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To: Richnorth who wrote (10270)	8/29/2006 3:37:29 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 37621

I think you miss the point. Islam will not survive the death of Israel. Israel is already working hard to improve it's second strike potential, so that a nuclear attack on israel can be responded to even after Israel is mortally wounded. A first strike by Iran will ensure the continuation and restoration of Israel and the dismissal of Islam as a religion of terrorists and fools. If you recall there are people living in Japan even today, so that Israeli soil can be decontaminated, and with a huge influx of cash Israel will be rebuilt, as the injured party in the conflict. On the other hand the Muslims, seen as aggressors in the first Nuclear war, will be left to the donations of other Muslims, many of whose nations and families will be victims in the conflict.

To: Richnorth who wrote (10270)	8/29/2006 3:44:18 PM
From: seventh_son	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37621

Rich, I agree and disagree. Israel has a population of 6.7 million BTW, and I think that what they fear most is that in a world where any who oppose them have nuclear weapons, they will be hard pressed to use their overwhelming conventional military superiority in the region to influence others to allow them unilateral control over resolution of their interterritorial and extraterritorial disputes. At the same time, there is little proof that Iran will have nuclear weapons any time soom. Last year an authoritative report was written that concluded that it would take them ten years. Worryingly, though, there is lots of talk that Iran is reaching "the point of no return" with nuclear weapons going to be aimed at Israel, and with mid-term US elections coming up and Republicans desparate, we'll see if media manipulation of the Iran "threat" is scheduled to coincide with their political interests, as it was in 2002 with the Iraq "threat".