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			| Secret_Agent_Man | 12-05-2006 11:52 AM |  
 The Spanky Group.
 
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		| Originally posted by Spanky
 You say they will try hard to stop Iran from getting a nucler bomb but if the program is spread all over the country in bunkers, how is Isreal going to stop them without using nukes?  Is there another military option besides conventional bombing and nukes?
 
 |  Unclear that even nuclear weapons would be able to disable the program in full.  
 
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		| Originally posted by Spanky
 It seems to me Iran is going to keep developing them until someone stops them.  That is inevitable.  And Israel can't stop them with only using conventional weapons.  They only way they can stop them is with nukes (and even that is not for sure).  Am I wrong?
 
 |  See above.  Israel has no good options, really, which is a situation they are used to.  Iran wants to get to a MAD situation with Israel, and then Israel has to worry that a nutcase (like, arguably, President Achmenijad (sp?)) will launch anyway for religious reasons.
 
The best long-run hope may actually be for a diplomatic solution fo some sort reducing tensions, etc.  The single most important key to all of that is a resolution of the Palestinian situation.  I think this is, in part, why Olmert is trying to reach out and make some real progress.
 
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		| Originally posted by Spanky
 So Kurdistan declares independence.  If the Turkey doesn't do anything it will encourage the southeastern Kurds in their country to foment rebellions.  If they invade, once they leave the country Kurdistan will just form again and they wil be in the same boat.  If they stay that just means they will have double the amount of Kurds they will be occupying and giving the Kurds in their own country a further excsue to rebel.  Plus it will permanently end any chance of entering the EU.  These guys really don't have any options that I can see.
 
 |  No good options right now.  It may just shake itself out if Iraq holds together long term -- which is now in doubt.  If I were Turkey, I'd be PISSED at the U.S. right now.  But, we need to keep working together and they know it.
 
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