Israel "wiped from the map". The populist firebrand sparked a crisis in Iran's foreign relations on Tuesday when he told a Tehran conference that Israel should be "wiped out" in a new wave of Palestinian attacks. Yesterday, he was on the streets of the capital with demonstrators waving placards calling for the "death of America". He said: "My words are the Iranian nation's words. Westerners are free to comment but their reactions are invalid." The diplomatic storm comes at a dangerous time for Iran, with the US pushing for Tehran to be taken to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme. "Ahmadinejad speaks for all Iranians. We are ready to die for Palestine," said Mohammed Mirzayi, 25, at the demonstration. The UN Security Council yesterday condemned the original comments and said all UN members should refrain from threatening or using force against another country. But the condemnation, endorsed by all 15 council members, was delivered in the form of a press statement rather than at a formal council meeting, which would give it more weight. Algeria, the only Arab council member, objected to the meeting approach.... news.independent.co.uk